casa ecologica

Marta Benavides: Santa Ana, El Salvador

Marta is a Salvadoran activist, theologian and educator. She is the Founder of Ecohouse and the International Institute for Cooperation Amongst Peoples-IICP. Marta has developed ecological programs at the local, regional and national levels, teaching permaculture and soil and water conservation and management to rural and indigenous communities with emphasis on women and youth. She works on environmental issues at the regional and global levels with the UN processes and other concerned groups. Marta is also the recipient of the 2003 U.N.'s Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life and one of the 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize, 2005.
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