Climate change is all variations that normally or naturally would not happen. The cause of everything is the treatment of mother earth by us. We humans and more importantly, big industry and extractive industries that exploit and destroy all natural goods such as water sources, forests, and soil.
Climate change affects us all directly, with natural phenomena like hurricanes that damage agriculture. Due to deforestation, there is less oxygen, less shade, and less water. Everything is somehow related.
These pictures are from different parts of Alta Verapaz, some show the damage left by Eta and Iota storms. One shows the work women do when they carry water due to the drought in the summer season. The other pictures show the damages left by the extractive companies.
I try to change and recover earth’s life. In warm areas, the excess of heat compacts the soils and leaves them without or with low production. We try to recover moisture in the soil that is needed for the biodiversity. Therefore, we use agroecology techniques such as using fertilizers and planting species that provide nutrients and recover eroded and degraded soils. At the same time, we plant trees so that nature is balanced.
Agroecology shares much in common with other approaches to sustainable farming. Agroecology is farming that “centers on food production that makes the best use of nature’s goods and services while not damaging these resources.” more
