They also joined the PIL team Cristhoper Manr\u00edquez Ruiz, Alberto N\u00e1jera Guadarrama, Jose Antonio Vargas Reyes <\/strong>and Fernando Terrazas S\u00e1nchez Ba\u00f1os<\/strong>, local young people eager to collaborate and generate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The team leaders met during their previous efforts to address Atoyac River pollution. Each of them had been working in their respective fields, but it was at a community forum on the environment where they crossed paths for the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They discovered that they shared the same vision of regenerating the river and could find lasting solutions for solid waste management, which led them to participate in the PIL to address the problem in a comprehensive and effective way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u201cIt took us a long time to dream, but inspiration came very quickly\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u2013 Arturo Garc\u00eda Jim\u00e9nez.<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The Local Innovators Program proposes an instance where teams go out into the territory to learn more about the problem. Through various qualitative and quantitative methods they collect diverse information. During territorial validation, the teams connect directly with the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the case of Atoyac, they held meetings with residents of different communities near the affected river, listening to their concerns and obtaining relevant data on local needs and priorities. They also conducted interviews with environmental experts and local authorities to gain a deeper insight into the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the validation, the team claims to have felt a mixture of frustration and hope. On the one hand, the community was eager to see real changes and concrete solutions to the problem. On the other hand, the team was motivated by seeing the support and unity of the community around the cause, which reinforced their determination to continue with their mission of finding effective solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The importance of environmental education \u2013 they maintain \u2013 to raise awareness and empower the community in the search for sustainable solutions is fundamental. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The next change of municipal administration, which will occur in 2024, will be a challenge. Therefore, the team continues to prepare to face new challenges and continue its fight for the regeneration of the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Main image: Pollution of the Atoyac River. Source: SolJaguar.info.\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The team, made up of Arturo Garc\u00eda Jim\u00e9nez, social leader, and Juana Guzm\u00e1n Reyna, municipal leader, held meetings with inhabitants of different communities near the river course. They also held interviews with environmental specialists to design innovative solutions. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[313,351,185,350,354,187,345,156,332,229,353,352],"class_list":["post-800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-habitats-sostenibles","tag-ambiente","tag-atoyac","tag-ayni","tag-guerrero","tag-habitats-sostenibles","tag-innovadores-locales","tag-mexico-2","tag-pil","tag-pil-2023","tag-programa-de-innovadores-locales","tag-rio","tag-rio-atoyac"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/Do9TMYUlh6PJDqZfgLP8UMKfh3o0u4pDyqNbD5cU8S5qMNYQuGTS0Ow_-0_XwDmf1WfVj7rvCgk3HjsQ7y46QoK7HVUHseD3yeLRRZVQRylm-vGQP4TidFeQd1JLorUtOL4vek9e42SlaLYNdbmC4T0\")
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