Projects
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
April 7–May 30, 2011 May marked the arrival of numerous new volunteers. There’s Chris from Germany, Jack from Australia, Guillaume from France, Michelle from the US (Oregon), Dennis from New York, Anja from England and Celine and Liberto, also from France. As you can imagine, our productivity has increased accordingly. The volunteers have been incredibly involved in the projects and some have brought their own […]
Already there are concerns about the ecological impacts of The 2014 winter Olympic games. Links to articles are: UN criticizes Russia over Sochi Winter Olympics , Winter Olympics threatened by Bad Planning (link to this article no longer exists), Putin Faces Green Olympic Challenge. Local citizen activists corresponded with GFW and examined articles on this website for guidance. Guard Fox Watch was unable to monitor the 2014 Winter […]
March 4-April 7, 201 Things have slowed considerably volunteer-wise the past month, but there is a recent new arrival, Chris, from Germany, and more arrivals slated for the coming weeks. During the past month, Orlando and I have managed to keep things running on our own. The rainy season appears to be slowly making its exit, and the dry season is creeping in. Fortunately there […]
February-March 3, 2011 The past few weeks have been filled with lots of sun, hard work, and above all tons of tree planting. The Dr. Parra revegetation site has been completed and is the largest site to date with just over 700 native trees planted on a series of hills which wrap around his property. The amount of work that goes into an endeavor of […]
January-February 3, 2011 Welcome to 2011. This year we are starting off with more trees in the greenhouse than ever before. The rainy season commenced in late December and after a slow start appears to have really gotten going now with regular rains and sprinkles during many of the nights. The days are hot, humid and sunny, perfect for the plants. The volunteer situation has […]
October-December, 2010 Pásalo bien,Clay