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Metro Los Angeles County Clubs & Organizations The Watershed A New Beginning 6-20-2009 Reflections [Editor’s Note: More than three months ago, a series of electrical surges knocked out our computers. To date, we have not been able to recover all of reports that were in progress. This newsletter i more... 12-15-2008 Chasing the Market 2008: Small Farmers Lose When small rural family farmers switch from subsistence farming to chasing the market as commercial farmers, they become big time gamblers. And just as in gambling, a few can hit it big once in a rar more... 11-23-2008 Self-sufficiency & “Social Security”: What if you are laid off? Self-sufficiency and “Social Security”: What if you are laid off? [Note: Whatever your situation on Thanksgiving Day 2008, consider that many in the world are enduring hardships many times more... 7-13-2008 Food Security: What Does It Mean to You? For most people, “Food Security” means having enough to eat. For the RTC-TH this means 2 things: self-sufficiency and sustainability. In many countries, the small rural family farm is a place more... 6-16-2008 Fighting Rising Costs The rapidly rising fuel costs quickly cascade into price increases in just about everything from clothing, pencils, to food. The Thai government has subsidies to help lessen the impact on the common more... 5-14-2008 Are You Prepare To Survive a Disaster? [with addendum] The many disasters, natural and/or human, in the last few weeks and years make a strong case for both emergency preparedness and self-sufficiency. While experts and academics debate the issues of int more... 4-29-2008 Simple Ways to Conserve Water Everyone should practice water conservation. International studies indicate that nearly 50% of the people on Earth cannot get to clean drinking water at least once a day. One of the challenges of cl more... 4-26-2008 The Passing of a Volunteer: Robert Rodriguez We mourn the passing of Robert Rodriguez, a two-trip American youth volunteer in the REEEPP (Rural Environmental Education Enhancement Pilot Program at Ban Na Fa Elementary School. The deta more... 4-20-2008 Biofuels Are Not Created Equal Biofuels are being criticized for rising food prices and potentially rising starvation among the world’s impoverished people. The shift of corn, soybeans, wheat, and sugar cane into ethanol productio more... 3-30-2008 Sustainable Agriculture: Fundamental to Economic Development A recent UN study in Southeast Asia pointedly remarked that nations in the region need to pay more attention and money to agriculture in their national development plans. The current econ more... 1-26-2008 Second Chance at New Year! For anyone who feels they didn’t get off to a good start for 2008, listen up. You might want to consider preparing for a second chance…but this would be for the Chinese year 4705, the year of the Bro more... 12-24-2007 Wishes for 2008 As 2007 draws to a close, we are saddened by the chaos and disruption filling the world. With nearly half the people on the planet unable to get to clean drinking water each day, with half the people more... 12-7-2007 Make a Low-Cost Emergency Solar Cooker When a disaster strikes, it is too late for emergency preparedness. Thailand faces diverse environmental challenges (e.g. tsunamis, floods, droughts, deforestation, rising fuel costs, poverty, etc.). more... 12-5-2007 On the Occasion of His Majesty’s 80th Birthday In honor of the 80th birthday of His Majesty King Bhumibol, the Rural Training Center-Thailand (RTC-TH) reaffirms its commitment to strive to implement the New King Theory for the self-sufficiency of more... 11-24-2007 Thanksgiving / Holiday Giving via Give 1, Get 1! This Thanksgiving, we decided to participate in the Give 1, Get 1 (G1G1) program of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) global education effort. To be sure, there are critics for just about any technolog more... 11-14-2007 Pressing Call for Back to Basics The RTC-TH is not alone in its journey back to the farm and back to nature. We encourage you to visit the website for “Living Pono: