Rainforest Partnership » Austin Texas http://www.rainforestpartnership.org LINKING PEOPLE TO PEOPLE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:33:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Wheels are Turning! http://www.rainforestpartnership.org/news/projects/the-wheels-are-turning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-wheels-are-turning http://www.rainforestpartnership.org/news/projects/the-wheels-are-turning/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:33:47 +0000 Niyanta http://rainforestpartnership.org/blog/?p=131 The first US-based volunteers for Rainforest Partnership arrived in Lima, Peru Tuesday! Austin-based lawyer, Marisa Perales, will assist the RP team in conducting research regarding a multitude of local legal issues and facilitating meetings with organizations and government entities; Rob Richardson, an Austin-based teacher, will focus more on the local level regarding markets for handicrafts, horticulture research, and ways to link musicians, artists and students in the community with people here in Austin. Executive Director, Niyanta Spelman, will be meeting them in Peru next month to follow-up with the handicrafts project and management plan in Chipaota.

Niyanta will be on the ground to continue developing the project plan with the Sani Isla community in Ecuador, and also assess the potential for a project in the Satipo Road area (District of Pampa Hermosa) of Peru. She will be joined by Board Chair Hazel Barbour in Ecuador, and later by Board Secretary Jordan Erdos in Peru. The RP team will be accompanied by exciting volunteers and in-country team members to showcase the progress of the projects and continue building partnerships with local groups. These individuals include Austinite filmmaker, Michel Scott, who will be working on a documentary focusing on the Chipaota project and the Sani Isla project. Michel is an accomplished director and cinematographer and you can learn more about his recent stunning film, The Horse Boy, by clicking here.

RP’s projects will also be displayed behind the unique lens of a Swedish photojournalism team consisting of Martin Edström and Alfred Runow. You can follow Martin and Alfred’s relationship with Rainforest Partnership through Project Carpe Diem and read their blog, connect with them on Facebook, and receive new updates via Twitter. Congratulations to them for just receiving new sponsorships this week! The group will also be joined by Lucia Eslava, our program coordinator, and Jaso Rojas Angulo, project manger, who are both based in Peru.

We are so excited to have all of these incredible people joining us on our trip! This meeting is a true demonstration of the ability to create a more sustainable future by working together. We will keep reporting the progress of all of the project initiatives throughout the next two months so stay tuned!

]]> http://www.rainforestpartnership.org/news/projects/the-wheels-are-turning/feed/ 4 El Sol Y La Luna http://www.rainforestpartnership.org/events/el-sol-y-la-luna/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=el-sol-y-la-luna http://www.rainforestpartnership.org/events/el-sol-y-la-luna/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 15:35:59 +0000 Niyanta http://rainforestpartnership.org/blog/?p=119 Thank you all for coming to our event at El Sol Y La Luna.  It was a fun, successful event and everyone had a great time.  Huge thanks to Celia Israel for making the event a reality along with Barbara Garza, our event organizer.  Many thanks to the hosts for helping get the word out, with special thanks to the current and previous hosts who were themselves  sponsors.  The Rainforest Partnership board and I  greatly appreciate the support from the many sponsors for helping us raise money for our two women-focused projects that I hope all of you will follow over the next several months.

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]]> http://www.rainforestpartnership.org/events/el-sol-y-la-luna/feed/ 0 Thank You to Our Sponsors http://www.rainforestpartnership.org/events/thank-you-to-our-sponsors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thank-you-to-our-sponsors http://www.rainforestpartnership.org/events/thank-you-to-our-sponsors/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 23:47:58 +0000 Jordan Erdos http://rainforestpartnership.org/blog/?p=103 Rainforest Partnership would like to take the opportunity to offer our appreciation and gratitude to the companies and individuals who sponsored our May 11, 2009 event, Empowerment of Women, Sustainable Livelihoods, Saving Rainforests, at El Sol y La Luna in Austin, Texas.  The event was a tremendous success and brought us closer to our $30,000 fundraising goal.  We would also like to thank everyone who came to the event to support our work and to learn more about our projects in Chipaota, Peru, and Sani Isla, Ecuador

Huge thanks to the following sponsors for their generous support:

Mary Allen – Dave Anderson – Barbara Baggett & Jean Warneke/Panama Boutique Suzanne Bradford and John R. Moore, Attorney at Law -  Carollo EngineeringBrenda Clayton - Matt Curtis – Drenner & Golden Stuart Wolff, LLPAli Khataw/Encotech Engineering -  Dominic & Shafeeqa GiarrataniSherri Greenberg and Cary Ferchill  -  Jerry Harris -  Aileen Hooks  -  Maddie KadasKen Lambrecht -  Perry Lorenz  -  Nikelle Meade  -  Bill MoriartyCraig Pedersen/URS – Alan & Debbie Pollock – Denise Rayborn & Tod Wickersham

Celina Romero – Janice Spelman – Jasiel and Ronan Spelman – Liz Wiley

Texas Disposal Systems -  MWM Design Group for food sponsorship

To become a sponsor for future events, or to make a donation, please click here.

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