Yesterday I visited a community called the Cedral to accompany an agriculture workshop on organic composting and insecticides.
BOTH men and women were present at the workshop, and equally invested in learning the process of making these useful materials. It was awesome seeing the entrepreneurial spirit of one woman, who wanted to know if the organic insecticide was something that they could potentially sell!
Likewise, the community members helping to lead the workshop (they had received the training previously and were now passing it along to others) explained how making these organic composts didn't have to be an individual effort, and that it was better if at least two if not more people got together to make a whole bunch of the material all at once. Yay for collective organization and action!
Finally, there were also several kids present at the workshop, either young ones brought by their families, or curious students returning back home from school for the afternoon. It's cool to see the younger generation taking interest in the workshop, and the hope is that their families will pass down this knowledge to them for a better, more eco-friendly tomorrow!
Education doesn't being or end in the school classroom. Everyone, women and men, kids and the elderly, took something away from this workshop yesterday. In just a couple of hours, these families learned something both simple and valuable that can help them as they continue to develop their home gardens and farms, promoting better soil conservation and alternatives to chemical products.
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