Alberto Núñez
Founder, Guerrilla Verde
"You cannot spend a day without having an impact on the world. We must make a difference".
Geographical scope:
Asunción, Paraguay
Climate Action:
Alberto Nuñez has created an initiative to increase the use of popular cooking pots in the city of Asunción, promoting community organic vegetable gardens, and self-consumption with recyclable materials. Also, he teached communities how to produce cooking pots and providing materials for their realization.
In addition, he regularly contributes to public talks on climate action, global warming and responsible consumption. Alberto runs composting workshops and courses on sustainable and healthy eating in the communities of Asunción. He is addressing some of the disastrous forest fires through prevention as a brigade member in the San Miguel Guerrero ecological reserve of Asunción.
Innovation:
Alberto Nuñez contributes through creative ideas to fight hunger in the marginalized communities of Asunción. Beyond building community gardens with recycled materials, he also provides innovation tools to people to face daily life challenges. People in Asunción have become experts in garbage separation and composting, makeing them self-sufficient while empowering women. Through that process, many have realized that they had the power to change their lives.
Impacts:
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Guerrilla Verde supports women that feed around 500 people in poor neighborhoods of Asunción.
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+ 100 people have been trained on garbage separation, composting, self-sufficiency, and woman empowerment.
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Cooking pots have been popularized in Asunción to provide better organic nutrition to families.
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