How Mexico City is turning into a farmland Oasis - GREENING THE CITY PROJECT
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- Mexico City is the 5th largest city in the world with population of around approximately 22 million, which classifies Mexico city as a mega city.
It is situated in the The Central Mexican Plateau, at 2,240m in elevation. Mexico city is also slowly sinking at a rate of about 10 inches per year! The entire metropolis is built on top of a lake bed and the city pumps draw water from it. The ground below is sandy and unstable, which amplifies even small earthquakes by as much as 500%.
All these factors have caused problems in the last decades with regards to the urban infrastructure, water management and waste disposal. Mexico City is the second biggest producer of waste among the world’s mega cities more than Half of this waste is produced at homes and 2,400 diesel-powered garbage trucks which are old and inefficient circulate the city every day. With approximately 90% of all household trash ending up in landfills, which emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas, accounting for 10% of global emissions. Severely impacting the health of the people and the environment.
Mexico cities population has been growing exponentially in the last century
and as a result water and waste management has been in a crisis along with the challenges of feeding a growing population.
However in recent years the local people of Mexico City have been turning this around. In this video we will show you how abandoned land has been turned into a green waste management system using an innovative Mexican technology that reduces co2 emission in the recycling process as well as creating a social and educational space for the community.
In the district of Roma Sur in Mexico City, the local residents have been tackling these challenges head on by creating a green oasis in the city that can deal with food, water, waste management and bioconstruction. This place is called Huerto Roma Verde and covers an area of nearly 8,000 square meters, which used to be part of a housing estate of several apartment buildings that were destroyed by the major earthquake of 1985.
For 27 years the plot was a wasteland and used by neighbors as a dumping ground for their rubbish. Until a man named Paco Ayala who grew up in the Roma neighborhood decided to transform the wasteland into the socio-ecological experiment, where zero waste ancestral sustainable knowledge is being revitalized.
Mexico City was the Ancient Capital of the Aztecs and was known as Tenochtitlán, it was considered a mega city for its time and was a completely zero waste society. Incredibly no records of Aztec trash sites have been found. Instead they developed a resource-efficient culture with a highly-productive agricultural system that recycled nutrients from their waste products. The Aztecs did this by expanding the chinampas, or artificial islands. Which were the invention of the several indigenous tribes related to the Tolteca who had already been living around the lakes since 100 AD
The Aztecs demonstrate that a society can successfully adapt to dramatic changes in environmental conditions and build a strong economy by making an efficient use of resources and not wasting anything.
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Definitly, the biggest city's buildings are even turned black by the pollution of fossile fuels, people get skin and breathing problems and long term cancer, plus it speeding up the natural weather / global warming cycles and creating chaotic extreme weather pockets, it is also destroying eco systems as it expands.
All very valid reasons for more green in our cities
Yes especially when the UK and USA transport all their rubbish to poorer countries.
Who came with this? For the very start, this sound like a liberal socialist stuff, specially because liberals never visit México City and they wouldnt know it is 2 km. Above the sea level.
Yes, it is a good idea. One thing that would be helpful would be to lower the volume of the background music or not use it as it is unnecessary and interferes with the narration.
They are reconnecting their lost roots to their ancient city, before the conquistadors. Using the same kind of mindset and ingenuity the ancients used to grow crops and reuse waste efficiently and effectively. The ancients have so much to teach us moderns still.
@@busterofcoviddeniers They dont what ??
@@busterofcoviddeniers yes they have
Omg no, we are not reconnecting. I'm Mexican, I live in Mexico city (cdmx) and this video is lacking a lot of context: La Roma is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of the city, full of hipster bars, coffee shops, international brand's business, over prized appartmens, etc. So, this is most like a hippie-new-age-park designed for rich people enjoyment.
Mexican environmental activists are getting killed every week, I mean, the really compromised ones, due to turfwar against the narco (who is burning forests and jungles in order to make place for avocado), foreign corporations, and government's crazy projects.
