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December 17, 2007– January 11, 2008 A New Year brings a new Rainy Season… In the week before Christmas we were watering and keeping the greenhouse house operating at full tilt. All of the revegetation sites received their weekly dosage of water, 1/3 of a gallon per tree. In the greenhouse, fresh batches of soil […]
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2008 Letter Hi Everyone, Things have been moving so quickly around here lately with the rains and the holiday season. I can’t believe how far behind I’ve fallen with my reports already. Everyday I say I’m going to do one and then a dozen things come up and the day is gone. (Rewiring […]
Read MoreDecember 10-14, 2007 Summary: I damaged my Meniscus while surfing in Canoa over the weekend and had to spend the week resigned to the house with a leg brace preventing me from bending my leg. Fortunately the volunteers kept up with all the work and more of them showed up this week, so now the house […]
Read MoreDecember 3-7, 2007 Summary: The sole two volunteers this week, Caroline and Nadine, held down the fort with Revegetation Foreman Jaime for the first few days while I attended a seminar at Cerro Blanco, near Guayaquil, with Bioregional Education Teacher Ramon and Marcelo Luque. Ramon came and helped out on Friday to bolster our numbers. On […]
Read MoreNovember 26-30, 2007 This week it was time to say goodbye to the November crew and hello to the new December volunteers. On Monday Dewey left, and on Tuesday Lilian, Michele and Matt departed. Thanks for all of the help! Monday, with a somewhat reduced workforce due to volunteer traveling, we were only able to knock out […]
Read MoreRamon’s Weekly Report #8 Advanced Bioregionalism EducationAutumn Session 2007 November 29th, 31st On Wednesday we met at our weekly spot in the city park. I began by asking what the students know about our topic of recycling and why they think it’s important. The different answers I got were: it reduces pollution and that we […]
Read MoreRamon’s Weekly Report #7 Advanced Bioregionalism EducationAutumn Session 2007 November 21st, 23rd This week began early on Wednesday because everyone wanted to watch the national selection soccer game and on Friday had a bit of an adventure. The theme for the week was Natural Resources. Everyone had some idea of what these are, so I […]
Read MoreNovember 19-23, 2007 We began the week by welcoming a new volunteer Matt from Iowa and kicked things off with a much needed house cleanup. Then set out for the hills to water the Bosque en Medio de las Ruinas and La Cruz revegetation sites. On Tuesday a traveler, Max, joined up for the day, and […]
Read MoreRamon’s Weekly Report #6 Advanced Bioregionalism EducationAutumn Session 2007 November 14th & 16th On Monday we met in the park to begin a new theme: Solid Wastes. Before beginning I asked the students what they knew about solid waste and they said that it is the garbage generated by human beings. After this I added that solid […]
Read MoreNovember 11-16, 2007 Monday the La Cruz and Bosque en Medio de las Ruinas sites were watered. We collected bottles in Bahia and Leonidas Plaza. The bottles were taken to the greenhouse and those plants were also watered. Bosque Encantato On Tuesday some of us went to Bosque Encantado. The 2007 revegetation site was watered […]
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