... most of these lands, desert lands, were capped, bare soil... and what we're trying to do, as seasons pass by, is cover more
soil: cover more soil with vegetation, dung, urine, grass ... whatever material we can find to cover the soil with vegetation. One of the best reclamation tools we have found are the hooves and the mouths of our domestic animals. We use them in order to improve these basic ecological processes that we are managing: water cycle, mineral cycle, energy flow... and the dynamics of our soils, our plants...
HMI Affiliates
Holistic Management International Mexico
More than one million hectares are under Holistic Management in Mexico.
It is home to an active network of Certified Educators, as well as Fundacion para Fomentar el Manejo Holistico, AC, which has released a Spanish version of the Holistic Management textbook in conjunction with Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, and Fonda Mexicano Para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza.
To purchase a copy please visit the HMI Store.
Other collaborative efforts through our network of Mexican practitioners and educators include: Asociaciones Ganaderas Locales de Chihuahua, Cusihuiriachi-Cuauhtemoc y Juarez e Instituto Tecnologico El Llano de Estado de Aguascalientes, Secretaria de Agricultura, and Universidad de Chihuahua.
Mexico's Holistic Management Learning Site
La Inmaculada de Los Aguirre SPR de RI is a Holistic Management learning site in Sonora that hosts educational events led by Certified Educator Ivan Aguirre. Working in collaboration with El Colegio de Sonora, a state graduate College of Interdisciplinary Studies, CATAFE (a Baja California State Agency), Grupo de Manejo y Conservacion de Vida Sivestre, UABC Ensenada Campus and Mexicali Campus, Caborca County Municipio Cattle Producers Association, CESUES College of Ecology, and the Sonoran Institute, the Aguirres offer residential Holistic Management seminars as well as offering consulting services. To schedule a visit, contact Ivan Aguirre at: rancho_inmaculada@yahoo.com