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The village of Marianitas, population 230 residents, is located in the tropical cloud forests of the western Andean mountains. Since a couple of years, a few services have appeared in the village such as general stores, a small restaurant, transportation, and the cooperative of women's artisan. The cooperative is a group of women who produce sustainable arts and crafts from renewable natural materials like bamboo, coconut husks and tagua (vegetable ivory). The crafts include earrings, pendants and seed/bead necklaces, as well as napkin rings, key chains and other articles. The cooperative also actively promotes conservation and environmental protection through demonstration of the use of renewable and recycled materials, and through their organic garden and native tree nursery and tree planting program. They also promote environmental education, in order to teach the basic principles of conservation and nature appreciation to their children and the community at large. You are welcome to stay in a family and get involved in the different projects of the cooperative. Living like them in this peace and quiet village will make you learn a lot. |
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