What We Do

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Trash and Sediment Source Control

 In September of 2012 the Alter Terra Team successfully completed a three year conservation program focused on reducing...
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Binational Efforts

 Alter Terra has been actively and successfully developing partnerships with relevant agencies that regulate enforce and/or promote...
Tijuana Watershed Conservation

Wetland Conservation

 Temporary Employment Programs train local residents wetland conservation:  For the third consecutive year Alter Terra has successfully solicited PET...
Booms in SG Channel Trash Revalorization

Trash Booms at Smuggler’s Gulch

 Smuggler’s Gulch Transportable Floating Trash Control System Project Partners: Alter Terra, Earth Island Institute, Rural Community Assistance Corporation,...
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UCSD / Alter Terra Cross-Border Research

 Since 2008 Alter Terra has facilitated cross-border research opportunities for students attending the University of California San...
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Cross-Border Trash Tracking

 The Los Laureles Canyon sub-basin is part of the Tijuana River Watershed. This watershed is the western-most...
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Waste Tire Revalorization

 Tire walls built in Los Laureles Canyon by Alter Terra serve as retaining walls, stadium seating for...
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Training Community Leaders

 Funded by the Ford Foundation, Alter Terra, A.C. designed and implemented the “Building Assets through Community Mobilization”...
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Internship Opportunities

 Students from around the globe are drawn to Los Laureles Canyon in Tijuana as a living laboratory...
   
 
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