The Dry Tropical Vegetation of Bahia De Caraquez coastal bioregion is both specific and barely extant. The Project began as an effort to stabilize hillsides (which had recently become mudslides) by replanting a combination of indigenous trees, shrubs and grasses. Working with local people as well as international volunteers, the various project managers have each left their mark on the Eco-Ecuador Project. This page is a compilation of who they are and were and a links to their Reports.
December 3-7, 2007 Summary: The sole two volunteers this week, Caroline and Nadine, held down the fort with Revegetation Foreman Jaime for the first few days while I attended a seminar at Cerro Blanco, near Guayaquil, with Bioregional Education Teacher Ramon and Marcelo Luque. Ramon came and helped out on Friday to bolster our numbers. On Monday I took off for Guayaquil in the morning and […]
November 26-30, 2007 This week it was time to say goodbye to the November crew and hello to the new December volunteers. On Monday Dewey left, and on Tuesday Lilian, Michele and Matt departed. Thanks for all of the help! Monday, with a somewhat reduced workforce due to volunteer traveling, we were only able to knock out watering the Bosque en Medio de las Ruinas and La […]
November 19-23, 2007 We began the week by welcoming a new volunteer Matt from Iowa and kicked things off with a much needed house cleanup. Then set out for the hills to water the Bosque en Medio de las Ruinas and La Cruz revegetation sites. On Tuesday a traveler, Max, joined up for the day, and we showed him how to do things at Planet Drum […]
November 11-16, 2007 Monday the La Cruz and Bosque en Medio de las Ruinas sites were watered. We collected bottles in Bahia and Leonidas Plaza. The bottles were taken to the greenhouse and those plants were also watered. Bosque Encantato On Tuesday some of us went to Bosque Encantado. The 2007 revegetation site was watered and trail work was continued on the prospective 2008 site. […]
November 5 – November 9, 2007 On Monday morning, bottles were collected around town and the Bosque en Medio de las Ruinas and La Cruz sites were watered. At the greenhouse bottles were prepared and compost was dumped off and turned. Trees were moved about to create more room for seed beds and the plants were watered. Lilian and Michelle, two new volunteers arrived. On Tuesday half the […]
October 29 – November 2, 2007 On Monday morning the Bosque en Medio de las Ruinas and La Cruz revegetation sites were watered. In the afternoon we got an invitation to help repaint some Eco-city murals that were in danger of being painted over because they were starting to fade. While some of the volunteers went to help Marcelo Luque with the murals, I went […]
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 […]
October 15-19, 2007 There was a reduced watering load with the rains from last week, and we took advantage of it by beginning work on preparing revegetation sites for 2008 and taking a field trip to San Clemente. On Monday Moyuyo stakes were cut on a piece of land near Punta Bellaca. We walked down the beach to get there and into the hillsides to […]
October 8-12, 2007 Summary: This week we were blessed with some natural rain to help the watering efforts of the revegetation sites. The rains were a little unusual for this time of year. This is typically the driest time, but we are expecting a wetter than usual rainy season, so it was not entirely surprising. It was an opportunity to refocus efforts on work in the […]
October 1-5, 2007 This week marked a turning point in volunteer presence. For the past two months we’ve been getting by with one, two or at most three steady volunteers, but that’s all changing as of now. For some reason August and September have been the slowest so far. But this week, four new volunteers showed up, and we’re scheduled to be more or less […]