@@busterofcoviddeniers Yes
@@AkairoAoihonoSama why
This needs to be come a global. Good to hear and see the old ways can be brought back and put to use.
No thank you go eat your kale 🥬 fart made food in your yard!
Bruh i red "puto" instead of "put to" jajaja I'm tripping
Yeah we should bring back human sacrifice too.
@@tomasbocking Europeans were just as savage if not more
@@theflowofstreetwall576 So? What does that have to do with anything? The subject here is old ways vs modern ways. Are you a little obsessed with Europeans?
Thank you for posting this. If Mexico City can transform, any city can. Where there is a will there is a way.
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I hope every city can make an effort to improve waste management green infrastructure, water and food management
Who came with this? For the very start, this sound like a liberal socialist stuff, specially because liberals never visit México City and they wouldnt know it is 2 km. Above the sea level.
hippy.
1st it sounds like a bot. so that means the channel is pure lies.
2.nd it speaks english. so again its probably pure lies.
3rd itself on israelTube. so we *know* its pure lies.
4th even a toddler could tell the thumbnail is fake
pretty condescending comment lol. Mexico City has an ancient history of sustainability
México City Is INCREDIBEL.
Yes the general population consumes & produces more waste than we can recycle. This posting is a great example of how a populated city can reclaim itself & flourish from awareness in the cycle of an environment👍...thank you! Hopefully it will spread worldwide.
@@sergpie Ground water status: killed beyond repair
Thank you checo, it's all your fault
It hadn't even spread Mexico City wide. It's the equivalent of a park.
This is a great example of modern and traditional technology working together to solve our waste problems. I would love to help you with your work.
Definately intertwining both modern and tradational knowledge can work very well! Are you looking to get in touch with the project directly, they have a website, recommend you check it out!
@@LeafofLifeWorld Thanks!
@@chisandia1 how can you help do this in some cities in Afrika, if you can pls let us correspond
@@cliffnzombato6144 Hello Cliff, where are you located? I work with a permaculture group in Kenya
@@chisandia1 am currently in Moncton Canada, have permaculture student across Afrika
Nice to see my country being presented in an objective way. We, as humans, need to embrace zero waste and compassion towards our fellow humans and other animals as a number one priority.
Jesus loves you 🙂
im a mexican in america (chicano) and you dont know how many BAD reports of mexico are here. its affected my quality of life in america personally tbh
@@dankbabayyyy thought you were a Mexican in Europe
@@evalolacookie I’m confused
@@dankbabayyyy america is the continent not the country, if youre a mexican talking to another mexican why on earth would u talk about america as a country lmfao, thats why he said that with sarcasm, cuz a mexican is already in america
Mexico City definitely needs to become greener. Planting more trees would be a good start. And building waste incineration plants and composting facilities. Gardening and farming projects can certainly help to recycle local waste and improve the living quality of a neighborhood.
never been to mexico have you?
you need water to grow plants
@@ShawnJonesHellion Which there is a lot of in the rainy season from May through November.
@@ShawnJonesHellion Water u get in rainy season.. N later the trees roots absorb it from the ground.. Many cities have planted trees alongside roads, so u can plant trees in concrete too.. The roots go deeper and absorb water.. Of course plant in rainy season
A lot countries around the world are collecting water to help reduce water waste. This could help a little
It's already full of trees. The city is really green in that sense, but water and waste management is lacking severely
Mexico is now the cleanest country I have traveled in. So proud of their trees and lack of single use plastics. Thank you Mexico!
NO! thanks Israel, who gives the Tech, to Mexico.
Yeah when I went to Guadalajara it wasn't like that at all. I love Mexico tho but this is quite misleading
Yeah I don't think so
Have you traveled anywhere else in the world?.
That is very untrue.
I think this is awesome; permaculture is the way to go, the evolution has started
Agro-ecology……helping Mother Earth regrow her immune system and beauty and function. Yep
Truly one of the greatest cities in the world. So eclectic, diverse, chaotic, romantic and awe inspiring at every corner. A must visit
It's a dump
The amount of indigenous fundamental life knowledge that was disregarded & lost through colonization is a heartbreaking tragedy.
