ARCAS
ARCAS Guatemala is a nonprofit based in Guatemala whose mission is focused on the rescue and rehabilitation of endangered wildlife, environmental education, sustainable community development, and sustainable economic alternatives to tourism and business. ARCAS works in three main areas of Guatemala, in Guatemala City, the Northern department of Peten, and the Hawaii region of the Southern coast.
Defensores de la Naturaleza
Defensores de la Naturaleza is a Guatemalan NGO focused on the conservation of the country’s biological and cultural diversity through the sustainable use of natural resources in harmony with human development throughout the nation. Defensores manages 4 protected areas in Guatemala or 5% of the national territory, Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve, Bocas del Polochic Wildlife Refuge, Sierra del Lacandón National Park and Naciones Unidas National Park. Nearly 80% of the country’s plant and animal species can be found in the areas Defensores oversees. Not only does Defensores engage in wildlife and plant conservation, the organization is active in the promotion of sustainable forest management as well as land use planning and in the development of eco-tourism as well as sustainable business practices.
Long Way Home
Long Way Home is a 501c3 that strives for economic and environmental justice, through green building, equitable employment, and education. Long Way Home’s central project in Guatemala is the building of the Centro Educativo Tecnico Chixot, among others, a zero-waste and completely sustainable building. Long Way Home also offers courses in green building, permaculture, rain harvesting, suberadobe, dry composting toilets, and many more to give people around the world the opportunity to learn about zero waste living.
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