Reforestation from the ground up
As Green As It Gets™ works with several communities, supporting their efforts to provide for themselves economically while preserving their regional ecosystems for use by future generations.
As Green As It Gets™ works with several communities, supporting their efforts to provide for themselves economically while preserving their regional ecosystems for use by future generations.
We help our producers develop environmentally and economically sustainable agricultural programs such as intercropping, managed foresty and organic farming. We also provide classroom and fieldwork training and resources such as seedstock. Keep reading to learn more about our programs...
The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts. - Paul Ehrlich
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Carbon sequestering is in the news right now. It’s the idea that there is too much carbon dioxide in the air and it needs to be taken out. Click here to find out how you can obtain carbon credits.
We have purchased four hectares of former Ixcan Rainforest to create a demonstration planting plot. Read about how we are using the plot to educate the community here.
As Green As It Gets was approached by members of the San Juan del Obispo community, a neighboring village in the Antigua Valley. The town committee had decided to use some of their public land for tree-plantings. The had come to us seeking resources to start the project … more
20 rare and disappearing species suitable to reforestation have been identified in the Ixcan Rainforest. Click here to read about how we are working with the local community to protect these species.