Toska’s paintings are for sale NOW , so this is an invitation to invest in art and not only contribute to the edible forest but also to the permaculture-recycled art interventions that will reach inland remote communities of Colombia. The profits will go towards this new decade of soil restoration , permaculture and environmental education through art , music, and cinema. stay tuned , because we will announce the launch of our crowd funding campaign very very soon!

art is available to be world wide shipped, and you will receive a certificate of donation as well!
if you are in Colombia and want to make an appointment to visit Toska’s atelier in Colombia to check out his new collection, get in touch via whatsapp ONLY : +57 3104221553 or in Belgium to check out his European pieces : +32 493359967

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#artForConservation

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Contacto:

Funky : +57 (317) 502-7394
Rommy :+57 (3104)221553
www.ecopazifico.org

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The beach rangers were born at the end of 2019, when we got sponsored to clean the beach and install 5 more recycling stations in Juanchaco and  Ladrilleros,by UNILEVER and the Swedish Government in alliance with RECON FOUNDATION. 

6 people from the community would now get a job for cleaning the beach. 

We named them THE BEACH RANGERS: LOS GUARDAPLAYAS. 

just as there are park rangers and forest rangers in all national parks, there should also be BEACH RANGERS. 

We decided to make the best out of this sponsorship and created a whole study, that would help us determine the amounts of trash there were washing ashore with the tides, and also figure out what where the brands polluting the most in that part of the world, so that togehert with the industry we could come up more with alternatives. 

6 community members could now work in this study, clean the beach and become a great example to their community. Everybody in the community wanted to be a BEACH RANGER. Getting paid to keep the beach clean , seemed like a really good deal, in a community where jobs are not easy to find.
We have been working with different groups of beach rangers ever since,in both the pacific and the caribbean territories  and  have now completed 3 full studies, with the help of these community members that are getting empowered through the habits of recycling and permaculture.

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Ecopazifico first started as a  permaculture and art program, where we thought in our perfect world that we would be just turning all this plastic into art and live happily ever after, protecting the whales while making what we love. 

As we started the project we realized that the inhabitants of the pacific coast have no other choice than to burn and bury their trash, and even locals, tourists, and cargo boats just throw it all mixed up in plastic bags into the sea, creating a never ending story of plastic pollution invasion in those prestige ecosystems. 

That’s when we realized that our project had to design a waste management system for the community, introducing the basics of recycling and creating new and simple environmental  habits for  the new generations.

We  started writing letters, and having meetings, calls, appointments and all types of lobbying with government institutions and realized that many institutions had tried to figure out how to keep those beaches clean, but the challenges are just incredibly huge. 

its far, its raining all the time, electricity is really intermittent, and all types of dangers are to be encountered, mosquitoes can kill you, poisonous snakes can bite you, strong ocean currents can drag you, and not to mention the drug and armed forces cartels that love to make their moves around this remote places.

 The community is really tired not only from cleaning the beach, but also tired of the promises made and not kept by the government. 

So they just gave up, the easy way out is to bury and burn their mixed waste any where they can. including the public beach. 

This machines are built with the open source of Precious Plastic organization from Holland.

The organization Burnerswithoutborders, helped us, manifest the shredder machine. We need the rest of the machines in order to start the system.

DONATE A MACHINE:

By Bank tranfer
Bancolombia
825000355
Ahorros
Nit : 900988214 (TIN

By Paypal:

Formula for a waste management in most remote coastal communities of Colombia:

We identify three main types of waste:

1. Recyclables
2. Organic
3. Sanitary waste 

Recyclable materials should be brought to your nearest recycling station,( there are now 10 of them in Juanchaco and Ladrilleros)  

• Plastic
• Glass
• Metals
• STYROFOAM

These materials should be collected by the Beach Rangers or the local navy truck, and brought to the recycling center.

Sanitary waste:

This is the real problem.

This type of waste should be buried in your own backyard and never t in the public beach. 

