Can you protect nature from the comfort of your computer?
Can we win the battle against the imbalance between nature and development by feeding an open repository?
Can an open repository help save what remains?
When did you stop doing things that weren't solely for your own benefit?
The tools to do this correctly don't exist yet.
In the granite mountains of southern Chile, a vast protected landscape unfolds where ancient forests meet towering rock walls. The Pucheguín project is not just about protecting a territory. It is about learning how to manage a wilderness at scale.
Across the world, protected areas face the same challenge: how to preserve ecosystems while welcoming people and supporting those who call these places home.
Cochamó Hippie Hub is an initiative dedicated to developing open technology tools for wilderness management. From the high valleys of Cochamó, we explore how artificial intelligence, environmental sensors, and open data systems can help solve real problems facing modern conservation projects today.
The work focuses on three areas:
01 — Ecosystems Understanding ecosystems through intelligent monitoring of landscapes and biodiversity.
02 — People and territory Managing visitor flows, access, and tourism in ways that protect fragile environments while supporting and strengthening local cultures and economies.
03 — Safety Improving safety and coordination across large natural spaces through simple, innovative digital systems that help both visitors and park managers stay safe in complex terrain.
The goal is not to build a tech company.
The goal is to create open tools that can be used by protected areas anywhere in the world.
If a small group of hippies could help protect the Cochamó valley and give it to the planet, perhaps the next step is to build the open source tools that allow many more places like this to be protected.
Let's navigate the frontier.