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Jungle Construction: Do as the locals do
Jungle Construction: Do as the locals doSo this most recent valley trip yielded some great progress on our base camp. The base camp is just about finished with. It looking like a legit structure already. We have completed all the bamboo and palm walling as well making a great palm roof. We are basically experimenting, but i would like to incorporate [...]
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Tags: bamboo, construction, jungle, palm, PANAMA, sustainable, vermicompost
How do you say…
How do you say…My mother has always been a big component of pushing me to write thank you letters, even when I didn’t want to. Mama always said a thank you letter goes a long way, especially when it is hand written. Well, this week I wrote thank you letters to some of the women who have welcomed [...]
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Tags: community outreach, Hannah Hurricane Willingham, Kalu Ya, PANAMA, recipes, San Miguel, Spanish, Thank you
Rio Clean Up!
Rio Clean Up!This week we had the annual Rio Clean Up Day and what a success it was! Hannah and I made posters to promote the event and put them up at the school as well as the local store. We met at the Cancha around ten and had a great turn out! All of the kids, [...]
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Tags: clean, Courtney Johnson, river, San Miguel, trash
Feliz Dia del Amor y Amigos!
Feliz Dia del Amor y Amigos!Tuesday was Valentine’s Day and there was no shortage of love in the San Miguel house. While Valentine’s Day is more widely celebrated in the United States, we brought a few Valentine’s Traditions with us to San Miguel. The direct translation of Happy Valentine’s Day is “Feliz Dia de Enamorados;” however, in San Miguel they [...]
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Tags: community, community outreach, education, Kalu Yala, San Miguel, Tiffany Marino, Valentine's Day
“Life is like riding a bike… to keep your balance you must keep moving”
“Life is like riding a bike… to keep your balance you must keep moving”Life is all about balance, as Einstein said “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”. Myself and the interns in San Miguel are balanced and moving forward. Roles are becoming more defined in the house. Lillian and Hannah are taking on the education of the teens; Tiffany is [...]
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Tags: Balance, community outreach, education, Erin Marie Keigher, Laughter, Love, rio clean up, Zach Bron
Limpieza del Río
San Miguel is blessed with a beautiful landscape, the Pacora River, a dominant feature of the town. This picturesque river regularly attracts both locals and visitors from the city and in turn, trash is often struin along banks. Although the river is littered with trash, much of the community wants to make a change. They [...]
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Tags: community, community outreach, Conservation, Kalu Yala, Lillian Sonnenberg, San Miguel, SMOT
Life on the Frontier
Life on the Frontier“Life on the Frontier” is a glimpse into the lives of Kalu Yala’s adventure-driven, Spring 2012 Interns as they begin their epic voyage in this unique social experiment — building, conducting research, charting their observations, establishing community relations, and finding comfort in their new humble abode. Once again, we welcome you to the junglescapes of [...]
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Tags: adventure, community, construction, culture, design, hiking, interns, Jimmy Stice, Kalu Yala, lifestyle, PANAMA, rainforest, Sarah Tyler, tourism
When People Defend Their Land
When People Defend Their LandFor more than one week now, western Panama has seen violent demonstrations and riots between two opposing forces. First are the indigenous community of the Ngobe-Bugle, Second are the national Panamanian police forces. The protesters have managed to shut down a section of the Pan-American highway(which links the country to Costa Rica). All this has [...]
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Tags: community, Health, Indigenous uprising, Kalu Yala, PANAMA, Panama City, Repression, Riots, Victor Ansley
Sustainability for a Finite Planet
Sustainability for a Finite PlanetSustainability economist and author of the book Prosperity without Growth, Tim Jackson thoroughly addressed the problem of the ecological limits of a finite planet in one of his recorded conference speeches that I happened to find a couple of days ago online. I was fascinated by this public speech and will definitely put his book [...]
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Tags: Citizen participation, Commonwealth, community, Consumer responsibility, Consumer society, Corporate responsibility, culture, Development, economics, environment, Finite planet, Green wave, Kalu Yala, Nicolas Sarkozy, PANAMA, Prosperity without Growth, Sustainability, Tim Jackson
Agroforestry and Law 24
Agroforestry and Law 24In this blog post I hope to continue to expand upon the potential of Agroforestry in the Kalu Yala Valley and specifically investigate a piece of legislation that could be of great help in a push for an expansion of the Agroforestry Project. However, I must first give a quick recap of the Agriculture Teams [...]
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Tags: agroforestry, Kalu Yala, Law 24, reforestation, Rob Taylor