( this is obviously a government issue, but since in these remote places there are no aqueducts, sewage, landfills, nor waste management systems we do consider that the less harmful way to deal with toilet paper is by burying it. The problem is when people use diapers, tampons, pads, and other hygiene products containing plastic … So frutrating…. What would you do?

Video sobre el manejo de los residuos en juanchaco esta aqui :

We designed an Environmental Education program  and have been campaigning  since 2014 so that both inhabitants and tourists behave according to the fragile ecosystem that surrounds us. 

3 steps for tourist:

1.Bring your own reusable utensils when you come visit, so that you avoid single use plastics

2.Help out cleaning the beach 

3.go back to your hometown with your own trash and the one you collected on the beach.

3 steps for community:

1. Separate waste at home 

2. Do not litter, burn or bury any type of waste  on the  public beach

3. Deal with sanitary waste in your own property.

I Know this last one seems surreal, but sanitary waste is the biggest real problem.

Toilets in Colombia are not as sophisticated as in Europe or first world countries. 

You always need to deposit your toilet paper into a separate bin, otherwise toilets get clogged. 

If you would only not use plastic tampons, pads, diapers, q-tips, band-aids, etc… you could just compost it.  So we are trying to convince women and the population to turn into menstrual cups, reusable fabric pads or diapers, and even talking about more advanced subjects like the free bleeding movement and the elimination-communication  non-diaper practices for parents. 

If your company  makes eco-friendly sanitary products and you feel like contributing to these remote coastal communities in order to protect the ecosystems, do get in touch with us 

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If you are an artist and would like to be part of our Artist Residency program here are the options:

1. Make an art piece in your country and donate it to Ecopazifico.

2. Mountain HQ stay at our cozy artist recidency in the mountains of Dapa near Cali, and make an art piece with the Mapare that we had collected from different clean ups.

3. Pacific Coast. MAPARE jungle. Our spot in the Pacific coast is the @PacificoHostel. you can stay at this amazing jungle hostel in exchange of a beach plastic art piece that you are to co create with children and community.

4. Caribbean Coast MAPARE bliss. Our spot in the Caribbean side is @Namastebeachclub. You are also welcome to stay here if you are to make an art piece with children and community.

THIS ART PIECES ARE OUR TOOLS TO GET SPONSORS!

BE PART OF THE CHANGE!

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Our approach is highly adaptable, with program design customized to the unique needs, culture, and social structure of each community. We take great care to align our efforts with existing environmental education initiatives, collaborating with organizations and educators already active in the community. Our belief in the power of cooperation drives us to work closely with these partners, optimizing our teaching methods and resource utilization.

The Permaculture Action Week serves as an invitation to embrace responsibility and ingenuity in how we utilize our remaining resources and make conscious choices in our dietary habits. We firmly believe that our program can play a vital role in contributing to the overall well-being of our planet.

What is “MAPARE”?

Every piece of plastic found on the beach, is MAPARE : “Material Para revivir” (Material to revive!). Trash is a negative word and we want to cancel it from the vocabulary of children and volunteers!

We collect Mapare and separate it by colors and type of plastic or material. We are bringing the best finds of Mapare back to the city so that artists can create art pieces.

Infinity Kit.

For participating in the activities of Ecopazifico, the children get rewarded with the #Infinitykit. A set of reusable utensils to reduce consumption of plastic pollution.

You can also join our BUY ONE, GIVE ONE program. Please contact us.

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What is “MAPARE”?

Every piece of plastic found on the beach, is MAPARE : “Material Para revivir” (Material to revive!). Trash is a negative word and we want to cancel it from the vocabulary of children and volunteers.

We collect MAPARE and separate it by colors and type of plastic or material. We are bringing the best finds of Mapare back to the city so that artists can create art pieces!

For participating in our Mapare collection activities,The children always get rewarded by different utensil of the the #infinityKit a set of reusable items to reduce their own waste consumption.

Sometimes they also get rewarded by AcroYoga, circus, face painting or environmental educational films.

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