Projects
Renée Portanova, Volunteer Planet Drum Foundation March 5, 2004 Tree Species(Latin names available by contacting mail@planetdrum.org) January 26, 2004 Although it is the rainy season in Bahia de Caraquez it hasn’t rained in nearly three weeks. The trees we have planted are in dire need of water. Today we watered two of our sites in which transplants have recently been placed, Jorge Lomas and Catolico Unversidad. […]
Winter Olympics Won’t Avoid Environmental Damage The upcoming 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy (TOROC) lack sufficient environmental safeguards to prevent damage to the Southern Alps, according to the international ecological monitoring group Guard Fox Watch (GFW). Dramatic increases in air and water pollution, disruption of wildlife, overflowing garbage and sewage facilities, and greater “greenhouse” energy wastes are some of the negative outcomes that […]
Brian Teinert, Field Project Manager Planet Drum Foundation The Celebration of the Fifth Anniversary of the Eco-city Declaration in mid-February was a very successful event. Many different groups helped to plan and organize activities to take place over a week-long period. There were several other environmental groups besides Planet Drum Foundation including Reserva Cerro Seco, Centro de Educacion Ambiental Eco-Bahia, Guacamayo Tours, and Fundación Stuarium. […]
February 2- 11, 2004 February 2, 2004 Well, some rain has finally come and the greenhouse, inside and out, is overwhelmed with “weeds.” Some are nearly as high as my shoulders (I’m 5’6’’). With a machete in one hand and an “L” shaped stick in the other, I begin the tedious task of clearing the paths surrounding the greenhouse and compost pit. The stick in […]
Natalie Pollard, Volunteer Planet Drum Foundation Hola Planet Drum, Thursday morning, 2/5/04, Renee and I headed to the greenhouse — transplanting, watering, and preparing beds for planting. Back to the apartment for pescado de Koke (yum!) In the afternoon, we headed to Jorge Lomas with Brian and Cheo to do some cribbing along the hillside, so that we are able to plant without causing further damage […]
February 10, 2004 Hola Planet Drum, Thursday morning, 2/5/04, Renee and I headed to the greenhouse — transplanting, watering, and preparing beds for planting. Back to the apartment for pescado de Koke (yum!) In the afternoon, we headed to Jorge Lomas with Brian and Cheo to do some cribbing along the hillside, so that we are able to plant without causing further damage (Renee’s suggestion) […]
Brian Teinert, Field Project Manager Planet Drum FoundationJanuary 19, 2004 Up until last week, I had been the unofficial organizer of the celebration for the Fifth Anniversary of the Declaration for the Eco-City. Last Thursday I was made the official organizer. I have been inviting more and more people every week. The calendar for the eco-city celebration is set. We now have people from the Municipio coming, along […]
Brian Teinert, Field Project Manager Planet Drum FoundationJanuary 5, 2004 Reneé Portanova will undoubtedly be a great member of our team. We have been in contact and I am looking forward to her arrival in Bahia on January 19th. I am excited about Natalie Pollard coming as well. At the moment, we have 3 volunteers lined up for February (Natalie, Renee, and Debbie.) We also […]
Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador There are now six revegetation sites strung like beads on the river-facing eroded hillsides leading into Bahia de Caraquez. One within sight above the vivero(greenhouse) at Universidad Catolica is fully planted and has thus far survived the summer drought. It can serve as a walk-through demonstration of the generalprocess and a specific model of controlling land subsidence on the face of a downhill swale. Nearby is […]
Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador When I first heard “pique y pasa” (pronounced pee-kee pah-sah) it was used in a traditional way to describe how to go about buying something when there were different items of all kinds offered. Not a single-minded hunting trip for just one thing or at best a few things where the range of possibilities is finite and it’s a matter of how […]