BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 RDATE:20120311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 RDATE:20121104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120315T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120315T130000 LOCATION:Room 105 GEO:45.4451229714821;-122.671580079346 SUMMARY:Where the Road Ends DESCRIPTION:Join us for a brown bag talk and Q&\;A with Binka Le Breto n\, author of \;Where the Road Ends: A Home in the Brazilian Rain For est\, the story of the journey she and her husband took across the world to build their dream home in the heart of the Amazon in 1989. \; As their mid-life crises approached\, concert pianist Binka Le Breton and he r husband \;Robin\, an agricultural economist\, decided to uproot the mselves from their home in Washington\, D.C. and start a new life in Braz il. \;Where the Road Ends \; \;is their story of building a h ouse\, a rainforest research center\, and a new dream. Since then\, they' ve learned how to work with the trees\, the animals\, the weather\, the l ocal community\, and each other. Their technology now ranges from the oxc art to the Internet\, and in 2000 they opened a rainforest conservation a nd research center that is visited by foreign researchers and Brazilian s chool children. From meeting their resident cowboy\, Albertinho\, to behe ading snakes\, to chauffeuring a local wedding—the adventures described here are unparalleled. This delightful memoir takes the armchair travele r deep into another world where matters of providing food and shelter can never be taken for granted. Binka and Robin have embarked on an adventur e that many readers only dream about—transplanting themselves in a diff erent country and learning (often the hard way) what it takes to survive and flourish. (Amazon.com)Read the New York Times Travel Books review of Where the Road Ends. \; This event is FREE and open to the public. P lease RSVP below if you are planning to attend. About the Presenter Awa rd-winning author\, environmentalist and activist Binka Le Breton \;l ives in Brazil's Atlantic Forest where she co-directs the Iracambi \; Research Center\, working with the local community to protect the \;r ainforest and improve rural livelihoods. Iracambi focuses on research 0\;and education\, GIS\, public policy\, sustainability\, and water and f orest \;monitoring – all in the context of climate change.In an iso lated rural area where\, fifteen years ago\, there were no good schools\, \;no health care\, no roads\, no communications and very little hope \, Iracambi was a \;catalyst for mobilizing community action to petit ion the state governor to set up a \;new county. Today the community enjoys access to schools\, universities\, a family \;health service\, improved roads\, telephones and internet access. Most importantly\,  \;the people of the area have a new understanding of citizenship and the concept \;of "Yes\, we can." An experienced speaker and broadcaster\ , Binka spends part of every year on the \;lecture circuit sharing he r passion for the rainforest and questions of environmental \;and hum an rights. Her books include Voices from the Amazon (Kumarian Press \ ;1993)\, A Land to Die For (Clarity Press\, 1997\,) Trapped: Modern-day S lavery \;in the Brazilian Amazon(Kumarian Press\, 2003\,) and The Gre atest Gift\, The \;Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy St ang (Doubleday\, 2008.) Her \;most recent book\, Where the Road Ends\ , was published in 2010 by St Anthony's \;Press\, New York and tells story of how Binka and her husband decided to exchange \;the internat ional development circuit for life in the Brazilian rainforest where they \;founded first a forest farm\, then a nonprofit\, and finally a ra inforest research \;center. Binka is currently working on a book abou t of the families of those whocontinue to be forcibly "disappeared" in Co lombia.As president of Brazilian nonprofit Amigos de Iracambi\, Binka's role is to facilitate \;its work in saving forests and changing lives in Brazil and beyond\, as dozens of \;foreign students come every ye ar to the Iracambi Research Center to learn first-hand about the challeng es and rewards of life on the front line of sustainable \;development . As a writer\, Binka's goals are to give a voice to the voiceless\, and her \;travels take her by bus\, river boat\, dirt bike and horseback from remote villages in \;the depths of the forest to the marble hall s of the United Nations in Geneva.Find out more atwww.iracambi.com (http: //www.iracambi.com). To contact Binka emailbinka@iracambi.com (mailto:bin ka@iracambi.com). \; \; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Join us for a brown bag talk and Q&\ ;A with Binka Le Breton\, author of \;Where the Road Ends: A Home in the Brazilia n Rain Forest\, the story of the journey she and her husband took across the world to build their dream home in the heart of the Amazo n in 1989. \;
