Comments on: Live from Quito, Ecuador http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/ The Understory is the official blog of Rainforest Action Network. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:33:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Erica Van Etten http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/comment-page-1/#comment-140602 Erica Van Etten Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:02:10 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/#comment-140602 Hi again -- since I last posted, the website has changed. You can check out our reforestation project at http://www.seedsdream.org/. All the best to everyone. Erica Hi again — since I last posted, the website has changed. You can check out our reforestation project at http://www.seedsdream.org/. All the best to everyone. Erica

]]> By: yrzzgswo npyjun http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/comment-page-1/#comment-52153 yrzzgswo npyjun Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:15:24 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/#comment-52153 PREVED! PREVED!

]]> By: peto4ok http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/comment-page-1/#comment-2244 peto4ok Mon, 15 May 2006 00:15:59 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/#comment-2244 Best site I see. Thanks. Best site I see. Thanks.

]]> By: Paulo http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/comment-page-1/#comment-1144 Paulo Fri, 05 May 2006 02:20:44 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/#comment-1144 Alleen onder Glamour versta ik wat anders maar dat moet kunnen. Alleen onder Glamour versta ik wat anders maar dat moet kunnen.

]]> By: Addy Cameron-Huff (Friends of the Earth Canada) http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/comment-page-1/#comment-1099 Addy Cameron-Huff (Friends of the Earth Canada) Wed, 03 May 2006 17:55:08 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/#comment-1099 Friends of the Earth has just kicked off a campaign covered the local resistance to a Canadian mining company (we've got a site with video up at ascendantalert.ca). The villagers there are pretty impressive at organizing despite death threats, intimidation and attempted bribery. I definitely agree with Brant that our own grassroots movements could learn from the Ecuadorians (minus the bottlerockets that Eighthourlunch talked about...). Friends of the Earth has just kicked off a campaign covered the local resistance to a Canadian mining company (we’ve got a site with video up at ascendantalert.ca). The villagers there are pretty impressive at organizing despite death threats, intimidation and attempted bribery. I definitely agree with Brant that our own grassroots movements could learn from the Ecuadorians (minus the bottlerockets that Eighthourlunch talked about…).

]]> By: Michael http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 Michael Wed, 03 May 2006 00:57:04 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/#comment-1067 Best site I see. Thanks. Best site I see. Thanks.

]]> By: Edd http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/comment-page-1/#comment-822 Edd Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:24:06 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/#comment-822 Hello admin, nice site you have! Hello admin, nice site you have!

]]> By: Erica Van Etten http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Erica Van Etten Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:59:20 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/#comment-653 Hello - I'm headed to Ecuador next week to begin a summer's work with some Shuar communities on a reforestation/ethnobotanical documentation project for their land south of Puyo. (a Shuar political leader & I initiated it last December - you can check out our plans at www.tiriruk.org). I'm curious how these events will shape/direct my time there and would love your feed back both on current indigenous rights issues in Ecuador (obviously a rising topic & relevant to the communities I am working with) as well as any suggestions you have of contacts for technical and/or financial support for the reforestation work itself. If you're in Quito, any chance you'd like to get together & share a beer? Erica Hello -

I’m headed to Ecuador next week to begin a summer’s work with some Shuar communities on a reforestation/ethnobotanical documentation project for their land south of Puyo. (a Shuar political leader & I initiated it last December – you can check out our plans at http://www.tiriruk.org). I’m curious how these events will shape/direct my time there and would love your feed back both on current indigenous rights issues in Ecuador (obviously a rising topic & relevant to the communities I am working with) as well as any suggestions you have of contacts for technical and/or financial support for the reforestation work itself. If you’re in Quito, any chance you’d like to get together & share a beer?

Erica

]]> By: J. J. http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/comment-page-1/#comment-630 J. J. Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:41:18 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/#comment-630 Here's the NYT piece http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/22/international/americas/22cnd-ecuador.html (use bugmenot.com for login). Here’s the NYT piece http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/22/international/americas/22cnd-ecuador.html (use bugmenot.com for login).

]]> By: Eighthourlunch http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/comment-page-1/#comment-629 Eighthourlunch Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:33:35 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2006/03/22/live-from/#comment-629 Having lived in Ecuador, I can't really say I'm at all surprised. I could hardly take a weekend trip to the mountains without seeing tires on fire in the middle of the road over bus fare, America, gas prices, you name it. And this was in the late 80's to the early 90's. My favorite (not) was when the student protestors would take their home-made bottle rockets and launch them horizontally at the onlooking crowds to clear a path for march. Nothing short of crazy. Having lived in Ecuador, I can’t really say I’m at all surprised. I could hardly take a weekend trip to the mountains without seeing tires on fire in the middle of the road over bus fare, America, gas prices, you name it. And this was in the late 80’s to the early 90’s. My favorite (not) was when the student protestors would take their home-made bottle rockets and launch them horizontally at the onlooking crowds to clear a path for march. Nothing short of crazy.

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