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TIKKUN INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGY
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
The Tikkun Institute is a center for research, demonstration and education, dedicated to advancing regenerative ecology and the resilience of rural communities.
From Desertification to Regeneration:
Scalable Models for Regional Impact
The Tikkun Institute for Ecology is located in the semi-arid highlands of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.
Founded in 2008, our work is grounded in the principle of restoring ecological balance while empowering communities to steward their own lands, recognizing that water, soil, forests, and community food systems are interconnected and must be restored together.
Our region, the Altiplano Río Laja watershed, is experiencing severe aquifer depletion, water scarcity and toxic contamination, deforestation, erosion, biodiversity loss, and growing food insecurity. These challenges disproportionately affect the rural communities surrounding the historic center of San Miguel de Allende, who already struggle with poverty and declining agricultural livelihoods.
Our Planting for Change and Agua Para la Vida programs work in tandem. They integrate rainwater harvesting, watershed restoration, native reforestation and organic agroforestry into a scalable model. Our goal is to demonstrate that large-scale ecological and community restoration is both achievable and essential.
PLANTING FOR CHANGE
Planting for Change is a scaleable program to support rural communities in restoring ecological and economic resilience through native reforestation and agroforestry.
AGUA PARA LA VIDA
The Agua Para la Vida project restores abandoned bordos, the traditional community rainwater reservoirs in rural farming villages currently impacted by drought, toxic well water, and climate extremes.
TIKKUN EARTH SCHOOL
The Tikkun Earth School hosts student groups, Kindergarten through University, and international service learning groups. We invite young people to discover their role as stewards of Earth’s ecosystems, by engaging in ecological service.
OUR CENTER
The Tikkun Institute is a beautiful demonstration site offering education, workshops, volunteer opportunities and internships.
Tikkun Eco Center is located 30 minutes north of the center of San Miguel de Allende. In the past 18 years we have transformed our 3 hectares from dry scrub brush into an oasis of beauty and abundance.
Our off-grid center includes green building with adobe, extensive water catchment systems and ponds, organic gardens and orchard, bee hives, and thousands of trees, cactus, vines and flowers, which attract wildlife and seasonal migrations of Monarch butterflies!
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OUR LAND
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ORGANIC FARM
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WATER HARVESTING
Tikkun Eco Center in the News
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Living Jewish: Reforesting Hope in the Heart of Mexico
Jewish Journal
May 21, 2025 -
Renace el bordo de Los Torres en San Miguel de Allende, conoce proyecto contra la sequía
Periodico Correo
Septiembre 22, 2024 -
The eco center restoring the countryside and helping Guanajuato communities
Mexico News Daily
August 28, 2024 -
Permaculture for resilience to climate change in Mexico
Esperanza Project
February 2, 2023
OUR VISION
We believe it is a spiritual and moral duty to heal the damage to our world and to ensure an abundant and beautiful future for our children, our grandchildren, and all beings on Earth.
“You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you.
Mother Earth is not just your environment.
In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer.”
- Thich Naht Hahn
Respect & Love for Our Mother
Back to the Earth: A Celebration
