Tikkun Eco Center: Spreading seeds of change

Published November 26, 2022

By Angelica Almazan, originally published by Esperanza Project

Victoria Collier and Ben Ptashnik are a couple with a vision: they want to teach how to create self-sustaining ecological community where people can grow food, disengage from destructive systems with the use of renewable energy and green building, and create community projects that benefit everyone while raising the quality of life for the next generations.

And they are doing it.

It’s been weeks since I was at their Tikkun Eco Center, and even after a couple of washing cycles and hours hand picking, tiny seeds are still sticking to my shoes and clothes. I got them walking through the grasses in the milpa when Victoria and I harvested corn to feed the villagers who came to plant trees as part of a community water harvesting and reforestation project.

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