An “APP” to measure your actions in favor of the planet

How does it work ?

Through the MCF Biosphere application —which you can download on our website— you will accumulate points thanks to the ecological actions you complete. In this first version, there are simple actions such as recycling your waste, planting a tree or riding a bicycle (the app recognizes how far you have walked, for example), all good habits that every environmentally responsible citizen should adopt.

With your score, you can redeem prizes with MCF and its allies. Stays in lodges, tickets to reservations, promotions in sustainable restaurants in the Chocó area, foundation t-shirts; prizes, in themselves, that invite you to learn more about the ecological efforts being made in the region and encourage you to discover this magical world in greater depth.

MCF is one of the great conservation entities of the Northwest of Pichincha. It bases its work, as the title of the app proposes, on the Ecuadorian Chocó Biosphere. It has several forest reserves that protect threatened species; It also has successful carbon dioxide compensation programs, which offer international companies the opportunity to invest in the reforestation of Chocó to offset their greenhouse gas-emitting activities.

The foundation’s nurseries, located at different elevations, produce tens of thousands of native trees per year planted by both the foundation and third parties (during the next annual cycle it is projected to reach 100,000 trees). In this way, it seeks to restore healthy forest corridors, central to strengthening the ecology of this impacted region.

But perhaps what most characterizes the foundation, after all, is its emphasis on opening ‘consciences’, with community projects of sustainable empowerment through eco and bird tourism, seeking to make the environment a priority for the populations local.

With an app like this, the foundation takes a leap: reaching not only those who care for their precious natural resources, but also everyone who, from afar, does not know how to help or what to do. MCF Biósfera can be your guide. Start with specific actions and go out to meet this biosphere of cloud forests that so require our care, love and understanding.