Earth Train

November, 2011

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.

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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January 28 - February 5, 2012

Here is a video that Lamont (Monty) Hemple, PhD, shot of the adventure part of the Mother Nature, CEO program: See video. Mony is Hedco Professor and Director of the Center for Environmental Studies, University of Redlands. He is the founder and immediate past president of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) and serves on the executive committee of the national Council of Environmental Deans and Directors (CEDD).

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

We explored:

• 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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