09/03/22. General view of the houses of the El Regalo neighborhood. (Juan P
07/03/22. Portrait of Ligia Sanabria next to ornamental plants planted in beer cans in her house. (Juan P
09/03/22. Detail of the home garden of the Sanabria family. (Juan P
08/03/22. Teodolinda Beltr
09/03/22. A woman walks down a street in the Regalo neighborhood next to the first trees planted in the model of home gardens and circular economy. (Juan P
08/03/22. Vertical garden design made with recycled bottles as part of the implementation and expansion of the circular economy model and home gardens in vulnerable sectors in Bogot
09/03/22. Jes
09/03/22. Detail of the orchard of Cen
09/03/22. Detail of the facade of a house in El Regalo neighborhood. (Juan P
09/03/22. Portrait of Ram
10/03/22. Detail of the lien on the terrace of a house in El Regalo neighborhood. (Juan P
09/03/22. Window of the home garden of the Castillo family, Tellez. (Juan P
09/03/22. Garden of the founder of the home garden project in El Regalo neighborhood, Ana In
09/03/22. Bottles filled with plastic packaging are used for recycling or for eco-sustainable constructions. (Juan P
09/03/22. Organic spinach planted in the home garden of Ana In
15/03/22. Portrait of Ligia Sanabria (61) in her home garden that she has built for 30 years. (Juan P
15/03/22. General view of the home garden of the Sanabria family, who have divided it into ornamental, medicinal and food plants. (Juan P
Cleanest neighborhood
Juan Páez
Photographer
based in Bogota
The Cleanest Neighborhood.(March 2022- Ongoing)
"The cleanest neighborhood in Latin America", as it was named by Colombian and international media in 2018. The Gaviota International Awards, a Mexican organization gave this recognition to the El Regalo neighborhood for sustainability for the garbage management model that was created by the same community in the face of a garbage collection crisis in the south of Bogotá. Based on a circular economy, all waste can be raw material, either to be recycled like plastic or transformed into compost for home gardens.
At the beginning of 2022, the FAO has reported that Haiti, Honduras and Colombia are the countries with the highest risk of famine in Latin America, a consequence, among other things, of the pandemic and the economic crisis, as well as Venezuelan migration and the setback in the peace agreements. 54% of the Colombian population is in food insecurity. Millions of Colombians do not have access to nutritious food, in good conditions, that meets their needs and preferences.
The food sovereignty practiced by many of the inhabitants of El Regalo have been understood as a political response to governments that have never had this concept as a priority on their agendas. His dream is to reduce hunger in the most vulnerable sectors of the country with his self-sustaining model. As well as the own production of organic fertilizers for the peasants in times where the Russia-Ukraine conflict will cause the costs of producing food in the world to increase considerably.
"The cleanest neighborhood in Latin America", as it was named by Colombian and international media in 2018. The Gaviota International Awards, a Mexican organization gave this recognition to the El Regalo neighborhood for sustainability for the garbage management model that was created by the same community in the face of a garbage collection crisis in the south of Bogotá. Based on a circular economy, all waste can be raw material, either to be recycled like plastic or transformed into compost for home gardens.
At the beginning of 2022, the FAO has reported that Haiti, Honduras and Colombia are the countries with the highest risk of famine in Latin America, a consequence, among other things, of the pandemic and the economic crisis, as well as Venezuelan migration and the setback in the peace agreements. 54% of the Colombian population is in food insecurity. Millions of Colombians do not have access to nutritious food, in good conditions, that meets their needs and preferences.
The food sovereignty practiced by many of the inhabitants of El Regalo have been understood as a political response to governments that have never had this concept as a priority on their agendas. His dream is to reduce hunger in the most vulnerable sectors of the country with his self-sustaining model. As well as the own production of organic fertilizers for the peasants in times where the Russia-Ukraine conflict will cause the costs of producing food in the world to increase considerably.
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