Projects
Bahia de caraquez, Ecuador Of all the differences between living here and in San Francisco there is one that creates a paramount necessity. It is the millimeter close proximity of organisms that use the human body for their own purposes and other natural effects. This slim space eventually becomes a factor in most activities if not a near obsession. There is a hospital quality about […]
Bahia de Carquez, Ecuador It has been nearly five years since the Ecological City Declaration in Bahia de Caraquez and there have been many developments and changes. These have overwhelmingly been for the better and are too great in number to describe fully in a short space. One major difference is that the mutual exuberant feeling of hopeful optimism that prevailed on February 23, 1999 […]
Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador From a video music blaring shore side restaurant on the Rio Chone, the ancient vision of a dugout canoe with two men standing and throwing circular nets in the distance. It’s an accomplished skill for only one person to sit still in these narrow, shallow draft boats without upsetting their knife-edge balance. A large diesel engine ferry powers across the river […]
Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador The main stage of the ambitious project to revegetate six kilometers of eroded hillsides directly facing Rio Chone on the road into Bahia de Caraquez with native plants of the tropical dry forest has begun. The list of bioregional criteria met by doing this is impressive. These hills are continuous with the metropolitan area and thus part of the ecological city […]
Bioregional Impacts, Ecological Implications, and Recommendations for Olympic Winter Games By Guard Fox Watch, October 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction The Bioregional Context The Bioregional Approach Recommendations for Bioregional Implementation of Olympic Games Environmental Guides and Safeguards: Territory and Landscape Need for Bioregional Monitoring and Measurement Guidelines for Development and Increased Human Loads Ecological Mandate for Restoration Energy Garbage Water Cable and Lift Facilities Olympic […]
Guard Fox Watch Report, August, 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction The Bioregional Context Susceptibility to Impacts The Bioregional Approach Recommendations for Bioregional Implementation of Olympic Games Environmental Guides and Safeguards (Response to “Atti Della Regione – Atti Dello Stato, Sommario Parte 1-II”, Bolletino Ufficiale Piemonte, Torino 18 Aprile 2001) Territory and Landscape Need for Bioregional Monitoring and Measurement Guidelines for Development and Increased Human loads Ecological Mandate […]
Rapporto del Guard Fox Watch, Agosto 2003 INDICE Introduzione Il Contesto Bioregionale Impatto sull’Ambiente L’Approccio Bioregionale Raccomandazioni per una applicazione bioregionale delle misure ambientali dei Giochi Olimpici. (Risposta alle linee guida espresse su “Atti della Regione – Atti dello Stato, sommario parte I – II”, Bollettino Ufficiale Regione Piemonte, Torino 18 Aprile 2001) Territorio e Paesaggio Necessità di Monitoraggio Bioregionale e Banca Dati Linee Guida per […]
May 26, 2003 When the volunteers get here they will hit the ground running. We are going to work at the greenhouse, Fanca, the Universidad, etc. Over the past week I have visited all of our projects. At the universidad, I spoke with Horatio and the head of the biology department. We are finalizing our plans to work out the watering system and a workshop […]
Brian TeinertPlanet Drum Ecuador Staff January 26, 2003 Megan arrived on Thursday and is doing well. She enjoys the greenhouse project and has proved to be a good worker and a self-starter. The projects are going well, except for the fact that I have not received the worms. We are getting seedlings transplanted, we are finding seeds, and I am making new connections all of […]
May 19, 2003 I have had a few meetings this week with landowners. [A new revegetation project is being planned, this time on private, rather than public land.] Things are going well with the University [where a greenhouse has been built and plantings done to prevent erosion]. This week I have plans to work at the greenhouse, Fanca, the park, and the University. Since I […]