Sistema.bio started off with the whole world in mind. While we installed the first biodigesters in Mexico, we were already dreaming of our future and thinking of ways to escalate our impact around the globe. And day by day that dream becomes more of a reality. Now we have offices in Mexico, Kenya, India and Colombia, and our biogas systems
By Elena Coll The world needs diversity. Each and every single organism on this earth serves a purpose, and all lives depend on one another. Bees depend on flowers, and flowers depend on bees. Worms depend on soil, and soil depends on worms. We depend on this Earth, and right now the Earth depends on a shift in human action.
At Sistema.bio, we believe and know that biogas has the potential to improve lives and communities on several levels -better health, sustainable production, waste management, economic reactivation, healthier farms. We continually look for new partnerships, new territories, new families and new projects. We want sustainable solutions and clean technologies to be the norm, not the exception. We believe children are
This pandemic has affected each of us in a different way. And although rural areas show lower rates of contagion than large cities, the economic impact can be felt everywhere. Faced with calls to stop our activities and stay home, many people have managed to halt our work. But farmers continue reminding us who they work for: “We live off
Sistema.bio is all about commitment. We are committed to the Earth and to those who farm it, those who care for it. Over the past few months our team in Sistema.bio India has proven exactly how committed they are. Last year we were lucky enough to begin two extensive projects, which we want to share with you now. Since it
If we have learned anything during the past few weeks, it’s how interconnected we are. Whether it’s noticing how difficult social distancing can be, or thinking of all the people who simply can’t stop working, coronavirus has taught us that we need each other. And now more than ever, we need to find ways to be solidary with one another
The World Bank recently released “The Power of Dung: Lessons Learned From On-Farm Biodigester Programs in Africa,” an extensive analysis on the state of biogas programs in different countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. We were proud to work with the World Bank in examining not only the state of Sistema.bio Kenya but of the entire country’s biogas program in terms of
Sistema.bio is one of the most experienced biogas teams around the world. And yet our biggest pride comes not from our biogas systems: it comes from the people we work with. Every day more and more people are choosing clean technology, opting for sustainable agricultural practices while feeding the world one community at a time. The Sistema.bio team works hand
Mexico City, Mexico. February 19, 2020 — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today unveiled Sistema.bio was one of the highest-scoring proposals, designated as the Top 100, in its 100&Change competition for a single $100 million grant to help solve one of the world’s most critical social challenges. Sistema.bio reaches farmers by establishing agricultural training HUBs that demonstrate
We won the Ashden Awards 2019! We won the Ashden Clean Cooking Award as part of the first-ever London Climate Action Week. Six years ago we applied to the Ashden Awards, but at that time, Sistema.bio was not a global company. Based in Mexico, our founders Camilo Pagés and Alex Eaton used to build the biodigesters in a garage! This
