The summer course Ecopunk Summer, aimed at teenagers between 13 and 17 years old, was held. Through walks within the neighborhood, it was proposed that attendees would find ways to rediscover their environment by imagining new ways of inhabiting the city integrated into the ecosystem. During that week, urban exploration exercises were carried out, as well as the use of editing tools for social media and the use of artificial intelligence to design urban architecture for a possible more sustainable future.

Participants: 45 girls and boys, residents of Santa María la Ribera

The summer course City Kids: exploring Milpa Alta was held, where girls and boys participated in artistic, cultural, planting, and food-related activities, all linked to the territory of Milpa Alta. Under the guidance of mediator Martha Garay, the participants explored this region through playful dynamics. During the course, they were accompanied by a craftswoman, an illustrator, and a writer from Milpa Alta, who shared their knowledge about traditions such as the Chinelos dance, the use of the loom, and the creation of pigments, among others. Additionally, the participants visited the exhibition Rains and Dry Spells. The Ancestral Vision of Time in Milpa Alta, where plastic artist Melissa Paredes led an artistic activity with the participating children.

The program “El Huertito” aims to recover and adapt green spaces within the facilities of preschools and kindergartens in the neighborhood. For the implementation of this project, during the month of April, we worked with the Elena Zapata kindergarten. The goal was to create living classrooms and learning gardens for the school community. For the first sessions of this program, the discovery of and approach to seeds was encouraged through games and stories, to then move on in a second stage to direct work with them involving germination, planting, and continuous care of the garden.