Eco-Ecuador
Collaboration for a Long-Term Sustainable City
Por Amy Jewel (Assistente de Campo, Fundación Planet Drum) Municipalidad de Cantón Sucre (Versión Español) Antecedentes La recolección y destrucción de los desechos sólidos es un desafío que enfrentan todas las municipalidades. Mientras que el número de gente viviendo en las ciudades continua creciendo, la cantidad de basura generada también crece. Es necesario manejar toda esta basura responsablemente. Como muchas otras municipalidades, el Municipio del […]
By, Amy Jewel (Field Assistant at Planet Drum Foundation) Municipality of Canton Sucre [versión en español] Introduction The collection and disposal of solid waste is a challenge facing all municipalities. As the number of people living in the cities continues to grow, the amount of waste generated also grows. All of this waste needs to be handled in a responsible manner. Like many other municipalities, […]
Report #6 from Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador The “Ecological Plan for the Development of Canton Sucre (Bahia de Caraquez)” is finally finished! Last Thursday, February 15, six months after the first tentative draft was circulated to instigate a community process for its full development, a public meeting in City Hall solicited and added final comments and suggestions to complete the document. An openly invited group (that […]
Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador. Final version approved Feb. 15, 2001 by the Public Meeting I. Introduction — The need and purpose of a plan to create an ecological city. A) Need 1. Ecological City Declaration a. Fragility of Bahia, Civil Defense map of risks and environmental problems b. The present opportunity: the effect of El Nino disasters c. Disaster prevention, mitigation plan 2. Understanding, coordination […]
Bahía de Caráquez (Versión Español) I. Introducción — Necesidad y propósito de un plan para crear una Ciudad Ecológica. A) Necesida La Declaratoria Municipal de la Ciudad Ecológica a. La fragilidad de Bahía, mapa de riesgos y problemas ambientales b. La oportunidad: efectos del desastre de El Niño c. Prevención de desastres, plan de mitigación 2. Comprensión, coordinación y participación con todas las acciones ecológicas […]
To get this straight from the beginning, I’m not going to complain about it. We were all children. Sometimes we cried. Things hurt us and we couldn’t do anything about them. For those who are now mostly adults, it’s painful to hear children cry but we know what it’s about. Adults are no longer children, mostly. They try to comfort and do something about what […]
Report #5 from Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador Making plaques for plant identification in the Maria Auxiliador revegetation park now officially named Bosque en Medio de Las Ruinas (Forest in the Midst of the Ruins) has started. The newspaper announcement of a contest to design a logo offering a $10 prize was a total bust. No entries. Amparo Aviles, the genuinely inventive owner of Arte Mania […]
Report #4 from Hotel Pais Libre, Canoa, Ecuador Ecuadorian indigenas (native people) revived their active insurgence in the capitol Quito last month near the first anniversary of last year’s rebellion that caused the collapse of the previous government. CONAIE, the native-led political association, had from the beginning promised a renewal of anti-government actions if their original demands weren’t met by last summer. Negotiations had been […]
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 of local neighborhoods in Paris, Tokyo or New York. Trappings […]
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 needs of non-profit and business groups as well as private […]