As their mid-life crises approached\, con
cert pianist Binka Le Breton and her husband \;Robin\, an agricultura
l economist\, decided to uproot themselves from their home in Washington\
, D.C. and start a new life in Brazil. \;Where the Road Ends 
\; \;is their story of building a house\, a rainforest research
center\, and a new dream. Since then\, they've learned how to work with t
he trees\, the animals\, the weather\, the local community\, and each oth
er. Their technology now ranges from the oxcart to the Internet\, and in
2000 they opened a rainforest conservation and research center that is vi
sited by foreign researchers and Brazilian school children. From meeting
their resident cowboy\, Albertinho\, to beheading snakes\, to chauffeurin
g a local wedding—the adventures described here are unparalleled. This
delightful memoir takes the armchair traveler deep into another world whe
re matters of providing food and shelter can never be taken for granted.
Binka and Robin have embarked on an adventure that many readers only drea
m about—transplanting themselves in a different country and learning (o
ften the hard way) what it takes to survive and flourish. (Amazon.com)
Read the New York Times Travel Books rev iew of Where the Road Ends. \;
This event is FRE E and open to the public. Please RSVP below if you are planning to attend .
Award-winning author\, environmen talist and activist Binka Le Breton \;lives in Brazil's Atlantic Forest where she co-directs t he Iracambi \; Research Center\, working with the local community to protect the \;< /span>rainforest and impr ove rural livelihoods. Iracambi focuses on research \;and education\, GIS\, public poli cy\, sustainability\, and water and forest \;monitoring – all in the context of clima te change.
In an isolated
rural area where\, fifteen years ago\, there were no good schools\, 
\;no health care\, no roa
ds\, no communications and very little hope\, Iracambi was a \;catalyst for mobilizing
community action to petition the state governor to set up a \;
new county. Today the com
munity enjoys access to schools\, universities\, a family \;health service\, improved r
oads\, telephones and internet access. Most importantly\, \;the people of the area have
a new understanding of citizenship and the concept \;of "Yes\, we can."
An experienced speaker and broadcaster\, Binka spends part of every year on the \;lecture cir cuit sharing her passion for the rainforest and questions of environmenta l \;and human rights. Her books include Voices from the Amazon (Kumarian Press \;1993)\, A Land to Die For (Clarity Press\, 1997\,) Trapped: Modern-day Slavery \;i n the Brazilian Amazon(Kumarian Press\, 2003\,) and The Greatest Gift\, The \; span>Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy Stang (Doubleday\, 2008.) Her \; most recent book\, Where the Road Ends\, was published in 2010 by St Anthony's 0\;Press\, New Yor k and tells story of how Binka and her husband decided to exchange \; the international development circuit for life in the Brazilian rainforest where they \ ;founded first a f orest farm\, then a nonprofit\, and finally a rainforest research \; center. Binka is c urrently working on a book about of the families of those whocontinue to be forcibly "disap peared" in Colombia.
As president of Brazilian nonprofit Amigos de Iracambi\, Binka' s role is to facilitate \;its work in saving forests and changing lives in Brazil and b eyond\, as dozens of \;foreign students come every year to the Iracambi Research Center to learn first-ha nd about the challenges and rewards of life on the front line of sustaina ble \;developm ent. As a writer\, Binka's goals are to give a voice to the voiceless\, a nd her \;trave ls take her by bus\, river boat\, dirt bike and horseback from remote vil lages in \;the depths of the forest to the marble halls of the United Nations in Geneva .
Find out m
ore atwww.iracambi.com. To contact Binka emailbinka@iracambi.com
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