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Summer 2007 Introductory Bioregional Class: Birds & the Estuary

By Ramon Cedeño Loor / July 6, 2007 / 0 Comments

Ramon Loor’s Weekly Report #6 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session 2007 July 4th & 6th On Wednesday I talked to the class for twenty minutes about birds and their importance in this bioregion, especially the birds that can be found in the Rio Chone Estuary. I explained the principal characteristics of the birds, the different species, their songs, […]

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Summer 2007 Introductory Bioregional Class: Characteristics of the Bioregion

By Ramon Cedeño Loor / June 29, 2007 / 0 Comments

Ramon Loor’s Weekly Report #5 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session 2007 June 27th & 29th   On Wednesday we all sat down in a circle and began to explain the work of the day, which was to synthesize the entire Bioregionalismo booklet. We have covered everything in it except to elaborate some of the answers to questions. Emily and […]

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Soon to release green-city newsletter, “Econoticias.”

By Clay Plager-Unger / June 29, 2007 / 0 Comments

June 25-29, 2007 Announcement: Our volunteer numbers are still strong, there are currently eleven, but for many, their stay here is coming to a close in the near future. And soon we will be understaffed, so if you’re thinking about volunteering, now’s a great time to get in touch. planetdrumecuador@yahoo.com This week we took care of a […]

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Summer 2007 Introductory Bioregional Class: Mangroves

By Ramon Cedeño Loor / June 27, 2007 / 0 Comments

Ramon’s Weekly Report #9 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session 2007 June 25th & 27th The theme for Wednesday’s class was Mangroves. First I asked them how much they knew about Mangrove trees and how many types they could name. Everyone had a basic understanding of Mangrove trees at the beginning of class. During the class, I explained to […]

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Summer 2007 Introductory Bioregional Class: Bioregional Presentations & Visit to a Nature Preserve

By Ramon Cedeño Loor / June 22, 2007 / 0 Comments

Ramon Loor’s Weekly Report #4 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session 2007 June 20th & 22nd This week we almost completed assignments in the Bioregional booklets. All that’s left is to do the activities. On Wednesday we focused on detailing the themes of bioregionalism, such as climate, water and watersheds, culture, etc. We made three groups as usual and […]

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Tubes and mulch make watering easier as dry season begins.

By Clay Plager-Unger / June 18, 2007 / 0 Comments

June 18-22, 2007 Things can change so quickly here!  I went back to the US for a short family visit and left one of the volunteers, Lise, in charge of taking care of the Drum family. Many thanks for her help and wonderful reports. I returned to a brand new house of volunteers and a new […]

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Summer 2007 Introductory Bioregional Class: Drawing Bioregional Characteristics

By Ramon Cedeño Loor / June 15, 2007 / 0 Comments

Ramon Loor’s Weekly Report #3 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session 2007 June 13th & 15th On Wednesday the 13th class began with a new helper, a volunteer from the Planet Drum Foundation. We split into two work groups where the theme of the day was to remember the different sites seen on our various outings. Both groups had […]

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Seed beds have sprouted.

By Lise Tjorring / June 15, 2007 / 1 Comment

Lise Tjorring Planet Drum FoundationReport: June 11-June 15, 2007 With six volunteers staying in the Planet Drum house and five volunteers staying in the Bahia B&B Inn we manage to get a lot of work done. New people keep showing an interest in what we are doing. We got an 11th volunteer to help us out this […]

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Summer 2007 Introductory Bioregional Class: Defining & Observing the Bioregion

By Ramon Cedeño Loor / June 8, 2007 / 0 Comments

Ramon Loor’s Weekly Report #2 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session 2007 June 6th & 8th This week we split into three work groups of bioregionalista students to analyze an article by Peter Berg about bioregionalism from their booklets. During their discussion they made many conclusions, but also had a lot of questions about what a bioregion is and […]

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Installing more caña tubes and rice hull mulch.

By Lise Tjorring / June 8, 2007 / 1 Comment

Lise Tjorring Planet Drum FoundationReport: June 4-June 8, 2007 It has been a busy and interesting week. Clay has gone on a holiday to his homeland and left us with a long list of things to do, but at the same time new volunteers have arrived to help out with these tasks. The Planet Drum work force […]

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