Eco-Ecuador
Collaboration for a Long-Term Sustainable City
Ramon’s Weekly Report #12 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 July 23 & 25, 2008 This was the final week for the first level of Bioregional Education. On Wednesday, after meeting in the park like we always do, I thanked all of the students for having participated in this program. Then we began to talk about all of the different Bioregional topics we’ve discussed over the past […]
July 7-21, 2008 Summary: Many of the volunteers finish their stays with us. After getting so far ahead during the whirlwind week of work with the Canadians, I decide to take a weeklong vacation in the mountains. Back in Bahia, we continue watering the sites and two new volunteers, Stephen and Gina arrive. On Monday, William and Jaime depart to do some traveling around Ecuador before […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #11 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 July 18, 2008 The topic for the week was birds. On Friday we went to observe birds at Punta Gorda. We decided to do one long day of work, instead of two days. Having gotten permission to take the day off from school, we left at 7:30 in the morning from Bahía in a rented vehicle that […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #10 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 July 9 & 11, 2008 The new theme for this week was Soil. We formed groups and began reading an analyzing the worksheets, but not before I asked the class what is soil? They answered everything we walk on, where we were seated, where we live, and that it is important because without it we couldn’t grow food. […]
June 23-July 6, 2008 Summary: More volunteers show up and we prepare for a visit from a group of Canadian volunteers from the ‘Children of Ecuador’ organization. This group spends six consecutive days working with us and we accomplish nearly a month’s worth of work in that time. Over the weekend Mica and Danielle from New York and Andrew from L.A. arrived. Monday morning we gave […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #9 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 July 2 & 4, 2008 This week’s theme was Marine Ecosystems and once again we were accompanied by William and Jaime from Planet Drum. I started the class by asking everyone what they think marine ecosystems are. They answered: The coast and everything in the ocean. I explained to them that the coast of Ecuador meets the […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #8 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 June 25 & 27, 2008 The theme for the week was the Estuary and its importance in the bioregion. We were accompanied by three Planet Drum volunteers: Danielle, Mica, and William. Before beginning class everyone introduced themselves. Frank gave a summary of the previous class, Flora. Then we got into a large circle and I talked a […]
June 9-23, 2008 Summary: A second week in a row without volunteers. Jaime and I do what we can in the greenhouse and I successfully acquire my permanent work visa in Guayaquil. Then more volunteers begin to show up and we tackle watering and site maintenance. Monday I translate more of Ramon’s reports and edit Bioregional education materials. Jaime cleans weeds at the greenhouse, waters the […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #7 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 June 18 & 20, 2008 The theme for this week was Flora, but the students were invited to attend a seminar called “How to make environmental impact studies.” So instead of normal class, the kids all went to the library in the Central Bank Museum. It consisted of showing the importance of these studies, understanding how we can […]
Ramon’s Weekly Report #6 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2008 June 11 & 13, 2008 As usual we met in Bahia’s main park for class on Wednesday. The theme for the day was Land Ecosystems. We split into two groups in order to conduct a debate with questions and answers. But before we began the debate, I defined what land ecosystems are. I told them that land […]