On Saturday morning a young Xinka leader, Julio Gonzalez was attacked and shot at his home near Mataquescuintla for his ongoing organizing and resistance to the Canadian owned mine in El Escobal. He is currently in hospital. Canadian mining companies are running rampant around the globe and there is no system to hold them accountable […]
I have written in the past about the history of mining resistance in the Rio Intag region of Ecuador. Unfortunatly the Intag region is not the only beautiful and incredibly bio-diverse region under threat of being contaminated by resource extraction. Yasuni National Park is a pocket of pristine Amazon jungle in Eastern Ecuador. I visited […]
Many of the most bio-diverse places on Earth are being opened up to resource extraction, and that will have consequences for the future of life on this planet. Whether it is for oil and gas or for minerals, the thirst for the raw materials that fuel the global economy is having devastating effects on the […]
We arrived in the magical Intag valley, walking down from the mountains through various levels of cloud forest and down into the sub-tropical jungle. We rode on horseback until the path became too steep and muddy. We continued on foot, slipping and sliding in the mud. Admiring the incredible biodiversity of plants and flowers, it […]
We arrived in Quito to a beautiful sunny morning after 24 hours of travel time and having visited 4 airports. We spent a nice day in Quito visiting the Centro Historico, which is full of ancient architecture hinting at the colourful history of the city. We walked around the city, visiting several parks, stopping from […]
The Intag valley is one of the most beautiful and bio-diverse places in Ecuador, which is saying a lot for a country that is full of beauty and bio-diversity. It’s the beauty and the fertility of the land that inspires the local residents to protect their environment and resist resource extraction on their land. The […]
We are excited to anounce that we will be launching a mobile coffee cart this fall 2015. This cart was custom crafted by our skilled carpenter friends, Don and Juliaana Hildebrand. The metal trailer was welded by Milligan Ironworks. We will be setting up at events and on the street in Ottawa offering […]
I had a harrowing arrival into Colombia, where I was nearly deported for having a faulty bank card (there is an entrance fee for Canadians, and I didn”t have the cash to pay, and my debit card only works with some banks!), and I could only imagine Joe, who doesn”t speak Spanish, waiting and waiting […]
We started off the month of March by going to Otavalo. After a few days in the huge city of Quito, it was nice to get away to a smaller town. I had a contact there, a man named Luis Yamberla that I had met in Canada at an anti-Chevron meeting in Toronto. I went up […]
Buenas Tardes! This is a guest post by Juliaana, a take on the last 11 days I have spent in this amazing country. After landing in Quito, Francis and I took a bus to meet Marie in the town of Ambato, where a new friend had graciously offered us a place to stay. We arrived during […]
