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Destiny Under a Florid Sky

By Peter Berg / February 1, 2001 / 0 Comments

Report #3 from Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador Bahia is a decidedly urban place. Some people do not often leave the environment of a relatively small number of streets and city blocks, and some don’t ever go to truly wild areas which are extremely close by. In this regard they are nearly as citified as denizens […]

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Still More Levels

By Peter Berg / January 28, 2001 / 0 Comments

Report #2 from Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador When the mayor asked six months ago for a volunteer Environmental Planner to assist him personally, I promised to fulfill the request. I correctly supposed that he wanted to undertake initiating and coordinating the ecological policies and activities of city agencies, while also responding to numerous suggestions and […]

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Standing on a Street Corner Doing Nothing is Power

By Peter Berg / January 24, 2001 / 0 Comments

On January 24, 2001 a memorial for Gregory Corso was held at the New College in San Francisco. Peter Berg sent Standing on a Street Corner Doing Nothing is Power as a Dispatch from Ecuador for that occasion, and it was read there by Judy Goldhaft.   __________________________________ Gregory Corso authored a prodigious legend of personal liberty. This is a […]

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Moving Several Levels Higher

By Peter Berg / January 23, 2001 / 0 Comments

Report #1 from Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador Ciudad Ecologica (Ecological City) activities are at the highest point since the city declaration two years ago. I don’t believe just one person any longer knows everything that’s going on here, so I’ll only update some of what is interfacing with Planet Drum’s projects. Amy Jewel, volunteer recycling […]

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Report on Bahia de Caraquez Hillside Erosion Suitable for Revegetation Using Plantings Without Physical Alterations of the Landscape

By Peter Berg / January 23, 2001 / 0 Comments

(Rio Chone Border From Astillero to Kilometro Ocho — Excepting El Toro Watershed) The area of Bahia de Caraquez that borders Rio Chone from Astillero to Kilometro Ocho is backed by a long series of eroded hillsides that drain into the river and bay. The principal erosion was initiated by deforestation and grazing over decades, […]

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Goodbye to the Tropics

By Claire Dibble / December 10, 2000 / Comments Off on Goodbye to the Tropics

Only 48 hours until I have to kiss this beautiful city goodbye. Trying to tie up loose ends and enjoy my last moments. A crazy week, super full, as they say around here. Planned a minga (barrio clean-up), a mural with an ecological theme, and the inauguration of the Bosque en las Ruinas park.  The […]

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Planet Drum Launches Eco-Bahia Ecuador Support Group

By Planet Drum Staff / December 8, 2000 / 0 Comments

Planet Drum Foundation held a reception and presentation about Bahia de Caraquez titled “Ecuador’s Ecological City” in San Francisco on December 8, 2000. The site was Fort Mason’s cozy renovated Firehouse, where refreshments were served and a raffle was held to raise funds. Asmara Pelupessy, PDF’s administrative assistant and membership manager, welcomed everyone and Tamara […]

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El Bosque en Las Ruinas (The Forest in the Ruins)

By Claire Dibble / October 24, 2000 / 0 Comments

Roosters crowing, a dog barking in the distance, tropical birds chirping overhead, it’s a quiet morning in Bahia de Caraquez. Good day to go up ‘killer hill’ (as Tony and I have fondly named the climb up to the new park site in Maria Auxiliadora), and move dirt. Exciting to see progress on the paths […]

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Why “Revegetation” Rather Than “Reforestation”… and Where?

By Peter Berg / September 27, 2000 / 0 Comments

When we started the planting project in Maria Auxiliadora, it was clear that this could be a testing ground for ideas about recovering eroded land with major potential locally if not throughout coastal Ecuador. Here are some of the factors that make work on only a few hectares of earth so significant. To start with, […]

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Two Steps Forward Without Any Backward

By Peter Berg / September 22, 2000 / 0 Comments

Each trip to Bahia de Caraquez starts with ideas about what will happen that become transformed in profound ways before the visit is over. Two mutations in plans have occurred so far this time. Our revegetation project has morphed into a proposed city park, and what began as a tentative outline for an overall ecological […]

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