La Mariposa

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La Mariposa Sustainability Profile

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Sustainability Summary

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La Mariposa presents sustainability as part of its wider community and educational work in Nicaragua. Its philosophy links travel, climate change, local development and environmental justice, and it says it creates as much sustainable local employment as possible. The organisation describes visible, community-based operations, local sourcing, seasonal food, tree planting, nature reserves, eco-building, water collection and recycling, and projects requested by local people. It also states that environmental projects have become increasingly important, including native tree planting, support for local families, and efforts to preserve land, water and wildlife.

La Mariposa Sustainability Actions

Local employment and sourcing

We create as much sustainable local employment as possible. Except for Paulette (semi-retired) and the occasional intern, every aspect of La Mariposa is staffed and managed by local people, trained by us over the years. We also buy as little as possible in supermarkets and purchase instead from local producers supplies from fruit to building materials. We consciously minimize buying imported goods.

Native trees and reserves

We increasingly emphasize environmental projects and have, for example, planted some 30.000 native trees over the past few years and created two nature reserves. Plus we have our rescued dogs, cats, monkeys, parrots, horses.

Solar and water systems

Both the hotel and the study center incorporate solar power, solar heated hot water, rain water collection, grey water recycling, organic gardening among other features. We plant trees where ever possible on our land, both rare forest trees and fruit trees for wildlife.

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La Mariposa Sustainability Commitments

2017

Chispa de Vida eco-build

In 2017 we constructed the buildings for the Chispa de Vida project also incorporating adobe for the wall covering.


Sustainable Development Goals

La Mariposa is committed to advancing these Global Goals to promote prosperity for people & planet.

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