“The Story of Stuff” Check out this website, ver este sitio web: http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-stuff/ It is a fantastic incite into the human being’s consumption addiction in English with Spanish subtitles. Esta chica pelicula es fantastico- un ojo de la consumicion de ser humano! En ingles con subtitles en espanol. And this is the website y el sitio …
When we were planning the expedition, Dave spent hours researching possible methods for “lumping” all our gear. Oh to run, light, without a load! In reality, this would just not be possible. In Patagonia for example, we often
We´re aiming to speak to over 1000 students and teachers along the 5000mileproject route about the expedition and its “raison d´etre”: “running for South America´s wild places and wildlife” We present in Spanish as best we can; we´re constantly
14the November 2012 Llao Llao, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina We crossed the border into Argentina last night; from the temperate rainforests of Chile into the rain-shadow on the other side of the Andes. We found a field which appeared public….hmm… turned out not to be and while eating Dave’s spaghetti and garlic concoction the frantic owners, …
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We have just arrived into Puerto Montt. Never has anyone been so pleased to arrive into this port-side city!! It is not a notoriously beautiful city, but for us it marks the end of the Carretera Austral and the end of the southern leg of our expedition. The Carretera Austral- Chile’s spectacular Patagonian road– will …
While the musty smells of Autumn thread through the tree trunks of the Northern Hemisphere and golden leaves crunch underfoot, here in the Southern Hemisphere signs of Spring are becoming more and more evident. One of the strongest is her smell. Spring hangs thick on the late evening air or rises from the sodden foliage after heavy …
Somos ecologistas. A los ecologistas no nos gustan las rutas. Y sin embargo, aquí estamos, corriendo nuestras 5.000 millas hacia el norte, por cada ruta y camino que Sudamérica nos presenta. Empezamos en una pista de patinaje, resbalándonos y cayéndonos sobre la nieve, soportando nevadas y tormentas, en el sur de la Patagonia. Luego nos …
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Todos conocemos el valor indiscutible de plantar árboles. Nos cuenta Jean Gicono en su libro espiritual “El hombre que plantaba árboles”, cómo plantaba una a una las bellotas de los robles en las colinas de Provenza. Poco a poco el pastor fue creando un bosque, una maravillosa alegoría de la esperanza. Chile, el país por …
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We’re Ecologists. Ecologists don’t like roads. Yet here we find ourselves running over 5000 miles all points north along every conceivable road that South America can throw at us. We started on an ice rink, slipping and sliding over frozen snow through blizzards and hail-storms in southern Patagonia. Then we found gravel, pot-holes, precipitous drops …
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A few days ago, David and I were “trotando (ing)” (the new word we use to explain that we are indeed RUNNING not walking to passing Chilenos) when we bumped into a pair of Italian- Brazillian cyclists. They were lovely and we can never resist chatting… as for vast distances we ony hear our own …