Country: MEXICO
School / organization: INSTITUTO ESCUELA DEL SUR
Delegation leader/ teacher: Magalà Sarmiento Fradera
Students: Denisse Guevara Espinosa, Nareni Pineda Juárez, Martina Sánchez Caballero, Patricio Sánchez Caballero.
Partner organization: GO! GLOBAL – VIRTUAL SCHOOL EXCHANGE
Project title: GREEN WALLS: A CONTRIBUTION TO A BETTER ENVIRONMENT IN MEXICO CITY.
Mexico City, the country’s capital city, is the economic, political and cultural center of Mexico. It is situated in the Mexican plateau, which is a valley surrounded by mountains and volcanoes. 17% of the total population of the country lives there: 20,843,000 inhabitants with a population density of 13,500 inhabitants per km2.
Each day people commute using 4.7 million of automotive vehicles that use fossil type fuels, consequently creating high pollution levels. Besides, the increasing population and urban infrastructure has caused a reduction of green spaces: currently 3 m2 per person while the WHO (World Health Organization) recommends 9 to 12 m2 per inhabitant.
We are aware that our city is far from being sustainable, but we also know that we can make some contributions that, as a whole, would improve life quality for the ones who live in this city.
Considering that the available spaces for planting trees is limited, our focus is on the implementation of green spaces. We have given priority to green walls, which in the last few years have proliferated in our city. We are contributing to this movement by creating them in our own school.