a documentary of Jason Scott Lee’s home / farm in Hawaii (http://ww more... 10-31-2007 53% Increase in 2007 Rice Harvest The rice harvest is complete. The final tally is a whopping 53% increase over last year’s harvest! Traditionally, Thai farmers assess their farm situation on the basis of having enough land more... 2-15-2007 Happy Chinese New Year of the Pig! Happy New Year of the Pig! If 2007 didn’t get off to a good start for you, perhaps you will have better luck with celebrating the upcoming Chinese New Year of the Pig (4704). New Year is a more... 12-15-2006 Holiday Thanks In so many places of the world, conflict and strife fill the lives of many with fear and dread. Uncertainty fills their daily lives leaving precious little time to think of the future. The 2006 more... 11-20-2006 Gearing Up to Go: Thailand Volunteer Pre-Trip Meeting The RTC-TH / ESSI Thailand Winter 2007 volunteer team is gearing up for the 3rd year of REEEPP (Rural Environmental Education Enhancement Pilot Program). Saifon ang Gregory Lee will be leading (at pr more... 10-22-2006 Nicole Fernandes: Spotted in the News Nicole Fernandes, a friend to Earth Systems Science, Inc. and the Rural Training Center-Thailand, has been named a 2006 Doris Duke Conservation Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundat more... 10-13-2006 Getting Them to Say Y.E.S. The RTC-TH wants more people to say Y.E.S. when it comes to supporting community-based environmental education. Y.E.S. stands for Youth, Environment, Sustainability. It is clear that Youth are an im more... 10-1-2006 Focus on English The Winter 2007 effort will continue the original summer 2004 / 2005 REEEPP efforts with a special emphasis on English. During the summer 2006 program review, the teachers asked for specific help to more... 10-1-2006 It's the Cause, Not the Cost The RTC-TH and ESSI held a pre-trip orientation for the Thailand Winter 2007 volunteer trip on Saturday, 30 Sep 2007. Eight volunteers are firmly committed, another 6 are yet to decide, and there are more... 9-13-2006 Thailand Project: Jan 10-28, 2007 An orientation meeting will be held on Saturday, 30 Sep 2006 at 6:30 pm (Hong Kong 88 Sushi, 5658 Sepulveda Blvd Ste 101, Van Nuys, CA 91411; map link http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=5658+Sepul more... 9-12-2006 Recent Floods Impact Trip Planning WINTER 2007 TRIP ORIENTATION MEETING The orientation meeting for the Thailand Winter 2007 meeting will be held on the 4th weekend of Sep (30 Sept) starting about 1830 hours (6:30 PM). The more... 8-23-2006 Summer 2006 Thailand Reports Available Thailand Project Summer 2006 Reports on the Web Summer 2006 Thailand reports are now posted on the “Our PDFs” section of this website Three reports are available in the PDF section more... 6-17-2006 Thailand Scout Trip for Winter 2007 This summer, Saifon and Gregory Lee will be in Thailand. In addition to inspecting the RTC-TH demonstration farm, they will review the Ban Na Fa Elementary school REEEPP progress, and scouting the Wi more... 3-27-2006 The Origin of RTC-TH Community-based Education Methods [Note: The original article was published in Jan 2002 in the Earth Systems Science, Inc. website Newsletter. It is presented here with minor revisions to reflect the current RTC-TH adaptation and use more... 5-14-2006 Attention Winter 2007 Volunteers January 2007 seems a long way off. But the Thailand Winter 2007 Volunteers should be thinking ahead and planning for the future. Determination and perseverance are the keys to attaining long-range g more... 2-10-2006 CEENC closes, RTC Arises Stay tuned. CEENC departs the scene, but the RTC (Rural Training Center) arises from the ashes and takes flight. As with most start-ups, time is needed to emerge on the scene. This site w more... 5-14-2006 The Watershed: The RTC-TH Web Newsletter What’s in a name? The Watershed was chosen as the name for the RTC-TH web newsletter for two specific reasons. Both reasons reflect definitions of the term. In Geography, the core academ more... Privacy Statement Neighborhood Link Terms of Use © 1997 - 2006 Neighborhood Link, Inc.