Terraza Verde Colombia

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Our Goal

Working with Colombian families to promote sustainable waste management practices through urban agriculture and composting systems. This offers numerous benefits such as creating economic opportunities, enhancing food security, fostering social cohesion, and protecting the environment

Project Profile

The Terraza Verde project is being developed in the locality of Usme, in Bogotá, Colombia. It offers spaces for communities to strengthen their capacities under the principle of learning-by-doing. This includes properly separating waste in their homes, transforming organic waste into fertiliser, and implementing community and family urban gardens. The Green Terrace is a sustainable and impact-driven project that:

  • contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by avoiding organic waste disposal in landfills;
  • promotes food security through organic gardens;
  • and strengthens social cohesion in communities.

With the cooperation and local coordination of the Parish San Marcelino Champagnat and the Prosofi Social Programme of the Javeriana University, Skat Foundation has supported more than 200 families in Usme to implement urban agriculture and composting strategies. This was achieved through trainings, workshops, technical visits, as well as by promoting the implementation of urban gardens and the production of organic fertiliser from waste.

Location

Bogotá, Colombia

Duration

2021 – 2026

Theme

Solid Waste Management
Green Entrepreneurship
Social Cohesion

Key Services Provided

  • Capacity and skills development
  • Participatory design of environmental education strategies and tools

Staff

  • Sandra Mendez Fajardo, Coordinator of Solid Waste Management Programme
  • Dr. Angelica Wehrli, Project Manager

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Expected Results for 2025

40

participants will complete training in household organic waste management and home agroecology

100

people will receive technical guidance in urban gardening

2,000

kilograms of organic waste will have been processed

María Teresa Torres and

Olga Lucía Muñoz

“I really appreciate what I have learned here in the Terraza Verde project. I learned that most of the waste we take out of the kitchen when we prepare food can be used to make compost and obtain fertiliser to plant all kinds of plants.”

María Teresa Torres

 

“In this time, I have enriched my knowledge on how to reduce pollution and be more conscious of the planet by composting at home… I want to thank the team of the Terraza Verde project for the great work they do for the community and for our planet.”

Olga Lucía Muñoz

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