Videos tagged with "trade"

Formation, Learning, and Service: University of Portland Students' Exploration of Nicaragua [34:33]
What happens when eighteen students and three faculty and staff members travel to Nicaragua for three weeks to learn about the political, economical, and social situations of the country? University of Portland's Collaborative for International Studies & Global Outreach (CISGO) attempts to answer that question with Formation, Learning, and Service: University of Portland Students' Exploration of Nicaragua, a digital storytelling project by communication studies professor Courtney Vail Fletcher and videographer/photographer Jeff D. Kennel. Every spring, several University of Portland students, faculty, and staff members take part in the Nicaragua Immersion program through the Moreau Center for Service and Leadership. The program allows students to engage in service learning, focusing on the culture and current social justice issues facing the country. A participant in the 2011 Nicaragua Immersion, Fletcher decided to film the trip for a documentary. "We wanted to come back and share the stories and experiences we had with a wider range of audiences," Fletcher said. "We are only 21 people who got to have the experience, but we can share it with so many through the documentary." Videographer/photographer Jeff Kennel, who works in the Office of Marketing and Communications, also travelled with the group and documented it with film and photos. "We want to touch upon what the students did during the trip and how it will form and change them," Kennel said. "They learned about ...
Tags: nicaragua, Student, University, Service, Moreau Center, Fair Trade, Free Trade, University of Portland, UP

Clipper Coffee Visits Finca Esperenza Verde [03:16]
New Project 1
Tags: coffee, finca, nicaragua, central, america, grading, picking, fair, trade, organic, clipper

Minute Observations: A Separate Reality [03:07]
For over two decades, international photojournalist David Alexander Bjorkman has trained his camera lens on events and places of interest to him, interpreting their reality through his unique perspective and capturing their images in the simple dignity of a black and white photograph. "Minute Observations" is a collection of some of his favorite images: Steven Seagal teaching in his dojo before his movie career: the Late Timothy Leary throwing a fake punch at G. Gordon Liddy who is flashing a fake peace sign; the late Tiny Tim singing in his trademark falsetto; the late Allen Ginsberg reading his poetry outside; a young Robin Williams being filmed as Mork for the television show Mork and Mindy; Simon and Garfunkel Harmonizing together again; former Sandinista hero Eden Pastora exalting his troops in the jungles of southern Nicaragua; Babba Ram Dass speaking to college students; Choco Chief Antonio Zarco, who taught the original astronauts jungle survival in the Darien Jungle of Panama, hunting for food; donkey drivers on the Greek island of Santorini; bodyguards in training in Aspen, Colorado; Contra soldiers in the southern Nicaragua jungle; camel drivers on Egypt's Giza Plateau; Maya in the ancient city of Chichicastenango, Guatemala; the Bloods and Crips gangs in Los Angeles; Spring Equinox pilgrims in Chichen Itza, Mexico; Carhenge, America's answer to Stonehenge in Alliance, Nebraska; ballplayers playing the Maya Ballgame in Quintana Roo, Mexico; Semana Santa (Holy ...
Tags: Steven, Seagal, Timothy, Leary, G., Gordon, Liddy, Allen, Ginsberg, Tiny, Tim, Robin, Williams, Simon, and, Garfunkel, Greece, Santorini, Egypt, Eden, Pastora, David, Alexander, Bjorkman, Boulder, Colorado, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Holy, Week, Panama, Choco,

Un Dia. Una Taza. [14:48]
From grain to cup, Allix Fromberg portrays the process of a fair trade coffee bean in northern Nicaragua from picking to consuming. Don Wilfredo Hererra, a small coffee producer, narrates the film touching on the history of his farm, the struggles of this simple life, and the agroecotourism program as a solution to his financial hardships. He spans topics of environmental, economical, and social diversification as a means to improve his life style. Beautifully narrated, creatively shot, and a truly concise portrayal of the coffee bean process.
Tags: coffee, process, northern, nicaragua, agroecotourism, ecotourism, fair, trade, farm, agrotourism, organic, farming, central, america, matagalpa, allix, fromberg, san, ramon, comercio, justo, cafe, proceso, la, uca

FAIRTRADE Kakao aus Nicaragua Part 1 [06:15]
Kakaoernte bei der FAIRTRADE Kooperative ACAWAS in Waslala, Nicaragua (copyright FAIRTRADE Austria, April 2007)
Tags: Fairtrade, Nicaragua, Kakao, Waslala, Kooperative, Schokolade, Bauern, farmers, cocoa, chocolate, crop