#Goodnews: Using shovels & pickaxes the #GuardianasdelConchalito dug a channel to allow seawater to reach the mangroves & cleared rubbish. They are growing mangrove seedlings & oysters for which there is a ready market. They built barricades & patrol nightly to keep out joy riders & drug dealers.

#Goodnews: In the Mexican state of Baja Californian #GuardianasdelConchalito defied drug cartels/flytippers/chauvinists & crated a sustainable shellfish operation. Their fishing village had been ruined by drug dealers. The mangrove plantation was strewn with rubbish & were dying.

The Mexican women who defied drug-dealers, fly-tippers and chauvinists to build a thriving business The Guardianas del Conchalito ignored chants of ‘get back to your kitchens’, determined to protect the environment and create a sustainable shellfish operation

“We knew we deserved more. Chela would go down to the shore when they were out in their boats & yell: ‘These are ours.’ And the men would shout: ‘Get back to your kitchens.’”

#Mexico #LaPaz #EconSky #EnvironmentalSky #WomensHistoryMonth #GuardianasdelConchalito

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