Mexico Limpio & Querido
Second Meeting of the Puerto Vallarta Garden Club Announced
There will be a breakfast meeting on Wednesday, August 25 at Las Calandrias
Mexico Limpio y Querido (“Clean and Beloved Mexico”) is the name for a new anti-litter organization and taken from the famous and beautiful patriotic song composed by Chucho Monge. Sung by Jorge Negrete and many other popular Mexican singers, it is a love song for Mexico. The lyrics begin with:
“México lindo y querido
Si muero lejos de ti
Que digan que estoy dormido
Y que me traigan aquí.”
In English:
“Beautiful and beloved Mexico
If I die far from you
Tell them I am asleep
And bring me back to you.”
“Mexico Limpio y Querido” will hopefully inspire nationals and expats with a renewed pride in Mexico. Organized by Robert Price, Director of the Vallarta Botanical Gardens, members of the team include Shannon Beston, Daniel Gomez and Nicole Majewski. The group is in the process of securing their Associacion Civil (AC), the stamp of a government- approved charity.
Says Price, “Mexico Limpio and Querido” will not be just a local organization. We plan to take it to a national level on the lines of “Keep America Beautiful,” the highly successful environmental campaign launched in the U.S. in 1953. Our goal is the same one the U.S. had decades ago - to increase awareness of the importance of a clean environment and to actually clean up the towns, cities, beaches, rivers, bays and countryside.”
“Mexico Limpio y Querido” needs volunteers and committee members to assist at the grass-roots level. Price has listed the following points:
Solicit corporations to fund education and ad campaigns
Promote education at all school levels, especially primary and secondary
Invite government agencies to particate in anti-litter campaigns
Encourage government to introduce laws to reduce garbage and waste via composts and other means; eliminate styrofoam and plastic bags at commercial locations; utilize anti-littering signs; and enforce associated fines for littering, etc.
Solicit local, national and international support and funding
The second meeting will be held Thursday, September 2 at 10 am at Page in the Sun Coffee Shop on Olas Altas and is open to the public. Other groups participating in environmental work in the Banderas Bay area are welcome and encouraged to join “Mexico Limpio y Querido.” If you would like to attend or be part of this important campaign, please contact Robert Price: bobinpvmex@yahoo.com