It's wonderful to see the success of this project & know at least some small part of their heritage is being revived. I'm sure we could help heal our world by implementing selective ancient management systems for handling waste, water & food production. Our technology has grown in huge leaps & bounds over the last couple of decades making us constantly seeking the latest upgrade. What we need to focus on now, is upgrading our attitudes, perspectives & intentions concerning these 3 things. Finding equitable, world wide solutions for waste & water management, along with food production that doesn't create problems, should be our priority this century. Moving to Mars can wait. Let's fix things so that as few people as possible lack food, clean water & a roof over their heads.
When people post about magical knowledge then you know they are just spouting mythology and continuous of the noble savage myth.
You think empires and colonisation is just part of European history?
Why do you think the Spainish were able to conquer so much territory? It was because the conquered people of the Aztec empire joined in attacking them.
@@interestedobserver587 Where did you get the idea i was talking about 'magical knowledge'? This video had nothing to do with that, it's about working cooperatively with nature not against it.
@@animerlon You are the one who played the colonisation card. Permacultural practices of the past have some value and some dont.
We dont put sewage black water directly onto food crops because we learnt that that not a healthy practice. We also learnt sleeping the same building as certain livestock is not good practice due to zoological diseases.
The the video the mythologising by the presenter spoke of using urine in the past like is was unique. Using urine in dyeing clothes and yarns etc has been done in most cultures. Tweed was fixed by old urea that why historically tweed when wet had an odour. Romans used urine for fabrics and even as mouthwash.
This part of Mexico City is afluent and alternative. Recycling and composting are great but if the people are in high density (which town planners love) then heat island effect is very difficult to mitigate.
@@interestedobserver587 He didnt play a 'colonisation card', he just stated the truth, we all have coloniser's blood, dont get so defensive for nothing.
@@animerlon Do people believe that Europeans never lived cooperatively with nature? Or do people mean that the indigenous peoples of the Americas had knowledge specific to those continents?
Soy arquitecta y me estoy enfocado al paisaje precisamente para contribuir a soluciones a la crisis ambiental de está ciudad y es verdad que afortunadamente este interés va llegando a más gente, ya sea por moda o lo que sea pero por lo menos es una ventaja para el mundo
Me enorgullece leer esto por tu parte.
No me lo tomes a Mal es bonito pero Poco no mucho corten la hipocresia.
Siempre eh deseado tener un presidente, un gobierno totalmente dedicado a construir un país más verde. Traer la tecnología verde. Desafortunadamente creo que en México tenemos a políticos más enfocados en saquear al país en lugar de mejorarlo. Es frustrante ver como se le va acabando la vida a uno y el país sigue estancado.
No te puedo tomar en serio con esa foto de perfil
3:20 Small historical correction: The spaniards didn't defeat the "Aztecs". 90,000 indigenous soldiers from neighbor city-states and 600 spaniards defeated the Mexicas (actual name, "Aztec" is not very meaningful).
The spaniards just betrayed everyone in the decades and centuries to come so ended up relatively on top and got to rewrite history.
Right!!😉
How did that turn out for those indigenous soldiers
@@leont5096 not good
The same thing happened on the Philippines.
no olvides que la mayor parte de la población indígena que murió fue debido a enfermedades transmitidas por los europeos
The Chinampas weree a brilliant invention and this system could still be used today.
Chinampas are still used In Xochimilco (south area inside Mexico City), the locals grow their veggies on top of them and most of their produce is sold at the local markets. Cant get any fresher. =)
Mexico City is an example of how a superior military and booming population are not the only measure of an advanced or intelligent civilization, as the the one that preceded lived a more sustainable lifestyle with more emphasis on balance withe the natural environment. However it is good to see the city making improvements and taking necessary steps to make living there great again lol. The US can learn from them.
