Puerto Morelos, Q.R. — A group of locals participated in an environmental awareness day to learn about sargablocks. The group of around two dozen locals learned about the BlueGreen Mexico sargassum project in a nursery in Puerto Morelos.
Interested volunteers participated in learning about the sustainable project that focuses on addressing the problem of sargassum in the Mexican Caribbean.
Omar Vázquez, Project Director and owner of BlueGreen Mexico, shared biological information about sargassum, how the project came about and the impact it has had at a national and international level.
The group toured the first house Vázquez made with his sargablocks, Casa Angelita, which required more than 2,000 blocks. According to Vázquez, the first studies carried out on the sargassum block maintain that a piece contains between 40 percent and 60 percent sargassum.
A finished sargablock has characteristics similar to adobe and makes the spaces cooler.
Volunteers were able to make a sargablock by hand to experience the complete process. Once mixed, the sargassum block was left in the sun for six hours to dry.
Jossy Zamora, the Director of Ecocaribe who also participated, said to date, seven houses made from sargablocks have been donated in Quintana Roo for older adults and single women.
Zamora said the sargablocks made during the one-day class will be set aside for the next house that is donated.
