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Ecosistemas, a nature, souvenir store in Santa Lucia promotes environmental educational in Honduras.

Ecosistemas, an environmental education project created by biologist Roger Cruz, recently moved to Santa Lucia, adding a touch of nature to this tourist town.

Ecosistemas produces a wide range of t-shirts with wildlife motifs.

The shop offers a variety of t-shirts, posters, caps, handbags and backpacks, all boasting artwork representative of the wildlife of Honduras. An in-house designer and painter produce the images of iguanas, dolphins, jaguars and other Honduran species that adorn the products.

Cruz says that his main objective is to promote knowledge of the resources Honduran ecosystems produce. Since 1996, this independent project has been slowly turning out new designs with the support of the people who buy the t-shirts. The company also produces posters that are distributed in schools, universities and public offices with the hope that every Honduran sees them and starts to develop an environmental conscience.

The project supports environmental organizations with designs and prints that promote national parks and protected areas, in this way providing publicity for nature. Says Cruz, "We must know about nature in order to love it."