Collaborate with German efforts...?

[samanasuenos]

Excuse me if this has been covered already.

I was hoping as usual for some improvement in the ambiente of the RD. And I remembered that there is a nice population of German expats, as well as visitors to the RD.

Also, they seem to be ahead of most countried in the Green effort, right?

So, I was wondering. Instead of "us" anglopones ivnventing the wheel here, could some effort be made to reach out to the Germans interested in RD clean up - work together and share some work?

I heard that there is a German language forum on the RD, somewhere. They surely have an environmental subforum. I would bet cash.

Don't we have someone who speaks Spanish, German, and English - who could interface?

Let's build a coalition. Maybe not the whole forum, but just a pet project - share info and hear from them ....??

I am sorry, my German is not up for the task. But I would take on some of the work, as needed.

Danke! -- SamSuenos

[Hipocrito Mejia]

Get me a link to that forum and I'll see what I can dig up.

[Keith R]

There is a Swiss site on the DR done in German which occassionally touches on environment issues -- most notably the "rock ash" case in Samana, but they do not have an environment forum or subforum per se, to my knowledge. We're unique in that respect so far.

[Stephan]

Originally Posted by Keith R

There is a Swiss site on the DR done in German which occassionally touches on environment issues -- most notably the "rock ash" case in Samana, but they do not have an environment forum or subforum per se, to my knowledge. We're unique in that respect so far.

That`s right.
Being a German who speaks English and a little Spanish and having some knowledge of waste water treatment, I would say it is a very long way to go to make the people here accept our european way of Green efforts.
Not to talk about the costs.
On the other hand, no littering would be a good and cheap start

[samanasuenos]

1.
http://www.domrep.ch/portal.html

I can't read enough to discern whether they have an environmental subforum; so they?

Danke! to Hipocrito...........

2. When I was last in Las Galeras and in Las Terrenas, I saw signs along the road about an ITALIAN expat group working to educate kids on the environment. Perhaps they would be worth getting in touch with? Does anyone know how? Sorry I forgot their name.......perhaps the Italian owner at Todo Blanco in Las Galeras might know......sorry to be so vague.

My bottom line is that non-anglophone Euro expats/visitors have to be as concerned as us anglophones. Or more. So maybe we could share successes and join forces for THE GOOD!!!!!!!!!!

3. If this works, I want a Lime Green Enviro Cape, no make that some Wonder Woman braclets that work like magnets to attract debris and come with detachable trash bags. Need a sketch? JAJAJA>........for beach walks.........

[notion]

I (as a German) am flattered that you would think that German/Swiss/Austrian forums had subs on Saving the Environment.
Unfortunately that's not the case.

Although I frequently read in about 6 Germany speaking forums (including the one mentioned above) there's not one that has a sub on this topic, in fact the environment is only mentioned briefly in threads from time to time.
I am under the impression that many feel that there's not point getting upset about the conditions of and attidtude towards the environment in the RD. Many think it's part of the culture and that there are more important things to worry about (poverty, aids to name the serious ones, sankiesm to name the one that has the greatest fan community).

I don't know, I have not been to the RD but when I read about people bathing and washing their clothes in rivers close to where rubbish and chemical substances are being dumped in the water, it makes me think that something does need to be done.

Are those stories true? What does it really look like?

notion

[Chirimoya]

Originally Posted by samanasuenos

2. When I was last in Las Galeras and in Las Terrenas, I saw signs along the road about an ITALIAN expat group working to educate kids on the environment. Perhaps they would be worth getting in touch with? Does anyone know how? Sorry I forgot their name.......perhaps the Italian owner at Todo Blanco in Las Galeras might know......sorry to be so vague.

http://www.guariquen.org/
Yes, they are the people who run Todo Blanco, which I think belongs to the Italian charitable organisation San Benedetto del Puerto.

[Keith R]

Originally Posted by Chirimoya

http://www.guariquen.org/
Yes, they are the people who run Todo Blanco, which I think belongs to the Italian charitable organisation San Benedetto del Puerto.

Interesting. Think we should contact them for a Green Team "guest blog", Chiri?

[Chirimoya]

I'd love to write something about them, but it's been almost a year since I visited, so it'll have to wait until the next time.

Unless someone else volunteers!

[Chris]

We're going down there sometime in February and this time we will leave sufficient time to visit. The last visit was just too fast and we could not stop in.