Iloca, Licantén, January 21, 2024 – Last Saturday, January 20, Iloca witnessed an exceptional event, the Maule 2024 Regenerative Festival, which brought together more than 380 people for a day of celebration and reflection on the environment.
Environmental Projects and Community Collaboration
Organized by the social innovation company Balloon Latam, Kawoq Foundation and the Municipality of Licantén. The event marks the culminating milestone of the "Participatory Portfolio of environmental projects with a Regenerative Maule 2023 focus", the result of months of collaborative effort.
Local Entrepreneurship: Regenerative Fair and Sustainable Workshops
From 12:00 to 20:00, the community enjoyed a variety of activities designed to inspire, educate and encourage sustainable action. The event included training spaces with experts in regenerative and environmental issues, talks and conversation panels, a Regenerative fair with products from local entrepreneurs, workshops on sustainable practices, live shows and much more.
Kawoq Foundation, through its executive director, Camila Hevia, expressed its commitment: "We are in this project because as a foundation we are interested in empowering community leaders and local entrepreneurship, especially around regeneration."
Alicia Hidalgo, General Manager of Balloon Latam, highlighted the relevance of initiatives like these: "It is important that the affected people themselves identify what they need and what must be resolved, in order to have true solutions."
Environmental Challenges: Strategic Conversations
Alicia Hidalgo, General Manager of Balloon Latam, highlighted the relevance of initiatives like these: "It is important that the affected people themselves identify what they need and what must be resolved, in order to have true solutions."
The event included two significant conversation panels that addressed crucial topics for the region. The first, titled “Regenerative Interrelationships, Links for the Future,” brought together prominent local leaders to discuss strategies and perspectives on promoting regenerative practices. The second panel, titled “Local Solutions to Global Problems: Community Regeneration,” focused on exploring how local communities can contribute to global regeneration. These conversations provided valuable insights and inspiring perspectives on how to address environmental challenges locally and globally.
Juan Ignacio Cordero, Head of Advocacy at Balloon Latam, summarized the value of the conversations: «The value that I perceive in today's conversations lies mainly in the fact that it is the communities themselves that determine their own organic process of understanding, addressing the problems of the reality that arise and achieving lasting results over time thanks to collaborative work."
The 2024 Maule Regenerative Festival was not only a day of celebration, but also a testament to the community's ongoing commitment to regeneration and sustainable action. The success of the event reinforces the importance of collaboration and community empowerment in the search for lasting environmental solutions.
