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October-December, 2010 Pásalo bien,Clay
Read MoreReport #3 December 30, 2010By David Simpson and Jane Lapiner Cancún’s Question: Is Climate Change an Issue for “Social Movements” or Just Another Business Proposition? Click on photos for larger images In seeking opinion to help determine the relative success or failure of the UN climate change conference in Cancún this year, it is impossible not […]
Read MoreCircles, ellipses, curvesbring us to this turn point lunging unquenchable bulged desire(eating to live) hosting millions of organismswithout knowing themuntil all left alivestill feed without knowing us each our own planetout of cold space and witless unknowing this parabola of another year completes again what remains to flame our sensing souls.
Read MoreGroup B Professor: Nadine FlexhaugAssistant: Roberto RodriguezPlanet Drum FoundationBioregional Education Program Final Reports 2010 Photos below Now half way through the Bioregionalism Educational Program, everyone is a little more familiar with what a bioregion consists of and how we as human beings can interact with the environment in a more sustainable way. Covering the theme of […]
Read MoreProfessor – Group A: Ramón CedeñoPlanet Drum FoundationBioregional Education ProgramFinal Reports-English(Click here for Spanish/Español) photos below. 2010 At this stage, we were visited by William and Jaime, two volunteers who participated in the last three bioregional education programs. The first thing I did was present them, one at a time, to the group of bio-regional explorers. Afterwards […]
Read MorePhotographs of Closing Ceremony Note: Click on photos for larger image Bioregionalismo kids hanging out during the final class celebration. Shirley presents to the other kids about what she learned during the program. The children present to each other about their favorite parts of the classes. The kids get to play on the beach for the […]
Read MorePhotographs of Isla Corazon Note: Click on photos for larger image The BEP students arrive for the Isla Corazon visit. The guide, Francisco, from Isla Corazon talks to the children as they ride along side the mangrove island in a boat. View of Fragata (Frigate) birds and the mangroves. A boat with kids driving by. Students […]
Read MoreGroup C Professor: Margarita Avila [aka Plager-Unger]Planet Drum FoundationBioregional Education ProgramFinal Reports 2010 – English(Click here for Spanish/Español) Photos below. Report # 5Topic: Land Ecosystems Today I explained how animal and plant life develops and explained how humans are included in this cycle. It is the most practical way of learning more of about land ecosystems. […]
Read MoreReport #2December 7, 2010 by David Simpson and Jane Lapiner Cancun Climate Summit The Police The Policia Federal are everywhere now in Cancún. Gouts of them stationed along various points on the highway, placed according to a plan that is not immediately evident. They are especially thick, of course, anywhere near Cancún Messe, the convention center outside of […]
Read MoreDavid Simpson is a long-time Northern California bioregional pioneer and community leader based in the deeply rural Mattole River Valley of Humboldt County. Having written about and performed theater pieces with his partner Jane Lapiner on the subject of climate change in many places for several decades, they went to the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark to participate […]
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