http://www.greenlivingproject.com Green Living Project Site Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:05:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The horns were honking early this morning in Quito and it was time for the guys to pack their bags and head off. We made the hand off with Christian Roche joining the team and me saying adios for now. Best of luck guys and see you back in the ... http://www.greenlivingproject.com/april-22-2009/ We didn’t have much time left (and the light was quickly fading thanks to all of the clouds) so we scrambled to get shots and organize our last few interviews this morning. While everyone was running around, I took the chance to sit down with Rebeca Justicia, President, Owner and ... http://www.greenlivingproject.com/april-21-2009/ The morning started out with an early hike to an area waterfall and scenic spot looking out over the cloud forest and surrounding mountains. The rain held off, and we even got a tiny bit of sun while we took pictures of the mist swirling around the treetops on the ... http://www.greenlivingproject.com/april-20-2009/ Today everyone woke up feeling much better, still weak, but able to function. We took pictures of the bugs “stuck” to the white blanket and interviewed the herpetologists about what they are finding out here and why this place is unique. Afterwards, we took shots of the property and the ... http://www.greenlivingproject.com/april-19-2008/ Arrived in Quito around 4am and took a bumpy two hour ride up to the Maquipucuna Lodge and Reserve. The sun was just coming up as we arrived, and we quickly jumped into our bunkbeds and tried to get a few hours sleep. Around 9:30am, we regrouped. Two members of ... http://www.greenlivingproject.com/april-18-2009/ Travel from Puerto Maldonado to Lima to Quito. Hung out in Lima for a few hours, walked around, shopped in a local market and then got sick on dinner. Threw up in the airport and said goodbye to Lima. http://www.greenlivingproject.com/april-17-2009/ This city is up early and the sun came streaming in the windows early, along with the sounds of a rooster crowing so it was time for us to take our next boat ride out to the Brazil nut reserves. A quick ride by go-kart cab and boat and we ... http://www.greenlivingproject.com/april-16-2009/ If you want to see animals in their habitat, as we have learned, you have to get up early. So today the team went for a walk-along with one of the short-eared dogs that they are studying. The team had to hide behind trees to get ‘natural’ shots of the ... http://www.greenlivingproject.com/april-15-2009/ This morning, we packed up, took the last few photos of Salkantay Peak and drove back down the mountain to Cuzco. With a few minutes to spare, we hopped on the next plane and headed back into the jungle to Puerto Maldonado, Peru. The flight was quick, just 35 minutes, ... http://www.greenlivingproject.com/april-14-2009/ The morning began with a nice breakfast of homemade bread, jam from the previous evening (yay to lower cholesterol!) and their special coca tea. We then walked down to the local school to interview the teacher and help Yanapana pass out donated school supplies – like notebooks, toothbrushes and cereal. ... http://www.greenlivingproject.com/april-13-2009/