Grassroots Sustainability Education for Children in Mexico

A large ceiba tree shades the center courtyard of the Ceiba Pentandra Park in Mérida, Mexico. The Mayans called the ceiba tree Yaaxché, and believed that it connected the underworld, the earthly realm, and the skies. Today, the site of this particular ceiba connects children to the unique environmental heritage of the state of Yucatán, as well as to a sense of sustainability awareness.  

The park is the vision of Maritza Morales Casanova, the founder of HUNAB (in English: Humanity United to Nature in Harmony for Beauty, Welfare, and Goodness), an environmental organization that teaches and certifies young peer educators that then share their sustainability training with other children in their own communities. The HUNAB park also provides schoolteachers with the resources to deliver biodiversity education in their classrooms. 

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