Bioregional Education
Ramon’s Weekly Report #3 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 May 14 & 16, 2008 We met in the city’s central Manuel Nevarez Park as usual on Wednesday. The objective of this class was for each student to draw their own map from scratch of what they think the Bahía bioregion looks like. I began by asking the students questions about what composes a bioregion. I asked […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #2 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 May 7, 8, 9, 2008 We met in the park as is customary and with the help of Raisa and Roberto, began to study the newly-revised Bioregionalismo booklets. The first topic was the different characteristics of a bioregion. The students split into groups and I asked them questions about what constitutes a bioregion. Carlos said soil and landscape, Joao […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #1 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 April 30 & May 2, 2008 On Wednesday we began a new year of Bioregional Education in Bahia. The class consists of 15 new students, ages 12-15, accompanied by three graduates of last years advanced Bioregionalismo class, who will be volunteering as class assistants (Raisa, Lissette and Roberto). In the first class we handed out the new Bioregionalismo booklets, 36 […]
In January 2008 I had a chance to work on a mural project for the outside wall of a school in Bahia De Caraquez, Ecuador. I was assisted by the children of the Valverde Elementary School and students of the Bahia Bioregionalismo youth group. I was helped by volunteers from Planet Drum: Clay, Jasper, Darlene, Sam, and adults from the community, Cheo and Ramón. This […]
Ramon’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 can take advantage of reusing materials that most people simply […]
Ramon’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 used the technique of a ‘rain of ideas,’ where everyone […]
Ramon’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 waste is garbage, but also includes all residues solid, semi-solid […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #5 Advanced Bioregionalism EducationAutumn Session 2007 November 7th, 8th & 9th As we always do, we met in the park and the theme this time was contamination of soil and water. We made a circle and began to talk about the importance of water and soil for life. Then I explained to the students that just like the atmosphere is contaminated, so are water and […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #4 Advanced Bioregionalism EducationAutumn Session 2007 October 24th & 26th This class had a new theme: Pollution. Before starting, I asked the class what they knew about the idea of pollution. They described pollution as the presence of a foreign substance that damages the soil, air or water. We then split into three groups to discuss air pollution in more detail. We were […]
October 22 – October 26, 2007 On Monday the Bosque en Medio de las Ruinas site was watered. The plants and seedbeds at the greenhouse were watered as well and the house compost was dumped off. I stayed home in the office, finishing up the translation of the Bioregionalism Education booklet. Tuesday the La Cruz and Bosque Encantado sites were watered. While at Ricardito’s farm […]