Ramon Cedeño Loor
Ramon Cedeno Loor became the new Bioregional Education Manager after Valentina left. Ramon is a teacher and has been volunteering with Planet Drum for several months. He lives in the Maria Auxiliadora neighborhood and completed the 2006 Introductory classes in early 2007. In May of 2007 Ramon began a new series of Introductory classes, and in October he initiated an Advanced class. During 2007 he sent 21 reports—3 for the 2006 Introductory series final classes, 10 for the new Introductory classes and 8 for the Advanced Bioregional Education classes. (The school year in Ecuador runs from May/June until September, and then again from October until January. From late January to late May there are no classes.) The reports were translated from Spanish by Clay Plager-Unger, Planet Drum's Field Projects Manager.
Ramon’s Report #4 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2009 July 1 & 3, 2009 – English(Click here for Spanish/Español) Photos below This Wednesday, as always, Franco was the first to arrive to class. Once everyone was there, we played a game called EL BUM. For every multiple of 3, you have to say the word “bum;” for example: 1 2 bum 4 5 bum and so forth. […]
Ramon’s Report #3 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2009 June 24 & 26, 2009 – English(Click here for Spanish/Español) Photos below We started a new week and this day we had to read and analyze a new theme called Land Ecosystem. As usual, the first to arrive was Franco and Luis David; coincidentally the two who cause the most trouble throughout class. One by one the students […]
Ramon’s Report #2 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2009 May 27 & 29, 2009 – English(Click here for Spanish/Español) Photos below We started class at our usual time of 3:30. On this day, our main objective was to understand the steps we must take to protect our bioregion. The kids were divided into three groups to review and analyze the main topics. Each group had to choose […]
Ramon’s Report #1 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2009 May 6 & 8, 2009 – English(Click here for Spanish/Español) Photos below We started a new school year of Bioregional Education. This time there are three educational institutions: Colegio Vicente Hurtado, with Fabiola Coello as the teacher and Lissette Moncayo as assistant; Colegio Fanny de Baird, with Paola Divito as the teacher and Roberto Rodriguez as the assistant; […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #12 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 July 23 & 25, 2008 This was the final week for the first level of Bioregional Education. On Wednesday, after meeting in the park like we always do, I thanked all of the students for having participated in this program. Then we began to talk about all of the different Bioregional topics we’ve discussed over the past […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #11 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 July 18, 2008 The topic for the week was birds. On Friday we went to observe birds at Punta Gorda. We decided to do one long day of work, instead of two days. Having gotten permission to take the day off from school, we left at 7:30 in the morning from Bahía in a rented vehicle that […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #10 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 July 9 & 11, 2008 The new theme for this week was Soil. We formed groups and began reading an analyzing the worksheets, but not before I asked the class what is soil? They answered everything we walk on, where we were seated, where we live, and that it is important because without it we couldn’t grow food. […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #9 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 July 2 & 4, 2008 This week’s theme was Marine Ecosystems and once again we were accompanied by William and Jaime from Planet Drum. I started the class by asking everyone what they think marine ecosystems are. They answered: The coast and everything in the ocean. I explained to them that the coast of Ecuador meets the […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #8 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 June 25 & 27, 2008 The theme for the week was the Estuary and its importance in the bioregion. We were accompanied by three Planet Drum volunteers: Danielle, Mica, and William. Before beginning class everyone introduced themselves. Frank gave a summary of the previous class, Flora. Then we got into a large circle and I talked a […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #7 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 June 18 & 20, 2008 The theme for this week was Flora, but the students were invited to attend a seminar called “How to make environmental impact studies.” So instead of normal class, the kids all went to the library in the Central Bank Museum. It consisted of showing the importance of these studies, understanding how we can […]