Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Following the completion of his work for sister organization, AMURT, the PCAP Global Coordinator began working full time for PCAP activities.

He participated in a 3 day environmental education workshop for 700 students in De Britto College, Yogyakarta with the theme of "Global Warming", along with 2 other locally based green NGO's. The students have taken up plans to familiarize their citizens of the issues of global warming through an upcoming photo exhibit at Indonesia's oldest university, Gajah Madah on the occasion of Earth Day, April 22. He also presented a paper on, "Neohumanism and the Consumer Culture" to students and staff at the University of Atma Jaya, Yogyakarta, at an international seminar entitled, "Culture as the Root of Attitudes in Shaping Relations Between Humanity and Nature".

With funds from the Lanesra Foundation, Philippines, PCAP sponsored a 3 week training in organic composting for 75 farmers in Wonolelo village, Yogyakarta. The enthusiastic farmers easily exceeded their production targets. They plan to convert their entire village of 301 farmer into organic farming within 5 years.  PCAP will continue its activities in this village with a view to introducing similar earth friendly agricultural methods that would enable farmers to earn better returns for their produce.

PCAP's new posters and T-shirts were distributed and sold in SE Asia PCAP chapters in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

 PCAP along with 2 other local NGO's in a three day Global Warming workshop at
 Yogyakarta's largest High School.

Atma Jaya University Seminar on February 16, Yogyakarta

Thailand:
PCAP volunteer Jemma has recently been taking in sick dogs in her small home in Sangklaburi where she works for the Neohumanist Foundation’s Primary School.

The puppies were cured from distemper after being rescued from the street last week. With her care they have regained almost normal weight and strength. Jemma is also caring for dogs with cancer. She as been taking the dogs for chemotherapy in the district hospital about 160 kms. away. They will need about six treatments before they will be cured.
Jemma plans to construct a small dog sanctuary within the compound of the Primary School that can house up to 30 street dogs. Once they are cured of their diseases they can either be sent back to the streets or look for a loving owner.
Donations to construct the dog sanctuary are welcome. The cost estimate is about $US6,000.

The Thai Organic Farm hosted a one day Organic Day where PCAP's Global Coordinator gave PowerPoint presentations relating organic food to a healthy body/mind and a healthy planet.

A follow up visit to a chain of organic food outlets called Lemon Farm benefited staff members interested to improve their personal lifestyles through the organic/yoga way.

Some of the participants in the Organic Day at Thai Organic Farm, Rathaburi, Thailand

Farmers participating in PCAP's organic compost training in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Philippines:
In collaboration with local partners, Ang Makata and the barangay council of San Rafael, Rizal, PCAP conducted an environmental forum and clean up drive. Members of Maharlika Social Service Volunteers, Sanguniang Kabataan and Kayrupa Youth Organization participated in the clean up of a 1.5 km. stretch of the Wawa River in Rizal Province, Luzon. 

With volunteers at Wawa River clean up drive and enviro forum

Portland, USA:
The weekly fur protests continued in front of Nordstroms fur shop with PCAP showing passersby a video of the Chinese fur farm. A letter to the editor of the Estacada newspaper described the Chinese fur industry and urged readers not to buy fur. PCAP was also involved in an educational outreach program to encourage shoppers to get their pets from local animal shelters instead of pet stores or breeders.

PCAP adopted rabbits from an owner who was advertising them as "free, ready for butchering". A local dog rights organization called POPPA will spay and neuter the rabbits for free. PCAP is building a habitat for the rabbits where they can run and dig in a safe, natural environment.

Another organization Animal Aid is donating some food to the PCAP sanctuary. PCAP has applied to PETCO for animal feed and project support.

                                
Two of the recently adopted rabbits at Out to Pasture PCAP Sanctuary in Portland, USA.
One of the horses being cared for.

Croatia
PCAP registered in Croatia in 2001 and in the first three years laid the groundwork for its current activities. Starting by giving lectures and seminars on environmental issues in the Karlovac library PCAP gradually built up a base of local volunteers. At the same time it began to create a network of environmental NGO’s through monthly meetings in their office to address issues related to Karlovac county. Twelve affiliate NGO’s work with PCAP today on environmental issues related to Karlovac county and the entire country.

PCAP’s first service work was to provide care and protection to dogs crammed into Karlovac’s small and unhygienic government managed dog sanctuary in 2003. PCAP volunteers found homes for 70% of the dogs in the asylum by organizing a mass public awareness campaign about the plight of the dogs in the asylum and asking dog lovers to adopt a dog.

