"...the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear. UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

     ECHO, Education Concerns For Hunger Organization, was one of the most educational experiences I have had. The origination works to help not only foreign countries hunger issues but also those of the local Fort Myers area. While I was there they showed us the different climates in which they specialize which all were in the tropics or subtropics. I found the Lowlands environment to be one of the most interesting over all. ECHO implemented simple techniques like Raised beds to make sure that all the nutritious soil would not wash away as well as making sure that the plants would be able to thrive and grow. Vermiculture was also an easy yet effective tread to the area. It is a simple as putting worms in a bed of moist sediment, covering it so the sun does not dry out the bed and putting organic matter in the bed for the worms to eat and turn to nutritious soil. Another one of the areas I found interesting was the Urban Garden. They used simple things like carpet to make things grow. First they took a common item that could be found in this kind of environment, like an old bowl or pot and cut a piece of carpet and placed it in with a little soil and they had plants growing from it. 

ECHO uses simple things to achieve great things I feel that I learned a lot. Like how they used everyday items to purify water to take drinking water from this nasty brow water to something people can drink without fear. Or water pumps made from old wheels to get water from below the surface for drinking or irrigation. ECHO worked on irrigation that was a simple bucket and hose that could water large amounts of land without wasting water or time. They proved that simple things can make a difference in someones lives and it makes it possible to have food and a livelihood thanks in a big part to ECHO.  

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