Sowing Water

Composting is a powerful activity to mitigate the effects of climate change - preventing organic kitchen waste from traveling to landfills is a powerful action in combating climate change, because it reduces the number of truck trips, concentrates carbon and other nutrients in the

One of the great challenges of ecosystem restoration in this decade (2021-2030), established by the UN (United Nations), is seed collection. Planting forests is a "green" economic activity that generates more jobs than the livestock and oil sectors. However, it is necessary to disseminate

The Sowing Water Project is a partner and operates on the rural property shown in the image, recently converted into a Private Natural Heritage Reserve. In Brazil, this is a category of area protected by law in which its owner leaves a perpetual legacy, making a donation to humanity.

There are several ways to restore the health, integrity and sustainability of an ecosystem. In the Cantareira System region, where the Atlantic Forest predominates, forest restoration is the most common form. But there are many forest restoration methods to reestablish the ecosystem

The Sowing Water Project's soil preparation and planting actions have been and promise to be very challenging in the coming days. The Cantareira System region is in the high danger zone for extreme heat. Our field assistants are being prepared to change schedules and activities,

It is gratifying to visit the areas where plantings were done in the last rainy season. The young trees are growing, spontaneous plants typical of the tropical forest also occupy the area and slowly the grass (where it used to be a pasture) is losing space. These are the first steps

The last heat wave in the southeast region of Brazil was frightening. It hadn't been this hot for a long time, combined with the lack of rain. Fortunately the extreme heat went away and it rained in the areas where the Sowing Water Project plants the trees that came from Tree Nation

This week Valor Econômico magazine published an article entitled "An improvement in the Atlantic Forest". When discussing with specialists the reasons for the drop in deforestation in 2022, the journalist spoke with Alexandre Uezu, coordinator of the Sowing Water Project. Alexandre

Erythrina speciosa or Bombax ceiba? Mulungu or Paineira from India? Which is the most beautiful? Both species bloom in the Brazilian winter with beautiful red flowers, attracting insects and birds that come to feed on their nectar. Due to their beauty, both are used in landscaping

In April, the Sowing Water Project team received visits to their projects: ecological restoration areas, climate schools and rural properties with sustainable production systems. Among the visitors were technicians from Petrobras, from the Public Services Regulatory Agency of the

The Sowing Water Project was present at a side event of the "UN Conference on Water", which took place in March. Andrea Pupo, the project's environmental educator, spoke about the importance of forest restoration in areas around springs, rivers and reservoirs and about how the adoption

The planting of agroforests does not stop! It is the rainy season in this region of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil and we are taking advantage of the combination of long days, heat and water to plant agroforestry systems. Combining coffee with native trees and other short cycle products

Last Wednesday, the Sowing Water Project team received members of the technical chamber for the Conservation and Protection of Natural Resources of the Committee for the hydrographic basins of the Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiaí rivers at the IPÊ (Institute for Ecological Research)

"Speechless for the harvest" This is the sentence written over the photo of "Marisa", one of the beneficiaries of the Sowing Water Project. She was very happy and excited about the first corn harvest from her agroforestry system. Non-transgenic native seeds were used, hence the red

The Sowing Water Project team is preparing the areas that will receive donated trees through Tree-Nation. One of these areas caught fire recently, but the rains have already started here and we are very excited. Right now we are removing the grass and soon we will open the holes