Projects
Paola’s Report #1 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2009 May 20 & 22, 2009 – English(Click here for Spanish/Español) Photos below I was greeted with an immediate huddle around me when I arrived for class at the park; the usual “Senorita! Senorita!” followed by a ton of questions about what we will be doing and where will we be going. It’s a bit of a chaotic manner to […]
Aaron KasePlanet Drum Volunteerfrom Feb-May, 2009 May 22, 2009 It seemed like no one ever wanted to leave. Volunteers talked about leaving Thursday or Friday, but always pushed their departure date back through the weekend, to Monday or Tuesday. Nicole was planning to stay for one week and stayed for three. The Swedish people also planned to stay for a week and stayed on for […]
Fabiola’s Report #1 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2009 May 12, 2009 – English (Click here for Spanish/Español) Photos below May 12 Objective: We started by reading an article by Peter Berg, the founder of Planet Drum; and learned about the main objectives of a bioregion and the different themes within each. For example, farming shrimp in the estuary and how it has affected the estuary’s ecosystem as […]
Ramon’s Report #1 Bioregionalism EducationSummer Session, 2009 May 6 & 8, 2009 – English(Click here for Spanish/Español) Photos below We started a new school year of Bioregional Education. This time there are three educational institutions: Colegio Vicente Hurtado, with Fabiola Coello as the teacher and Lissette Moncayo as assistant; Colegio Fanny de Baird, with Paola Divito as the teacher and Roberto Rodriguez as the assistant; […]
April 20-May 5, 2009 Rain! The weather on the coast of Ecuador, like many coastal regions, is determined almost entirely by the oceans. Our Pacific Ocean currents are Humboldt and El Niño. Recent increased activity in the El Niño current, associated with the rainy season (January-April/May), has produced some beautiful rains during the past two weeks. This was after what had been assumed by many to […]
April 1-16, 2009 Summary: Volunteers Aaron and Maggie help Jaime and I take care of the tasks at hand. The major undertaking completed in the past two weeks has been preparation and planting of seedbeds. First, a truckload of river sand (salt-free) was acquired to mix with other compost ingredients. We had to go south beyond the town of Charapoto to find river sand in a […]
March 6-31, 2009 Summary: Another action-packed month passes by. Volunteers disperse and continue with their travels; and as their numbers dwindle, the rainy season seems to be petering out. The transition out of the rainy season means that changing the workload to adapt to the shift in weather. In total this year, eleven revegetation sites have been successfully planted with over 2,200 native trees in the […]
March 25, 2009 Hi, Things are going very well. Multiple really, really nice light but substantial rains this past week. Volunteers have died down from 15+ to 4, which feels like nothing in comparison. Things will remain relatively light on this front for another month or two and then pick up again come May/June. I’m looking forward to having a little breather. The summer months […]
February 1-March 9, 2009 Summary: So much to cover, and it all happened in one month!? 10th anniversary of the Eco-city. Tree planting. Myriads of volunteers. Rains. Ridiculously fast growing weeds. Land visits and field trips. I’m going to stick to the field work, since Peter has covered a lot of the Bahia happenings in his Dispatches. I will also rely on photos to show more of […]
Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador The high-pitched enthusiasm of Carnaval is building and an interviewer/photographer team from Taiwan’s Spirit magazine has arrived to report on Eco-Bahia, requesting a tour by me through Bosque en Medio de las Ruinas “wild park.” We were graced with a rainless day to climb down the steps at the farthest entrance accompanied by Patricio Tamariz (who had arranged for the Taiwanese visit), Clay and several Planet […]