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One Family's Service
Fundacion La Puerta.
Doing Good for good.
The Fundacion La Puerta
came out of the good
works of the Szekely Family.
Deborah and Edmond Bordeaux Szekely
started Rancho La Puerta in the 40's
and this is an outgrowth.
I feel honored
to participate in the Foundation's
World Environment Day June 2
Date: 5/26/2007 6:24:30 PM ( 17 y ) ... viewed 972 times 4:23 PM
May 26,07
Researching the work of the Fundacion La Puerta,
the Foundation that is sponsoring the World Environment Day
June 2. I, and four other US organizations, will be participating.
Look at this:
http://www.fundacionlapuerta.org/enviro.html
Inspiring a love of nature.
Las Piedras Environmental Education Center lies at the center of Fundación La Puerta's Environmental Education Program and its commitment to creating a magical place where children fall in love with the earth. Here, children discover the interdependent relationship between humankind and nature, and learn to treasure and protect their natural environment.
“We could never have loved the earth so well, if we had had no childhood in it. “
—George Elliot
Environmental Education Program Objectives.
• Educate and inspire the people of Tecate to respect and celebrate their immediate natural environment–the chaparral plant community.
• Foster a sense of place among the citizenry of Tecate.
• Offer the community a cultural and recreational center that is set in a natural environment.
• Organize and promote events that celebrate human interdependence with nature.
• Enrich the school system's environmental curricula by offering educational materials, activities and training.
Las Piedras Environmental Education Center.
Set in the midst of 28 acres of chaparral near the foot of Mount Kuchumaa in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, Las Piedras ("the rocks") is a vital part of Parque del Profesor, a city park and recreational center built and maintained by Fundación La Puerta for the community of Tecate.
A visit to Las Piedras is all encompassing. Its boulder-like architecture inspires awe and wonder while providing a unique learning environment for thousands of children and their families. Children in the buildings feel like they are part of the earth. One building is an open workshop/shelter where they can work with larger materials like clay and reeds. An indoor classroom supports drawing. But the heart of Las Piedras is the audio visual room—it's like an ancient cave site, with earth-formed benches shaped like rattlesnakes. A place of mysteries.
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Ongoing Projects and Events
Environmental Workshops for Children.
Over 10,000 school children have attended workshops at Las Piedras, the Fundación's worldclass environmental learning center. They learn and are inspired to love nature by using their senses in the midst of chaparral, the predominant ecosystem in Tecate. Workshop themes are varied and include topics such as: "Everyone needs a Rock," and "The Wonders of Seeds." The themes of the workshops coincide with the Mexican national public school curriculum's ecology component. This partnership in experiential learning serves to broaden and deepen the children's overall learning process. The magical Las Piedras setting, combined with games and art projects, inspires the children to get to know, love, and care for their natural environment. Fundación La Puerta has worked with 80% of the schools in the Tecate region, both urban and rural.
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Teacher Training Program.
The Fundación's unique Teacher Training Program offers tools and expertise to develop the teacher's technical abilities and environmental knowledge which they can take back and integrate directly to the classroom. Set in the magical caves of Las Piedras Environmental Education Center, the teachers become "children again" and are able to break the molds of traditional classroom structure and provide an all-encompassing immersion using all of their senses and creative abilities. Over 350 teachers have benefited from our program.
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May 26th
9:55 PM
Saturday night
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