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Art With Me

Art With Me

Art With Me is a collaborative effort of local residents to gather our community, celebrate the arts, and catalyze connections that have a direct impact on infrastructure and sustainability.

Mission
The mission of Art With Me is to enrich the local community, preserve the natural environment and strengthen the artistic development of Tulum, Mexico through conscious and sustainable practices. Art With Me has chosen solid waste management as the central environmental topic for its’ first year, due to the threat it has on the Mesoamerican ReefSystem (SAM), the ocean and the local people of Tulum. The growing demand for tourism development in Tulum is threatening its natural resources and impacting recreational activities, landscaping, protection against natural phenomena and prevention of erosion because there is lack of adequate solid waste management.

Art With Me hosts a variety of thought provoking panel discussion and conversations on sustainability and better business practices with thought leaders such as the Director of The Mesoamerican Reef Leadership Program (MAR Leadership) a joint initiative of the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature, A.C. (FMCN) and The Summit Foundation, Ben Pundole of Stay Plastic Free, Centinelas del Agua’s M.Sc. Alejandro López Tamayo who is also the Riviera Maya Coordinator & Specialist in Hydrogeology of Karstic Systems, Organi-k Co-Director Arnold Ricalde de Jaguer and Vicente Ferreyra, Director of Sustentur.

You will also experience:

Art exhibitions raising environmental awareness. Children-focused environmental education through art. Sustainable practices during the events in the participating venues. Art With Me will be free of plastic disposals. Promotion of the new worldwide Blue Economy model, a sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, while preserving the health of marine and coastal ecosystem. Environmental educational gatherings with Tulum’s business and hotel owners to encourage better practices at their establishments. Additionally, Art With Me is asking all participating venues to donate 10% of all sales to support environmental initiatives and to help reach the waste management goal.