The Mexicas had a superior military compared to every other Nation in most of the American continent. Not even the fully armed Spaniards along with both free and enslaved Black men could successfully take the city or win a single battle until Malinche got them Indigenous allies. Malinche was a former indigenous princess who was kidnap and sold as a sex slave to the Aztecs when she was a small child.
Her terrible life experiences, her integrity, resilience, and remarkable intelligence made her proficient in several languages and she worked as an interpreter, negotiator and diplomat for Hernan Cortez.
She was a resilient and brave survivor. She spoke with great authority and intelligence to every chief and emissary, even though she was still a teenager and a very young woman. She secured powerful alliances to the Spaniards in a great part of the American Continent.
The Aztecs had given a few enslaved children to him and his ship's crews to be used and abused as concubines. And Malintzin was among the girls. If only the Aztecs would have known not to kidnap, enslave and sacrifice people.
The thing is that indigenous Americans had mostly been isolated from every other civilisation which meant they had no access to the sort of weaponry that Europeans and Asians developed for being in constant war among themselves and based on the technological advancements of some Asians, Africans and Middle Easterns. We also didn't have horses.
The Mexica (Aztec) downfall was their own doing to an extent. Since they exploited, tortured, oppressed, murdered and enslaved the Indigenous Nations that joined the Spaniards in the Battle of Tenochtitlán.
Tenochtitlán was unbreakable until the Nations under Mexica rule developed a strategy to pollute the water within the wonder of ingenuity that were Tenochtitlan's water channels and cleaning systems.
But yes, realistically many Native American Nations were far more advanced than Europeans in terms of garbage disposal, medicine and mathematics, among other things. And the Spaniards were just as inhumane as the Aztecs. Just a bit more brute and rustic.
“Im looking for a great warrior” “ah great warrior…..wars do not make one great” Yoda to Luke Skywalker
true
@@halloweenallyearround4889 There was no "enslaved" black people helping the Spaniards in 1521. Most slaves didn't arrive in the America's until the late 16 century, early 17th century.
@@r3b3lvegan89
tell that to the country that has an economy based on wars and industrial military complex have such a leverage on the government
This is a great example of discovering ancient ways that can transform our destruction of the earth we inherited and should value and care for.
Beautiful❣🌳 🌿🎋 🏡 🌲 😘
Bless Mexico, pace and love ✌🍀
Zhy uwu
Thank u for cover the proyects in my country, hope more of thid in the future
Thank you the hospitality of your country in unimaginable, the people some of the most friendly and welcoming I ever met, saludos amigo
Litter is disgusting. People need to take pride in their homes, neighborhood, community and the planet.
Reduce, reuse and recycle. The world needs more environmentalists.
Don't forget the first and most important "R": refuse. If you don't buy unnecessary stuff, you don't have to figure out what to do with it. Refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle.
It upsets me when poverty is blamed for polluting. It's disgraceful. My grandparents were dirt poor in NYC in the 1940s and my grandma kept an extremely clean living space. She had 9 kids in a 1 bedroom space, yet she didn't throw her trash out her window, keep a dirty home. She washed her floors so much she wore them down. Poverty is no excuse or we are doomed.
Wow! Eye opening as to what is possible. Thanks for showing us.
The Lady narrating this video has a voice of a Angel 🙏
Nice to see a good story about Mexico. All I hear about Mexico in the U.S. media is Narco Cartel violence, relocation of American factory jobs, and passageway of illegal immigrants. I met a guy from Mexico City on my holiday in Panama and it sounded like a great place to visit. I hope to go in a few years time.
that's the mainstream media that cherry picks what to report on. Can't blame them 100 percent when most people here in the states seem to gravitate towards negativity. a violent tragedy can get millions of views or clicks but a positive story barel gets attention. the other day i saw a news report on a lady in upstate ny hiring special needs young adults so they can be apart of society. only had a few hundred views, while a violent incident caught on camera can get hundreds of thousands of views in a couple hours smh...
Mexico city is not a great place to visit
And i know this as a mexican myself
If you visit exclusively touristic areas in CDMX i guess it would be a nice trip.
