BAJÍO REGION
A ROUTE FOR THE "GRANERO DE LA NUEVA ESPAÑA"
Programs:
"Ecology-Economy-Society"
"Recreation and Integration"
"Green Class: for the Construction of Peace"
"Green class: Workshop on Social Action and work in community"
"Social service" (Structured program based on the needs of the school)
Approaching the Bajío, a generous mining and agro-livestock region, is to discover old trades that contributed to the development of the colonial splendor of New Spain. It is a region that will surprise us with its beautiful and peaceful colonial towns, ranches, mines and its ancient art of weaving.
Traveling through the Sierra Gorda is to approach the complex mountain system that protects a preHispanic mysterious culture and grottos that reveal hidden, but fundamental aspects of this region. The landscapes of an infinite beauty will never cease to amaze us.
We live in a world where violence unfolds daily in all its forms. Conflicts between nations seem permanent and the difficulty of dialogue becomes increasingly uncertain. We seek to satisfy our own needs without understanding the other's. We do not accept difference and we prefer to deny it. Violence is empowered and becomes the form of immediate response to what we question, to what is different, to what threatens our interests.
Violence is not only located in the relations between nations, but also in our daily lives as citizens. We are witnesses to violent acts in our homes, in our schools, in our work, in our cities and in our country.
Children and young people are the most vulnerable sector because they are educated within this discouraging panorama of low self-esteem, non-assertive communication and aggressive resolution of conflicts.
Not without reason, conflict and violence are today fundamental and urgent issues on the agendas of all organizations that seek respect, tolerance and constructive dialogue between people and between countries.
Strongly committed to educating children and young people in Mexico, CENTROS ECOCLUB seeks to contribute to generating a significant change in the attitudes and behaviors that have allowed violence to strengthen.
With our green class for the CONSTRUCTION OF PEACE and our strong partnership with the international organization NON-VIOLENCE PROJECT, we seek to create awareness, inspire, motivate and involve children and young people to understand conflicts and how to transform them without recourse to the violence. We deeply believe that education can achieve this goal.
Through playful, interactive, reflective and creative activities, children and young people can assimilate the urgency of Peace by starting to use the resources of NO-VIOLENCE, opting for the common good and for a full life.