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Periodismo Medioambiental, Peter Weisberg
Periodismo Medioambiental, Peter Weisberg
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
INTAG is a community run, environmental newspaper that serves the county of Intag on the western slopes of the Andes in northern Ecuador. For the month of November 2005, I worked for the newspaper, writing articles and researching ways in which the paper can increase communication among different organizations that formed over the last eleven years of resistance to proposed mining. After interviewing eleven community leaders, I conclude that the paper can 1) do more to elicit the participation of groups that are currently inactive and 2) maintain its ecological position while gaining credibility by constructively criticizing the anti-mining community …
La Participación Potencial En La Producción De Café Orgánico Vía La Alianza De Agricultores Orgánicos (Aliagro), Emily Hannah Mcateer
La Participación Potencial En La Producción De Café Orgánico Vía La Alianza De Agricultores Orgánicos (Aliagro), Emily Hannah Mcateer
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
La producción de café ha jugado un papel muy importante en la economía y cultura de Ecuador por casi dos siglos. La historia de café Ecuatoriano empiece con su introducción al país en la primera parte de los años 1800, y por la mayor parte del siglo XX, el café fue un principal fuente de exportación de Ecuador, que finalmente fue sustituido por el petróleo, el banano, el camarón (1). Desfortunademente, el renuncio del Acuerdo Internacional de Café, en 1989, afectó la producción de café en Ecuador profundamente. El país sufrió de sobre-producción del producto, mal administración, organizaciones débiles, una …
Assessment Of Ecuadorian Viewpoints Concerning The Gutiérrez Administration And Current Political Issues, Alissa Barrett
Assessment Of Ecuadorian Viewpoints Concerning The Gutiérrez Administration And Current Political Issues, Alissa Barrett
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
During a period of eight days, surveys addressing the Gutiérrez administration and several current political issues were conducted and personal observations were made in the two Ecuadorian cities of Quito and Guayaquil, representing the Sierra and Coastal regions, respectively. It was found that the majority (61%) was not in agreement with Gutiérrez’s government while he was president, and the same percentage was also in agreement with his departure from office.