There is a shortage of journalists and communication media, even paper, throughout the nation. Therefore information is not easily available, especially if one is busy doing one's own work. Notable in this area are Alejandra Caballero and her veteran prize-winning conservationist father, Juan Carlos Caballero. The Caballeros have demonstrated by action large-scale forestation of entire mountains, and are actively training people who would otherwise be involved in unsustainable and destructive activities within their environment. Mexico is poised to apply all that permaculture has to offer and welcomes permaculture with open arms.
Government agencies are receptive and requesting courses to train their management and field staff.
Permaculture is a beautiful export for which Australia must be congratulated as a nation. It is Mexico now who welcomes the 7th International Permaculture Conference and Convergence to be held in 1999 in Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende, state of Guanajuato, Mexico. The invitation is given by the State Water Commission and city and state government and private organizations and private individuals working to bring solutions to the drylands of the world, and many who have now been trained in permaculture are keen to share with many of their countrymen, the traditional warm hospitality, and Marcela and friends look forward to sharing knowledge and then much music that we all may dance joyously as life goes on.