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The largest Ceibo tree that any of us have ever seen.

By Clay Plager-Unger / September 12, 2008 / 3 Comments

September 1-12, 2008  Summary: I return to Bahia from a reverse culture-shock laden vacation to the United States. While I was gone, Jaime held down the fort and was fortunate enough to receive a heavy rain thus saving him from having to water (alone). Despite the lack of volunteer forces, Jaime and I persevere. The […]

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Water is in short supply all over Bahia.

By Clay Plager-Unger / August 18, 2008 / 1 Comment

August 4-18, 2008  Summary:  Our volunteer numbers continue to dwindle, but we carry on watering. More seeds are collected, prepared and planted in beds in hopes that a bunch more trees will germinate and be ready for planting in 2009. I leave Bahia for a visit back to the US of A and close the doors […]

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Collecting seeds from the forest.

By Clay Plager-Unger / August 1, 2008 / 2 Comments

July 21-August 1, 2008  Summary: We spend one week continuing the water routine, then it rains over the weekend and we get to spend the next week in the greenhouse and out in the field collecting seeds. Major progress is made in organizing, planting seeds and transplanting trees in the greenhouse. On Monday we head to […]

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2008 Bioregional Education Class: Final Class Discussions and Celebratory BBQ

By Ramon Cedeño Loor / July 25, 2008 / 1 Comment

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 […]

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Despite the dryness, trees are looking very healthy.

By Clay Plager-Unger / July 21, 2008 / 1 Comment

July 7-21, 2008  Summary:  Many of the volunteers finish their stays with us. After getting so far ahead during the whirlwind week of work with the Canadians, I decide to take a weeklong vacation in the mountains. Back in Bahia, we continue watering the sites and two new volunteers, Stephen and Gina arrive.  On Monday, William […]

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2008 Bioregional Education Class: Birds

By Ramon Cedeño Loor / July 18, 2008 / 1 Comment

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 […]

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2008 Bioregional Education Class: Soil

By Ramon Cedeño Loor / July 11, 2008 / 0 Comments

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 […]

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A month’s work in six days with Canadians’ visits.

By Clay Plager-Unger / July 6, 2008 / 1 Comment

June 23-July 6, 2008  Summary:  More volunteers show up and we prepare for a visit from a group of Canadian volunteers from the ‘Children of Ecuador’ organization. This group spends six consecutive days working with us and we accomplish nearly a month’s worth of work in that time. Over the weekend Mica and Danielle from New […]

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2008 Bioregional Education Class: Marine Ecosystems

By Ramon Cedeño Loor / July 4, 2008 / 1 Comment

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 […]

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Meeting Thomas Berry, Biospherean

By Peter Berg / July 1, 2008 / 2 Comments

 Meeting Thomas Berry, Biospherean was written in 2008 to go into a “book of appreciations” celebrating  Berry’s 93rd birthday. Thomas Berry watches the same eclipse of the sun that we all see. Many observors are shocked by the gradual loss of light and point at the darkness, shouting alarms. Thomas concentrates on the bright nimbus continuing […]

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