The New Amazon

(From Neighborhood Leader, Spring 2005 issue)

As many of you know, I had the good fortune to receive a Kellogg Fellowship several years ago. Through the fellowship, I had wonderful opportunities to travel, including trips to Zimbabwe and Ecuador. Those experiences taught me that ordinary people all over the world are facing similar challenges in trying to build and maintain their local communities.

I was reminded of those experiences when I read "The New Amazon," an article in the January/February 2005 edition of Orion Magazine. It's an inspiring story of the Sarayacu people of Ecuador, who have come together as a community to protect their ecosystem and to preserve their traditional way of life.

You can stop by the office and borrow my copy, or you can click here to read an abridged copy on line.