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Monthly Archives: November 2010
A Modern Thanksgiving
Before I leave the precious quiet and internet connection of Marcio’s law office in Guaratingueta, where I have been given a haven of space to think, to work, I must write one more post about what we co-created last week….
Read MoreGratitude for North American Friends
Children of Cunha wrote us a letter, in Portuguese. It will take me a few days to translate and post, but it begins like this… “Nos brasileiros da comunidade de Cunha do barrio da Santa Barbara queremos prestar um agradecimento…
Read MoreThanksgiving in Cunha
Today I celebrated Thanksgiving with members of the community of Cunha, Sao Paulo state, in Brazil. A few people arrived at 10am to collect their trees, while others waited for the Globo TV truck to disappear, as they were too…
Read MoreWaiting with Dona Dirce
I’m sitting in the Casa de Dona Dirce in the countryside of Cunha, who is hosting the temporary nursery, where people will come tomorrow (Thanksgiving Day) to collect their trees. She makes me coffee, while she heats water using a…
Read MoreA Dream Come True for Many People
Two years after being introduced to the area by Maria Amália Fontoura de Souza, she is seeing the fruition of our shared dream as we deliver trees to a community who has been promised trees, without delivery, by others. Today,…
Read MoreUnpacking Trees in Cunha
We were greeted by a few people from the Santa Barbara district Association who will distribute the trees to their neighbors over the course of the next few days. Unpacking lots of 50 trees each, of 20 species, we created…
Read MoreThe Road to Cunha
Still with 20 miles to go, we’re entering the region where the trees will be planted, primarily along waterways.
Read More1,000 Rainforest Trees in a Truck
With the help of 2 men from a neighboring drug rehabilitation center, Marcio and Helio of Viviero Bom Jardin loaded a truck with 1,000 trees – far bigger in size than I’d expected – to take to Cunha this morning.
Read MorePachamama, Awakening the Dreamer, Symposium held in Brazil
Yesterday we held the first Pachamama, Awakening the Dreamer, Symposium in Guaratingueta, Brazil. It was attended by two members of the Nativas Association who are working in partnership with Rainforest ECO, and are taking on the mission of spreading the…
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