A message from Audubon's president

As we look ahead to 2025, I find myself reflecting on our goals and the financial support we need to achieve them. While I am encouraged by the positive impact of our work, I am also deeply aware of how much more there is to do. The mounting challenges of climate change, habitat loss, overdevelopment, polluted waterways, limited water supplies, and invasive plants weigh heavily on my mind and heart.

But we have not lost hope.  Unlike some folks, we’re not looking to runaway to a new planet, we are devoted to caring for the one we are blessed to call home. Working locally, we bring together volunters to protect our native trees from invasive plants and maintain our pollinator garden at Parque Juárez to educate the public about the vital role of pollinators and inspire them to provide them with nectar-bearing plants; we count birds for science, we fight for a healthier Presa Allende.

We will continue this work, day in and day out. This is our commitment to the people and wildlife of San Miguel. However, the reality is that we cannot truly get ahead of the challenges we face without a deeper, collective shift in mindset and behavior.

This shift requires people to embrace, honor, and celebrate the intricate relationships between humanity and the environment—relationships that leave no room for exploitation and neglect, but instead cultivate cooperation and reciprocity. Only by rekindling our connection to nature and recognizing its well-being as inseparable from our own can we humans create meaningful, lasting change.

We believe this reconnection can—and must—start with children. Through our Niños y Naturaleza program, young people are building meaningful relationships with the natural world. By exploring the countryside on field trips, caring for schoolyard trees, and cultivating pollinator and vegetable gardens, children engage in hands-on activities that nurture their curiosity, spark wonder, and inspire responsibility. These experiences, combined with engaging lessons in the natural sciences, empower them to become compassionate advocates for life and dedicated stewards of our natural resources.

We care deeply about the future of our children and the environmental challenges they face—challenges that, admittedly, we and previous generations have contributed to creating.

Through Niños y Naturaleza, we strive to leave a lasting legacy for the well-being of today’s children and the planet they will inherit. With your support, we can inspire and empower them to become a generation of "solutionaries"—equipped with the values, knowledge, and resiliency needed to shape a sustainable future.

Please join us by contributing to Niños y Naturaleza and our stewardship programs.

Very best regards,

April Gaydos, President

Planting Seeds for Positive Change

At Audubon de Mexico, we strive to foster a love for the natural world in our students through bird and nature studies, habitat planting, and vegetable gardens. By immersing our students in the outdoors, we inspire wonder, curiosity, and a deep appreciation for nature to empower them to become active participants in securing a healthy and sustainable future.

Benefits and Impact of School Gardens

Our school gardens are natural laboratories for learning that bring to life lessons in science, art, math, nutrition and environmental awareness and conservation.  In this video, principals and teachers at schools where gardening has become integrated into the curriculum, discuss the powerful impact of school gardens.    Watch now

Students in our 2024 graduating 6th grade classes were asked to write about their experience in our Ninos y Naturaleza program.  Erick’s  sentiments beautifully capture our highest ambitions for the impact of this program.

“This workshop was something very meaningful because we worked very hard with a lot of effort, camaraderie, friendship and, above all, love. All of us did our part to help the earth. The truth is, it was something very beautiful and unforgettable. Thank you for everything.”  Erick Juan Monzón Rachees

Bringing learning to life through School Gardens

MONTHLY BIRDWALKS

Take a Walk on the Wildside!

Our monthly birdwalks take place the 3rd Saturday of every month in a countryside location. 

Join our expert birders who will help you to explore and know the birds of San Miguel.   Enjoy the company of others who love to get outside to enjoy nature! Open to all birders, beginning and experienced alike.

To register for the Saturday, December 21 birdwalk, send us an email at:  audubonsmabirdwalks@gmail.com