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Juntos por el ambiente or “Together for the Environment” is a community recycling program led by Marea Verde Panamá, in partnership with the Fútbol con Corazón Foundation and the Local Goverment of Parque Lefevre.Its purpose is to offer a free and accessible home recycling solution for the communities of Puente del Rey and Villa del Rey, […]
Siete Cuencas is an innovative initiative that seeks to significantly reduce the waste that reaches the Bay of Panama through the capital’s rivers.
Discover the Casa de Wanda The Casa de Wanda is Marea Verde’s interactive environmental education center, designed to inspire children, youth, and adults to take action against plastic pollution in our rivers and coastal areas. Located in the township of Juan Díaz, this unique space invites you to explore, learn, and connect with real, local […]
Reciclar EsCultura was the first national sculpture competition made from garbage collected in rivers, beaches, seas, mangroves and coasts. The main objective was to increase awareness of the impact we have on our natural environment, which we can change with our actions. We received about 200 registrations and finally 52 participants sent their sculptures that […]
In 2019, we took the first major step to confront plastic pollution in rivers with the installation of B.o.B (Barrera o Basura) in the Matías Hernández River.This innovative floating system was designed to intercept solid waste carried downstream, preventing it from reaching mangroves and the ocean. B.o.B marked the beginning of a new era in […]
Recicletas is an innovative community recycling collection program, led by the Community Board of Don Bosco in partnership with Marea Verde Panamá.Since its launch in March 2023, it has become a practical, sustainable, and replicable solution for promoting recycling directly from households. What are Recicletas? Recicletas are bicycles modified with wagons specially designed to collect […]
The project to clean up and recover the mangroves of Costa del Este, Panama City, consisted of collecting the waste accumulated among the mangroves that affect this important ecosystem. Much of this waste comes down from the communities surrounding the middle and upper watershed of the Matías Hernández River and reaches the coast, accumulating with […]
BoB and Garzón: Against the Tide of Trash is a book full of purpose, heart, and hope.Its mission is as special as it is necessary for Panama: to raise awareness about river and ocean pollution and inspire collective and individual action to reduce it. A story that teaches and inspires This beautifully illustrated 48-page book […]
Meet Wanda Díaz: our hydraulic wheel! Wanda Díaz is an innovative and pioneering system in Latin America that uses hydraulic and solar energy to collect and remove solid waste floating in the Juan Díaz River, preventing it from reaching the ocean.⚙️ It combines engineering technology, clean energy, and the manual work of our team — […]
Wanda Educa: shaping environmental leaders from the classroom Wanda Educa is an educational program by Marea Verde that, since 2023, has been driving change in schools located within the Juan Díaz River basin.It works hand in hand with each school’s environmental committees, forming Environmental Leadership Clubs, where students and teachers become true agents of transformation. […]