2nd Field Trip: ECHO

I decided to take my 2nd field trip, the agricultural field trip at ECHO, or Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization. Here I learned about the many ways ECHO uses innovative and inexpensive resources to help third world countries provide food for themselves. ECHO teaches a wide variety of landscapes so they use their center in North Fort Myers as a testing center to see want type of plants, technologies, resources, etc they will need for other third world countries. There are different landscapes, some of these include city areas, where there is no room to plant food, monsoon areas where there is so too much rain, and arid areas where there is not enough rain. ECHO transforms what resources a place has and uses everything to help provide plants sustainable all year long to feed a village, family, town, etc. ECHO also teaches other countries inexpensive technologies, like water pumps, fertilizers, solar ovens, irrigation systems, etc. I really enjoyed my visit to ECHO it really made me think about how much we waste on a day to day basis. People in third world countries can't waste anything; even a soda can can be used for helping with growing plants or fertilizer. I definitely would like to go back there so I can show people just how much a little bit of innovation and technology can do to help waste less and make our world a better place.

solar ovens made of plastic and rubber

fertilizer made from worms

 Here are some example of different technologies ECHO has made.

Irrigation system

Water pump made from PVC pipe, so easy a child could do it.

 Here are some pictures on the different landscapes ECHO helps to provide food for.

City areas; garden on the rooftop

Hillside areas

Monsoon areas

Here are some other pictures of the plants ECHO grows and the animals they work with.