PCAP’s second project was launched in 2003. It was an afforestation project to spruce up parts of Karlovac city that had very few trees or green areas. With a grant from various organizations such as USAID, the Soros Foundation and the Academy for Educational Development, PCAP mobilized the local forestry department, private companies and partner NGO’s to plant trees in various parts of the city. Children’s playgrounds and newer portions of the city were selected. A local public company assessed and identified the sites for the trees to be planted, liaised with the stakeholders and selected the types of trees, while PCAP did the fundraising to support the project. Four meter tall, 7 year old trees were planted that could withstand the challenges of weather or human interference. Almost none of the trees planted by PCAP were vandalized or destroyed unlike the ones planted by the local forestry department who regularly lose 60% of their trees to vandalism. The trees were left alone due to PCAP’s public awareness campaign that included door to door visits about the value and necessity of trees.

PCAP founded a partnership with Momentum, a community Foundation based in Zagreb whose purpose is to fundraise for environmental projects and disburse funds to projects that upgrade the environmental quality of life in Croatia. Momentum receives the proposals from the 12 member NGO network of which PCAP is a member. This year Momentum approved 8 of 11 proposals.

PCAP hired its first paid employee in 2005. Its second office opened this year in Samobor. It now employs 8 staff (four full time and four part time) as its work has expanded in recent months.

PCAP received a grant from the National Foundation for Civil Society Development to teach children how to build bird houses and care for the birds of their area. Three hundred children ages 12-14 years from 4 schools in Zagreb County participate in this environmental education project which is expected to continue for three years. The project re-introduces technical skills to junior high school students which has been absent from the national education curriculum for the past 15 years and combines that with knowledge of biology and environmental protection. Three PCAP staff are employed in this project. Not only do the children build the bird houses but they are responsible to provide them their daily food ration, observe their nesting patterns, record their visits, identify the types of birds, and track their movements. All of this data is forwarded to the National Ornithology Institute.

PCAP coordinated 45 partner organizations to present a five year strategic plan for sustainable development based on Local Agenda 21 from the UN Earth Summits. The six month project resulted in a 100 page book that was handed over to Karlovac government covering three areas, namely: waste management, urban planning and landscaping.
Last year PCAP initiated the Partnership for Environment group to introduce eco-friendly practices in the Croatian military. Joining hands with local NGO’s nationwide and together with the Helsinki Watch Committee the Partnership has put forward different points for environmental protection and preservation of natural heritage. The suggestions of PCAP were brought up in the Croatian Parliament and now eco-friendly practices are soon to be introduced in the Ministry of Defense. This initiative is in conjunction with similar moves by Italian ands Slovenian NGO’s who are monitoring NATO bases in their countries.

The state Forest Dept. decided to take out of economic exploitation 13 hectares of forest at Petrova Gora in Central Croatia, and to give it to PCAP for the purposes of plants and animal protection, nature conservation, education and research for a period of 10 years.

The pioneering work of PCAP in Croatia is a source of inspiration for all animal and plant lovers the world over. It is hoped that other PCAP chapters will take up the challenge to do something concrete however small to protect animals and plants in their local area and contribute to a more humane and compassionate world.

Yogyakarta, Indonesia
The PCAP Global Coordinator has introduced eco-friendly features in the three new kindergartens built by PCAP’s sister organization, AMURT following the devastating earthquake in Yogyakarta, Indonesia that killed 6,200 people and destroyed 1751 schools in May, 2006.

The schools are using bamboo as an integral structural building component, in an effort to popularize fast growing, locally available and eco-friendly bamboo as a viable building material. Supported by successful experiments using bamboo in house and school structures and bridges in South America, India and China, the introduction of bamboo in our kindergartens has the full support of the leading civil engineering faculty at the University of Gajah Madah in Indonesia. Tests have proven the bamboo structures to be earthquake resistant. We even utilized bamboo as the internal material for the wall of the children’s bathrooms, instead of the traditional clay brick.

The kindergartens also employ bio-filters to cleanse the effluent from the hand basin waste that is then re-cycled in the fish ponds. Our storage tanks can hold up to 7000 cu. Liters of rainwater and is used for irrigation of the garden and playground.

A PCAP constructed kindergarten in Semoya Village
in Yogyakarta, that incorporates eco-friendly features
such as bamboo columns and trusses as part of its
permanent construction—a first of its kind in Indonesia

Portland, USA

The Out to Pasture Animal Sanctuary managed by Kit and John Collins in Portland, Oregon has been a refuge for abandoned or stray animals since it opened 3 years ago. Recently the sanctuary welcomed two more feral cats and three more rabbits to add to their ever expanding animal family. Kit and John planted 81 blueberry bushes as a future source of income for the sanctuary. The sanctuary recently trimmed the teeth of one of the rabbits and de-wormed the two horses as part of monthly maintenance of their animal family.

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