By Juan Jose Consejo | Project Leader
This year´s rainy season in Oaxaca should have started by mid-May. Temperatures had been unusually hot so first rains were eagerly awaited. And rains came with Agatha´s hurricane. The coast was severely hit and some 10 people were killed. In fact, what we are experiencing is the straight outcome of global warming: higher temperatures mean more energy fueling the atmosphere´s climate machine, thus giving space for more extreme conditions, higher predictability and faster water, among other things.
This is why we have named our main project Slow Water: reweaving natural & social fabric. This is why wea are part of GG´s Climate Action Cohort, together with initiatives from Guatemala, Peru, Kenya and Malaisya. The whole issue, from the perspective of this select group, is local actions led by communities.
and local actions are what we have been involved with during these last four months: relaunching the activities in our demonstration centers, bird watching in different locations of the watershed, family workshops to start home orchards, preparing the reforestation of the wet season. We share some photos.
And of course, we thank you all for eing part of this thrilling effort.
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