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Earth Train: Young people and mentors developing values, practical knowledge, and leadership skills for biocultural renewal and sustainable community development in harmony with nature.

Special chance to recognize a young hero: A message from Nathan Gray, Co-Executive Director.

September, 2012

Thank you!

Thanks to your support -and patience with a complex voting procedure- the Juanpi-Earth Train team won the Sony Inter American Alpha Photo Contest.

Our friends around the world pitched in to help our ambassador, a 17-year old boy with cerebral palsy named Juanpi, win a Sony photo contest in Panama for Earth Train. He was one of five celebrities in the contest, each responsible for a photo shoot in the name of an environmental organization. This win for Juanpi -a dedicated activist and a popular radio DJ since the age of 10- will help us attract the support we need to upgrade our facilities and involve young leaders from all over the world with physical handicaps: A ropes course, special trails, an accessible swimming area, and more.

If you haven´t already, I hope you´ll take a few minutes to look at the short behind-the-scenes video of what it took for Juanpi to take pictures in the jungle and at Junglewood Falls at the Mamoní Valley Preserve. See:

http://youtu.be/ow6cMjlNrqI

Nathan Gray, Co-Executive Director

September 1, 2012

Earth Train’s Junglewood Design Co-opetition

July, 2012

 

http://youtu.be/cS3m5ey35w0

 

Have an adventure of a lifetime on a 10,000-acre ecological reserve and in the jungles of Panama while...

  • Field testing a super light and modular tree house designed by an internationally respected architect and an award-winning bicycle designer for use in remote areas by scientists and nature photographers;
  • Working to perfect a micro hydro electric power system combined with electric ATVs for ecological field work;
  • Test the world´s lightest and toughest inflatable kayak while hiking and kayaking from the Pacific side of the continental divide across the semi-autonomous territory of the indigenous Kuna to the Atlantic coast of Kuna Yala;
  • Consult on sustainable green design innovation for use in the rural tropics, including in a Kuna village on coastal Kuna Yala;
  • Work on the design of art and craft using locally available materials and on nature publications, toys and games for children in the Americas and worldwide;
  • Discuss possible design collaboration and joint business ventures with other highly accomplished designers; engineers; artists; educators; and business owners;

All while making a lasting contribution to emerging community leaders and to the quality of life in the rural neo tropics.

Click here to get more information about this by-invitation challenge.
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Earth Train welcomes Jane Goodall and Roots & Shoots Leaders from 12 countries to Panama

November, 2011

 

http://vimeo.com/46110826

First Latin America/Caribbean Rainforest Leadership Conference For Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots First Latin America/Caribbean Rainforest Leadership Conference For Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots

We have a film under development on Roots & Shoots in the Americas being directed by Pituka Ortega Heilbron, a co-production of Hypatia Films and Earth Train. Pituka organized an 8-person international film crew to record the conference.

For a tiny sampler of the quality material that Pituka has “in the can”, see: Documentary Preview.

Sony of Latin America has come on board as a sponsor and donated to Earth Train four HD video cameras. Earth Train has sent them off to Roots & Shoots youth groups in Argentina, Boliva, Mexico and Panama. We expect to receive material from these four Roots & Shoots groups which Pituka will edit and incorporate into the final film.

The Panorama Magazine at COPA Airlines covered the conference with this article written by Roberto Quintero with photos of Luis Eduardo Guillén.

First Latin America/Caribbean Rainforest Leadership Conference For Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots - Group Shot

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 was 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 was held at the Ateneo, City of Knowledge in Clayton, was opened with the debut in the Americas of the feature documentary Jane's Journey, narrated by Angelina Jolie.
  • Roots & Shoots In The Rainforest: Jane Goodall shared stories with emerging young leaders from the Americas (working title), a 10 to 15 minute documentary produced and directed by Pituka Ortega Heilbron for worldwide distribution is coming soon.

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Mamoní Valley Preserve

The 10,000-acre Mamoní Valley Preserve: a world campus for education, restoration, training in biocultural restoration and conservation and sustainable development.

 Junglewood

Junglewood: The Danilo Perez Performing and Visual Arts Center in the Mamoní Valley Preserve.

 Relationships with Indigenous Peoples

Dynamic Partnerships with Indigenous Leaders in Panama.