But if you visit the real mexico city, the one where most people live (Iztapalapa, Gustavo A. Madero, Tlahuac, Milpa Alta, poor zones in Venustiano Carranza, Coyoacán and Cuatemocetc) then you're probably going to leave my city with a permanent feeling of disgust
@@yomilala8929 Mexico city is a great place to visit and of course the tourist areas, why you would visit the danger areas in Paris o London?
@@cmnweb Exactly
Thais is just ignorant point of view y you focus in just o te thing , society’s are more than one problem ; imagina if we say US is just racist and school shootings ! No way this just show my very short eye perspective !
More culture and knowledge , more open perspective
Every city should be arranged this way.
I took a connecting flight to Mexico City beautiful place. I’m glad they change things around. I’m sure other countries will follow the same process one day to make the world a healthier place to live.
How heartbreaking that the Spanish came in and destroyed a zero waste society and had no appreciation for the incredible accomplishment of the indigenous people. And it was truly an incredible accomplishment.
yeah it was also a warrior culture and brutal empire against their surrounding peoples with human sacrifice and many more terrible things, please don't idolize a culture just because it's non-european
@@el_equidistante god, you are silly. i sense a lot of jealousy from people that make negative comments like yours. Europe has a history of bloodshed/ barbarism. don’t kid yourself.
@@mozz11 buenoo, ya veo que tal vez eres mexicano y tienes muchos videos conspiratorios de flat earth y hasta antisemiticos, y crees que puedes venir a jugar de aleccionador moralista, pero que ridiculo!
@@el_equidistante The Aztecs were not saints, far from it. But the Spaniards were as bad as the Aztecs if not worst. Please don’t idolize a culture just because it’s European.
@@thehoneybadgerusmc where in my comment I'm I saying the Spaniards are better? it is often the case with people like you that they speak without knowing anything about the cultures they are talking about, a very anglo thing to do
Beautiful country! ❤️
Great job Mexico!
I love CDMX, glad there’s something being done about the waste
Wow, impressive!
Very
Bravo! The very best of luck to you and thanks for sharing!
Arriva Mexico!!!
Good to see that city getting back to it's roots.
Very informative, wow, very impressed and coming from Mexico, the present Mexican president changed the location of the international airport, being built before he came to power, to save what was left of the Texcoco lake. There many plans for what they are calling an ecological Park. It will have, l believe 10,000 hectares, it would be worth checking out.
And he built it on the site of the former Zumpango lake, so there wasn’t really any difference. The site of former Texcoco lake has been abandoned and drained for almost 70 years. The airport project was about converting that area into a functional and sustainable one, not only building a simply airport.
Texcoco was once inhabited and used as farm land until Nieto became governor and had the police displace those people by brutal force incarcating many with false charges to solence them
Don't lie you conservative imperialist neoliberal waste of human HE BUILD IT I A FORMER MILITARY BASE NOW SHARED WHIT THE CIVILIAN AIRPORT
isn't he also building a train thru the Chapas jungle?
@@el_equidistante is being built over the old train rail, the damage to nature is low compared with the economic benefit that people in the south will obtain, since these are projects from a left government, and the mexican ollygarchy is not profiting they are mad and trying to stop the projects
All cities in Mexico should follow this ecological plan, specially northern ones that lack both green areas and water
Geez I really like this project, and your overall project and message in this channel 💚
Great video! Great story! Needs to be circulated much more widely as it is an example to follow. Of course. living in Mexico City am not surprised; it really is a rather green city, with even green walls on the cities main freeway. BTW, I've been in the US the last few months an d am amazed how many plactic bags contine to be used her in the grocery stores. They were banned in Mexico City and now even the many stores are elminating the bags for produce. So everyone goes to the store with reusable bags. Many enviro-friendly lessons that should be emulated in the US and other higher-CO2 emitting nations!
That's shocking! Same here in the EU we stopped plastic bags, how are US so far behind?
Thank you for sharing this! it's a great initiative, in México we have a lot of people who had come with great sustainables ideas and projects that sadly have not been supported by the government yet but sharing this information, adds to more visbility of solutions for the ecological problems we're facing.
