Every year on 5th June, World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated, as a means of not only raising global awareness about current environmental issues, but also inspiring individual action on a collective level, in order to create a positive impact on the environment. Over the last few years, it has become a global event that has taken hold in over 100 countries.
Voluntario Global is currently developing a new environmental project in Suarez, Buenos Aires, in the form of a network of organic community gardens. The organization is currently working on a garden for a kindergarten and another for a health centre. The main objective of the project is that as the residents of Suarez take part in the initiative, they can use their own local knowledge to work with the volunteers in achieving what is best for the community.
Another reason as to why the involvement of residents from Suarez is crucial to the development of the project is that they can provide their own knowledge of the local area. Suarez currently suffers from a serious problem of contaminated soil. The area is situated in close proximity to a waste disposal site, and so the soil contains harmful chemicals such as lead. Therefore, the organic gardens are a way of helping to combat this particular problem and providing the area with sustainable development projects.
