Back in January I visited El Salvador to deliver an ENCA donation of US$500 for emergency office expenses to the Permaculture Institute of El Salvador (“IPES”, by its Spanish initials). I dropped the money off at their office in the beautiful colonial town of Suchitito, but then they were kind enough to invite me to spend a day and night on their Demonstration Centre a little further into the countryside.
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OK, so it’s been a very long time since I’ve been able to update my blog – I don’t think I’ve ever been as busy as I found myself in Nicaragua, which I left 2 weeks ago to start travelling Central America.
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Things have been pretty hectic since getting to Nicaragua – there’s a lot going on here, and I feel right in the thick of it living with Edilbertha, the director of the clinic, as she gets herself involved in a different good cause every day.
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Hello from Nicaragua! I got here a month and a half ago on the 19th of November and have been rushed off my feet since then. But now I’ve finally found the time to update my blog and let people know what I’ve been doing.
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Now I’m firmly settled in Nicaragua and not moving from day to day, I finally want to write an article going into more detail about the environmental impacts of travelling the way I have. I’m hoping to see whether the time and effort has made a difference in terms of my carbon footprint – really the most important point of hitch-hiking and travelling by cargo ship.
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In this edition, we have a full account from James Watson on his ‘Flightless’ adventure across Europe and to Central America. Very banana-focused, this issue sees Dole begin to pay banana workers across Central America and an update from Banana Link revealing the harmful impact of pesticides upon indigenous children.
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Banana Link (UK): GB£20.00
Consejo de Mujeres de Occidente (CMO), Nicaragua – 8 cooking stoves to save fuel and improve respiratory health: US$2000/ GB£1238.00
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Luz Verde (Esteli, Nicaragua) for “Bibliobus” books, DVD’s, Craft materials) – US$400/ GB£255.00
CAM (Movimiento Ambientalista de Campamento), Honduras – Environmental training workshops for children + community leaders: US$774/ GB£510.00
IPES Insituto Permacultura El Salvador – Appeal for funds to support work: US$500/ GB£316.55
MUFRAS Francisco Sanchez United Movement-32, Salvadoran NGO defends Human Rights + Environment: US$500/ GB£323.00
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I am now back on land in Central America, after a very sedate 18 days at sea on the ‘BF Ipanema’ cargo ship. More than the hitch-hiking, this voyage was something I was anxious about when planning my trip – how would I cope with such a long time on a ship, with no one but crew to talk to and surrounded by thousands of miles of very deep ocean?
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I’m now writing from Le Havre, on the Normandy coast of France, where in 11 hours I get on the cargo ship that will take me to Guatemala. This journey will take 18 days, during which there will not be internet access, so here is a quick run down of the trip that’s brought me here, and what I know about the next trip, across the ocean.
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