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7/27/2019 GVI Playa Del Carmen Monthly Achievement Report June 2013
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15/06/2013
Playa Del Carmen
GVI Participating in the environmental festival, supporting local and
global goals.
The UN declared the Millennium Development Goals constituting that countries must commit
to take further action and join forces in the fight against many of the problems facing
humanity including environmental degradation (1).
In Mexico every day 86,343 tons of domestic solid waste are discharged in landfills and open
dumps (2). Waste management has focused on the sole aspect of elimination, which has been
done through dumps, landfills and incinerators. These processes of elimination have been
ways to hide the waste problem without solving it whilst causing significant air, soil and water
pollution. Aside from the environmental degradation the health of those nearby is also being
affected from the pollution (3).
Local government of Playa del Carmen
estimated that 370 tons of waste is
generated per day, 80 percent is from the
city of Playa Del Carmen and 20 percent is
from the tourist corridor of Puerto
Aventuras, Akumal, Chemuyil and Tulum. In
holiday seasons it tends to increase up to
15 or 20 percent, yielding a daily average of
420 tons (4).
There are numerous ways to raise
awareness on the importance of looking after our environment.
Here in Playa del Carmen an expo was held
by our local partners Flora, Fauna y Cultura
de Mexico at a local park called La Ceiba, to
raise environmental awareness, which was
an opportunity for different organizations to
showcase their ideas. GVI volunteers had an
incredible time raising awareness by making
“creative recyclables”. Our goal was to show
people different arts and crafts that can be
made from regular recyclable materials. EachGVI team member had their own unique skills and talents that were brought to the table.
Figure 1 Dump in Playa del Carmen
Figure 2 Environmental festival poster
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Jewelry was made from old beer cans, necklaces from
paper beads, magnets out of old bottle caps and key
chains from wine corks. A 40cm tall tetrapack disco
ball/lamp shade was also created! The best thing about
the project was the time the volunteers spent workingtogether, teaching each other and laughing. At our stall
at Parque La Ceiba we generated a lot of interest, mostly
from the kids! We showed them how to make
EVERYTHING! Hopefully we planted little seeds of
environmental awareness that will be taken home to
grow amongst family and friends. If our busy stall didn’t
keep us occupied, then the rest of the
expo did! There were stalls that made
life size paper mache sea animals, sold
plants, ran workshops, made jewelry
and much, much more. It was an
inspiring day that we will not forget
and feel lucky to have been a part of.
References 1. ONU. ONU Mexico. Los Objetivos del Desarrollo del Milenio. [En línea] [Citado el: 15 de Julio
de 2013.] http://www.onu.org.mx/objetivo7.html.
2. INEGI. Medio Ambiente. Cuèntame de Mèxico . Basura. [En línea] [Citado el: 15 de Julio de
2013.] http://cuentame.inegi.org.mx/territorio/ambiente/basura.aspx?tema=T.
3. Greenpeace. Greenpeace Mèxico. Basura Cero. [En línea] [Citado el: 15 de Julio de 2013.]http://www.greenpeace.org/mexico/es/Campanas/Toxicos/basura-cero/.
4. Novedades de Quintana Roo. Ganan BJ y Solidaridad en generación de basura. [En línea] 19
de Febrero de 2007. [Citado el: 15 de Julio de 2013.]
http://www.novenet.com.mx/seccion.php?id=37385&sec=4&d=19&m=2&y=2007.
Figure 3 Volunteer showing how to make
beads with paper
Figure 4 Jewelry made by volunteers