(On the other hand a lot of us (mexicans) are fighting to stop the ecocide cause by the construction of the mayan train, that it's also an issue that needs more visibility)
The Huerto Roma is a tiny space for the megalopolis. But more importantly, 85% of Mexico City's surrounding space is used for agriculture. And there's also an important remnant of Xochimilco's chinampas that is still producing a lot of food. So, thanks to the native Mexicans, much of the ancient techniques of agriculture are used to make this city self sufficient on food production.
Thanks for divulge this environmental project with ancient roots from my born city. Actually, still other community/ towns close to Mexico City keep similar traditions.
And obviously we need more greening the city projects across the world.
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I’m from Mexico City and yesterday we planted 20 🌳 in my backyard
Amazing project!
I quite agree, I've often wondered why we don't have a green bin as well as the two we do have.
We have a green bin we I live. The one thing I question is where that ultimately ends up. It is tax payer dollars that fund it and then they get to keep the good for fertilizer they collect. They likely tend to get sold back to the very people who supplied them the materials for their fertilizer. Plus you have to be weary since people do not always use those bins correctly and I highly doubt anyone actually sifts through the materials collected.
Even better would be to simply compost your own organic waste. Once you gain a surplus you could distribute or sell the excess to the local communities, etc. At least this way you can reduce your impact and also gain good soil for growing your own food supplies.
@@seanregehr4921 I don't see the difference. Do you live in house on a half acre block or in apartment ten stories up off the ground?
@@seanregehr4921 What gets put into your green bin? Glass? Reuable plasics?
many municipalities have green bin (compost) services now where you may put anything biodegradable including undyed paper products, food wastes and yard trimmings. this is a great service for those in small spaces that don't necessarily have space to have a compost bin. if your town doesn't have a green bin program you should campaign to start one!
Thank you,this Is my city where i was born,in 1987.It Is not all bad.Thank you for showing the good side also.
Hello. Thanks for the nice video. I'm Mexican and Mexico City is my hometown. Video title is misleading. You are right that there are nice and green projects as the one shown and others. These great projects are minimal compared to the huge size, population and resources the city consumes on a daily basis. My point is only about the title. Saludos!
This is great news!
Thank you for cheering me up today. We must learn and expand these practices to survive.
All these videos needs more likes. 👍 So more people can watch it.
Toltecas & Aztecs are amazing. We got lot to learn from 'em.
Roma Verde is doing a good job.
Excellent Channel Leaf of life films and excellent work.
Such a great idea - that can be applied anywhere.
Great documentary. Thank you for sharing.
That’s super amazing!! 🙏🏼❤️❤️
Gracias. Sencillamente grandioso.
This is what we should all be doing! Growing food!
I'm not that far from Huerto Roma Verde and I didn't know about it until recent times... Thanks to "Leaf of life films".
I hope you visit there!
just had a tour in the chinampas last week and camped there
That sounds like an amazing trip, did you film it?
I'm new to the channel and have only seen 7 of your videos but i've already subscribed and i'm loving your content keep up the amazing work 😁
Optimistic viewpoint about Mexico. Thanks for your vlog about the brightside outlook about Mexico.
Your videos are really motivating and give hope for a better future
this is wonderful and such a great idea! i hope more people will start thinking this way and also rather than depending on others to get rid of their wastes, start reducing it at source. this year my city outlawed plastic garbage bags, and its been a great first step. we also now have zero waste stores where you can fill your own containers or baskets, rather than relying on plastic packaging. sacrificing a few minor conveniences for the health of the planet. things can get better if we all do our part 💪🏼
Looks like Mexico City is being to the time of the Aztec
Marvelous job my friends… and God is observing us….❤️
So grateful for your support and guidance. Thank you. Always upmost Respect. Amin 🙏🌍🌍🌏
This is what I feel life is pulling me to. This is a hell of a way to be self sustaining. I love it!
As a Mexican living in Mexico City this video is more informative than the government’s propaganda and I’ll be using it with my neighbors.
