By Ron Brenneman | Project Leader
As we move forward with technical advancements and automatic systems in our aquaponic greenhouses, we remind ourselves of our overall goal. While we are expecting bumper crops of tomatos, lettuce, peppers, cucumbers and fish, we are focused on a more important outcome.
The name of our school, Amún Shéa, means "Land of seedlings" in the original Lenca language, the indigiousness people of our region. We choose this name given the parallel between nurturing the development of young people and the cultivation of living plants.
Working with aquaponics nurtures our students in life skills. The balance and interdependence between plants and fish and ourselves becomes evident. Our students learn to appreciate to working of life cycles and how climate change forces modification in those cycles and processes.
Knowledge and confidence gained through hands working is essential during the early years of formation. Actually, children have the right to learn how to work, how to grow and how to apply their expanding knowledge into the ever changing world around them. This is what we seek to produce with the aquaponics greenhouse.
We thank you for your continued support and ask that help spread the word. Thank you!
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