Earth Train

November, 2011

Summary of Earth Train's program for Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots, November 2011:

• The First Latin America/Caribbean Rainforest Leadership Conference For Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots Youth and Mentors, a conference with Jane Goodall for 30 Roots & Shoots leaders from 12 countries to be held at November 6 to 13, 2011, Centro Mamoní at the Mamoní Valley Preserve, Province of Panama.
• Una Tarde de Biodiversidad Musical, Sunday, November 13, 2011, a musical presentation in honor of Dr. Jane Goodall produced by Danilo Perez with the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. The program, to be held at the Ateneo, City of Knowledge in Clayton, opens with the debut in the Americas of the feature documentary Jane's Journey, narrated by Angelina Jolie.
• Roots & Shoots In The Rainforest: Jane Goodall sharing stories with emerging young leaders from the Americas (working title), a 10 to 15 minute documentary to be produced and directed by Pituka Ortega Heilbron for worldwide distribution starting in December 2011.

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January 28 - February 5, 2011

In the company of internationally renowned business leaders, scientists, and musicians, begin a week-long learning adventure at Earth Train’s 10,000-acres Mamoní Valley Preserve on the Pacific side of the conti-nental divide, cross the forested territory of the indigenous Kuna in kayaks, and relax on a white sand island in Kuna Yala, named by Lonely Planet as one of the world’s ten most incredible paradises.

Join us for a stimulating exploration of:

• The latest insights we are gaining from Nature about social organization; cooperation and “coopetition”; social networking; applying ecological tools in the business environment; and more.
• The most effective ways of using natural environments as executive training and learning resources.
• Nature and the arts -especially music- to help stimulate creativity and develop pattern-recognition skills.

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January 20, 2011

Jazz students from the Crossroads School in Santa Monica jumped off rocky outcrops into river pools, hiked nature trails under jungle cover and improvised riffs on Nature's raw instruments to the beats and trills of the Mamoní Valley Preserve tropical campus.

"The Panama experience was probably the most impactful, memorable, and unique field trip that Crossroads has done since its founding in 1971," Crossroads musical director Evan Avery said.... (more)