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La idea de hacer una lombri composta en la sede UPN Cuernavaca surgi\u00f3 como una respuesta a los Retos del proyecto Planteles Educativos Sustentables. Estudiantes de la Licenciatura en Educaci\u00f3n Primaria para el Medio Ind\u00edgena (LEPEPMI) aceptaron este reto y en colaboraci\u00f3n con maestros y personal administrativo de la sede. Al comienzo ten\u00edan un proyecto ambicioso que contemplaba llegar a la comercializaci\u00f3n de la composta. Poco a poco, por falta de tiempo o inter\u00e9s el grupo se fue haciendo cada vez m\u00e1s peque\u00f1o, hasta que qued\u00f3 un grupo de unos tres estudiantes, un maestro y una persona del personal administrativo. Esta historia no termina ah\u00ed. Este peque\u00f1o grupo ha trabajado arduamente la composta. Juntos le dan trayendo material org\u00e1nico desde sus casas para as\u00ed alimentar a las lombrices y el impacto de su dedicaci\u00f3n est\u00e1 teniendo un impacto mucho m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de las paredes de su sede.<\/p>\n
\u00bfCuales han sido los impactos de la lombri composta? Primero que nada, cabe destacar que cada uno de los que hoy siguen involucrados en mantener la composta ha vivido un proceso de transformaci\u00f3n. El trabajar y aprender sobre la composta les ha llevado a una mayor concientizaci\u00f3n sobre su entorno natural. Han adquirido conocimientos espec\u00edficos sobre el compostaje y las lombrices en si, pero tambi\u00e9n han aprendido a verse como posibles part\u00edcipes de soluciones a las problem\u00e1ticas ambientales que hoy vivimos. Adem\u00e1s, la composta ha dado muchos frutos pedag\u00f3gicos; uno de ellos fue el dise\u00f1o de una mascota, Tlali, que en lengua N\u00e1huatl significa tierra. Tlali, una lombriz que vive en una composta ya es una egresada de la UPN y se dedica a ensenarle a ni\u00f1os y adultos sobre c\u00f3mo ella les puede ayudar a convertir sus desechos org\u00e1nicos en composta. Otro importante fruto es el trabajo de Noemi Moreno y Antonio Sarmina, estudiantes de LEPEMI, quienes han escrito un cuento que nos puede ense\u00f1ar de una manera l\u00fadica sobre la lombri composta.<\/p>\n Por si estos resultados no fuesen lo suficientes, tambi\u00e9n es importante destacar que la lombri-composta ha generado un valioso espacio para la convivencia. Cada uno de los que trabajan en su mantenimiento se refiere a este trabajo como una oportunidad de liberarse del estr\u00e9s que se vive cada d\u00eda como estudiante, profesor o personal administrativo.<\/p>\n Finalmente, se preguntar\u00e1n si el impacto ambiental de esta lombri-composta es significativo. La respuesta es s\u00ed! Quienes la mantienen tambi\u00e9n han hecho su composta en sus casas y hoy, despu\u00e9s de ya estar en funcionamiento por m\u00e1s de un a\u00f1o, han logrado que la cafeter\u00eda de la sede se comprometa a enviar sus desechos org\u00e1nicos a la lombri-composta. Los cambios organizacionales no ocurren de un d\u00eda para otro. Nuestras instituciones educativas resisten el cambio, sea este liderado desde arriba o impulsado desde abajo. El compromiso a ser una Plantel Educativo Sustentable es tareas de toda la comunidad educativa. He aqu\u00ed un ejemplo de c\u00f3mo un peque\u00f1o grupo de personas comprometidas pueden provocar grandes cambios.<\/p>\n Blog basado en encuesta a Raful Pineda (maestro), Lilia Ram\u00edrez S\u00e1nchez (personal administrativo), Noemi Moreno y Antonio Sarmina (estudiantes LEPEPMI)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A sustainable campus works with dedication to reduce the quantity of waste that it produces and in managing it in a sustainable way. Composting and vermi-composting are\u00a0excellent ways to transform organic waste into soil, making this waste be part of a compost generation process can lead to use it as a partial or total substitute of chemical fertilizers. The UPN Cuernavaca accepted the challenge of being a sustainable campus and now they have a vermicompost in the institution. What is particular about this project is who is behind this initiative, what motivates them to work on their compost, what they have learned and how this compost is not only nourishing the soil of the UPN but also their pedagogical practice.<\/p>\n The idea of composting in the UPN Cuernavaca campus\u00a0emerged as an answer to the Sustainable Campuses Initiative. Students from the Primary Education for the Indigenous Environment (LEPEPMI) program with the collaboration of teachers and administrative staff accepted the challenge to work on becoming more sustainable.\u00a0 At the beginning, they had an ambitious project that contemplated the idea to\u00a0commercialize compost. Little by little however, because of lack of time or interest in the project, the group became smaller, until only a group of three students, a teacher and a someone part of the administrative staff \u00a0were left. The story did not end here. This small group has been working very hard on the compost. Together, they bring organic material from their homes to feed the worms and the impact of their dedication goes further than the walls of their campus.<\/p>\n What have been the impacts of the vermicompost? First of all, it is important to point out that each one of the participants who are still involved in maintaining the compost has lived a transformative process. Working and learning about the compost has sensitized them to\u00a0their natural surroundings. They have acquired specific knowledge about compost and worms but they have also learned to see themselves as participants of the solutions to the environmental problems we live today. Furthermore, the compost has given many pedagogical results. One of them, was the design of a mascot, Tlali, that means earth in the N\u00e1huatl language. Tlali, a worm that lives in the compost has traveled outside of the UNP and teaches kids\u00a0and adults\u00a0 how she can help them transform their organic waste into compost. Another important result is the work of Noemi Moreno and Antonio Sarmina, students of the LEPEMI program, who have written a story that can teach us in a fun way about vermicomposting.<\/p>\n As if these results were not enough, it is also important to point out that vermicomposting has generated a valuable space for conviviality. Each one of the participants that works on its maintenance, refers to their work as an opportunity to free themselves from the stress they live every day as\u00a0students, teachers or administrative staff.<\/p>\n Finally, you might wonder if the ecological impact of the vermicompost is actually significant. The answer is yes! The participants are also composting in their houses and today, after functioning for over a year, they have been able to get the cafeteria of the campus to commit to sending their organic waste to the vermicompost. Organizational changes do not happen from one day to another. Our educational institutions resist change, while it is being led from above or pushed from the bottom. The commitment to become a sustainable campus is a task that involves the whole educational community. Here is an example of how an involved, small group of people can bring about important changes.<\/p>\n Blog based on a survey of Raful Pineda (teacher), Lilia Ram\u00edrez S\u00e1nchez (administrative staff member), Noemi Moreno and Antonio Sarmina (LEPEPMI students).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Por Gisela Fr\u00edas (Dawson College) Un Plantel Educativo Sustentable se esmera en reducir la cantidad de desechos que produce y de manejarlos de una manera sustentable. 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Vermicompost, nourishing the soil and ideas<\/h3>\n
By Gisela Fr\u00edas (Dawson College) Translated by Abril Obregon<\/h5>\n