Eco-Ecuador

Collaboration for a Long-Term Sustainable City

Seed Collecting, Visitors and a Visit to the Institute Land

By Clay Plager-Unger | August 26, 2011

June 28-August 26, 2011            Pásalo bien,                 Clay

2011 Bioregional Education Class: All Photographs

By Ramon Cedeño Loor | August 19, 2011

Orlando goes over class materials with a group of students from the Montufar school.  Photo by Clay Plager-Unger. Ramon teaching from the Bioregionismo booklet.  Photo by Clay Plager-Unger. Michelle Jensen, a Planet Drum volunteer, participates in a class with the Montufar group.  Photo by Clay Plager-Unger. Margarita and her class assistant Abraham leading their Bioregionalismo students from the Genesis School. In the background, a large group of tricicleros […]

2011 Bioregional Education Class: Final Report & Program Overview – Ramon

By Ramon Cedeño Loor | August 19, 2011

Ramon Cedeño LoorDirector, Bioregional Education ProgramPlanet Drum FoundationBioregionalism Final Report 2011 & Program Overview – English(Click here for Spanish/Español) The Bioregional Education Program, now 6 years old, is one of the most important initiatives that have been implemented in Bahía de Caráquez, the first Ecological City in Ecuador. The program works with different educational institutions and over the years the youth that participates has developed a strengthened […]

2011 Bioregional Education Class: July Report – David

By David Mera Villareal | July 15, 2011

Planet Drum FoundationBioregional Education ProgramReport #2, July 2011 – English(Click here for Spanish/Español)Teacher: David Mera Villareal On Wednesday, July 6th, in the ‘Park of the Mothers’ at 3:30 in the afternoon with the students of the Fanny de Baird School we began the Bioregionalism class with the theme for the day: the flora of our bioregion. The students paid close attention and were interested in the […]

2011 Bioregional Education Class: July Report – Margarita

By Margarita Plager-Unger | July 15, 2011

Planet Drum FoundationBioregional Education ProgramReport #2, July 2011 – English(Click here for Spanish/Español)Teacher: Margarita Avila Napa [aka Plager-Unger] Today’s theme is Birds. We begin with a handout prepared by Planet Drum. Each student read a part of the article. Then we analyzed the text and shared ideas. Afterwards, we answered the questions. Everyone is present today. Even though my students are the oldest of all the […]

2011 Bioregional Education Class: July Report – Ramon

By Ramon Cedeño Loor | July 15, 2011

Ramon CedeñoDirector, Bioregional Education ProgramPlanet Drum Foundation‘Soil’ Report #2, 2011 – English(Click here for Spanish/Español) Before beginning, allow me to observe how the students always run around and play in the park before class begins. The students who get to the park earliest run to greet and hug us when we arrive to the park. This week’s theme was ‘Soil’, but we started off by reviewing what […]

Repurposing Plastic bottles into Planters for Seedlings

By Clay Plager-Unger | June 27, 2011

May 31-June 27, 2011 June started off with a parade to celebrate international day of the environment. Bahians love to celebrate days dedicated to causes, and they love to parade. It happened to be a great opportunity for the Bioregionalistas to show off their brand new Planet Drum tee-shirts, so we decided to join the festivities. The parade went well, and afterwards, different people had […]

2011 Bioregional Education Class: May Report – David

By David Mera Villareal | May 30, 2011

Planet Drum FoundationBioregional Education ProgramReport #1, May 2011 – English (Click here for Spanish/Español)Teacher: David Mera Villareal In the following report I, Professor David Mera Villareal, will explain the work that I have done with the Ninth Year students of the Nation High School ‘Fanny de Baird’ during the month of May. In the first week we covered the basics of Bioregionalismo. We learned about the […]

2011 Bioregional Education Class: May Report – Margarita

By Margarita Plager-Unger | May 30, 2011

Planet Drum FoundationBioregional Education ProgramReport #1, May 2011 – English(Click here for Spanish/Español)Teacher: Margarita Avila Napa [aka Margarita Plager-Unger] Today is the first day of the Bioregionalism classes. We are beginning a new adventure this year. I am working with the students from the Genesis School. They are between 13 and 15 years old, so they are already adolescents. They are from two different grades at […]

2011 Bioregional Education Class: May Report – Ramon

By Ramon Cedeño Loor | May 30, 2011

Ramon CedeñoDirector, Bioregional Education ProgramPlanet Drum FoundationBioregionalismo Report #1, 2011 – English(Click here for Spanish/Español) Photos below. Another year of Bioregionalismo class commences. This year we are working with three educational institutions: the girls school Juan Pio Montúfar, Genesis high school, and the national high school Fanny de Baird, with whom we worked last year. There are three new class assistants, two students from last year: Noemi […]