Eco-Village in Mexico Boasts a Sustainable Lifestyle Martin Markovits - CCTV.com
go to original August 10, 2016

In the mystical mountains of Sierra del Tepozteco outside of Mexico City, an alternative community was created by a traveling artistic group - and it is one that is still thriving after 35 years. Learning from the nearby indigenous communities, they have created a sustainable community that they believe can be a model for the rest of the world.

Tonya Ocher never thought she and her friends from a nomadic traveling artistic group would grow old together. But in 1982, the group decided to stay and create an alternative community. 35 years later, the ecovillage of Huehuecoyotl remains a model in sustainable living.

Tonya grows 30 percent of the food she eats from a recyclable water system she learned from the local native population. With the threat of climate change, she hopes her community can serve as an example for the rest of the world.

"It's no secret that the next 20 years are going to be very difficult for many people and many people are turning to sustainability, as an alternative to the usual model of building systems of political barriers, borders and trying to find systems that will be sustainable for the next generation," said Tonya Ocher, co-founder, Huehuecoyotl.

Currently, there are nearly 50 people from different nations that live in this rural community.

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