Today we had a pretty great experience with some cooperatives. Yesterday we traveled to Muchachies, a rural town an hour out of Merida. We rode horses up to a trout farm, and then we poked the fish, toured the coops HUGE medicinal garden, their greenhouse, where they produce vegtable seeds for coops all over latin america, and their natural fertilizer process.
We then went to another coop where we learned about these woman who learned to weave and now have an income for their families.
Then yet another coop which builds solar panels for families of coops in their area to heat their water. this last cooperative will build solar panels for anyone who needs it, and if the family, or their coop can pay they can pay whatever they want or not. each solar panel costs a total of 800 BSF or $160. It provides enough hotwater for three people´s daily needs. The panels are made of one wood box with copper piping all spray painted black, with a pain of glass over it. this is connected to a tank with two hoses, one out the top and one out the bottom. because hot water will rise over the cold water it creates it´s own pump. these people are genius.
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