Primavera Eco-Fair kicks off week of environmental studies
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- Published on Friday, 07 June 2013 15:08
- Written by John Pint
The celebration of June 5, World Environment Day, began in 1972 and is one of the main ways the United Nations fosters worldwide awareness of the environment.
It was celebrated in Jalisco by a full week of eco-activities starting with an Eco-Fair held in the little town of La Primavera on Sunday, June 2. La Primavera is located 17 kilometers west of Guadalajara and marks the principal entrance to Bosque La Primavera, the celebrated pine-and-oak forest often referred to as “the lung of Guadalajara.”
Visitors arriving at La Primavera’s plaza on Sunday found themselves having to make choices. Nine workshops were being given simultaneously on such subjects as how to make compost, practical recycling, solid waste management and preventing and fighting forest fires. Fortunately, the workshops were repeated three times over the course of the day, so people would have a chance to attend more than one. Meanwhile, there were presentations by dynamic speakers like Salvador Garcia Ruvalcaba (A biologist and ecologist who is doing amazing things in El Grullo and Autlán), short skits by the children of La Primavera and even puppet shows with a message.
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