Nature Lovers on Board

Its been a long time since I decided to leave my family for two amazing years of studying in Oregon.  Three weeks ago  I was spending time with a very special people saying goodbyes to who had become brothers and sisters of my family. I realized how hard is to be the center of attention in a farewell party. The most meaningful and sad party I ever had. There was a huge mix  of emotions in my mind. I was so so happy to see my family again, however I was sad because I had to leave lots of great people, who helped me to grow professional and personal. I know now that I am about to begin a new adventure of my life. My SEED journey begins now by giving back what Ive gotten from all the people involved in the SEED Program (Scholarship for Education and Economic Development)  I Marta Romero will never ever forget all of my SEED friends. I will keep all of them in my heart. And I am more than sure of seeing you all again. I will always love you all.       ...

Compost Bin Building !  Compost Bin Final Result :) This just one more way to help our environment of decaying because of our behaviors with garbage storage.   

We decided as a group to build a compost bin because we think is just an amazing idea to give to the soil of what we have taken from it. There is no way of doing better with our organic waste than doing compost instead of throw them away.  We own it !  "It is our garbage, Our money that will become our Oro Negro" Bill Becker said.  We started to cut some pieces of wood for making the base to hold the compost bin because we are still trying to find our barrel.      

We went as an entire class to two different where people  are doing compost.  We went first to an industrial scale. Those guys had a huge pile of compost. Some of them were saying it did take about five months to decompose and return back into the soil. This was just another small scale of doing some composting pile with such as different use. This girl did not sell her soil out her compost. She uses as a fertilizer for her vegetable garden.          

This video will show you my humble and lovely community Canton La Isla, Metapan, El Salvador. Alex Castro is a pretty smart guy who recorded this video showing to the people who left their homes and wanted to see where they belong to. It is in Spanish but you will able to navigate for Canton La Isla street. Lets go to my community!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeJj37gOm88  

El Salvador is the smallest country in Centro America however it does have a lots beautiful places to go and enjoy a diversity of out doors activities such tours, hiking, rafting and much more! Check this video to get to know a bit more of my small but beautiful country! https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FyV9k_bVXI9Y     

Premaculture : is a better way of doing agriculture in a food forest or small farm scale. in order to do it correctly we should follow up twelve principles and some ethics   Before of having this presentation  I thought that premaculture was the same thing than agriculture but now I can say the they aren't.  I leaned that there will be a lot of ways to solve a problem we just have to look for the solutions with an opening mind.  Financial  Economic : with this topic I found out that as a commitment makers, we need to have a sustainable project. Because  we cant  build a project based on economic dependency if we are planning to do that it is not going to work. I learned that we should never give anything away for free, that dependency relationships are unhealthy, and we also need to have cultural, technological, emotional and economical self sustainability in our community base project.             

Commitment to Action: “Planting Trees Make my Canton Feliz” Commitment by: Marta Romero Focus Area: Environment and Climate Change Geographic Scope: El Salvador Project Description “Planting Trees Makes My Cantón Feliz” will reduce the deforestation in Cantón La Isla, El Salvador by creating environmental awareness and increasing tree canopy cover. The population of Cantón La Isla is about 125 families, and most of them are farmers, meaning they cut down trees to have a clear area to plant their crops such as corns, beans, watermelons and vegetables. “Planting Trees Makes My Cantón Feliz” will impact Canton La Isla through implementing techniques such as monitoring tree survival, replanting, increasing trees canopy cover from 2% to 10% over time, while explaining to people why reforestation is crucial.  

El Salvador del Mundo Monument, San Salvador, El Salvador    I am Marta Romero from a small community called Canton La Isla, El Salvador. I came to USA to studied Natural Resources as part of the SEED Program. I will return to my home country this June with the commitment to help my community by developing a project called "Planting Trees Make Canton Feliz"  Soy Marta Romero de una pequeña comunidad llamada Canton La Isla. Vine a Los Estados Unidos  a  estudiar Recursos Naturales como parte del Programa Semilla. Regresare a mi pais en Junio con el compromiso de  ayudar a mi comunidad con el desarrollo de un proyecto llamado "Planting Trees Make my Canton Feliz"