Thank you!
We need to change the way we think for survival! Thank you for taking climate change seriously! 🙏
Muy interesante, gracias por su vídeo.
Son buenos ejemplos que hemos dado al correr del tiempo.
Places like Mexico City should take notes from cities in Colorado that have a good zero waste activism. First, by separating the trash bins to make recycling, composting, refurbishing, and burning easier!
Mexico city collects waste separately and has been doing for a while.
Mexico City has changed a great deal since I lived there in the 1980s. I wonder if this process can be incorporated in every subdivision in Mexico City? Large mega cities should consider this alternative waste management system.
Subdivisions? They are called alcaldias or counties in English
🇲🇽 ❤️
This is commendable
It's great to live in this amazing city and also great to go out and have green areas to enjoy.
Thanks for sharing.
Very inspiring... I am starting my own.
Yes! That's great 😊
It is indeed lunacy....enjoying learning about this topic!
This is quite Encouraging for me to learn about. Being from L.A. originally, I've dreamt about visiting Mexico City since I was young. It's currently near the top of my bucket list. 🌎👍😎
outstanding accomplishments. The Whole World Nero to learn to take action for Future Generation . Thanks for bringing this video to us.
I live so close and I didn't even knew it existed! thank you! I'll be sure to check it out soon and try to learn something from them :)
beautiful news☘
Wonderful rehabilitating the Earth.
I'd love to live in a place like that. I'd fit right in.
Great city, great people, much greater PROYECT!
Thank you! Very intelligent!
Is moving forward rapidly ,but was never as bad as even we use to believe, when i was able to travel all over i realize that México city is actually way cleaner and greener that we and the world thinks. Was a shocking and great surprise.
Perfect weather
This is so beautiful. I’m from Mexico City and I didn’t know this ❤️ thanks for spreading such valuable information.
Glad to see they're doing something productive
The title and thumbnail made me have to see what you could possibly mean.
Thank you for sharing this video. Its great to see how old knowledge can be blended with the new to solve real life challenges we all face today. Today there is evidence to suggest that many ancient civilizations had better sustainable practices that what we have today. In particular in Sri Lanka where I come from, ancient cities of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa were great examples.
I feel all major cities and built up suburbs should have space allocated for something similar to this project. Most of the issues that arise from waste gets compounded when large amounts get collected into a single location. If it can be processed locally similar to what is shown here, then it supports a more sustainable solution where local community who produces the waste also get a chance to be part of the solution. Also they get a chance to see first hand how their lifestyles are impacting the environment.
i wish I could get people motivated in my small village to start recycling. reducing and reusing.
I hope you can 🙏
I don't know if it's possible but it would be *awesome* if the chinampas could somehow be brought back!
Looks like they worked brilliantly!
YES 👏 IS IT COMPLETELY NECESSARY
Kudos to Mexico, very cool.
thanks for sharing this content I just wish the entire world sees this and applies this technique too.
2:35 today I learned the Aztecs grew their farms in Minecraft NPC villages
Greetings from CDMX 🥑🌶🌽🌵
Decolonization is a must. Detaching from more of euro influence and embrace the indigenous. Pre colonialism vibes. Tapping more into ancestors (which are with us now) and embracing the natural resources collectively. Less competition and more oneness. Mas vida. Love the land. I’m currently living in coyoacan with indigenous roots to the USA and Africa. Full love and support mi gentes
Gonna be hard, to do when, all Mexicans believe Jesus is White. And they all want to Mejorar LA Raza.
You don't understand what decolonization means.
@@johnnyflores5954 Well he was but many people believe middle eastern people of today is a reflection of the past. A more accurate reflection would be northern Italy.
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It is slightly embarrassing to find out about this from a foreigner. I live 39 minutes away from there and had never seen it. It brings hope to see this kind of initiatives. Thank you for sharing. Chinampas are one of most clean and efficient forms of agriculture in the world and I'm happy to see it inspiring new ideas regarding such an urgent matter.