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After we looked at the past few blogs - prepping the yarn and the materials used to dye the yarn, today we will look at the actual process to dye the yarn. 1) First the women prepare the fire and then boil the water: 2) Then the women prepare…
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STA Travel's World Traveler Interns visit Cuzco Kids project

Back in June STA Travel sent two of their World Traveler Interns to Planeterra's home for children in Cuzco, "The House of the People of the Sun". Check out a video of their experience there on youtube! Continue

Posted by Planeterra on August 16, 2010 at 11:23am

Denisia Pereira

Making Yarn Samples with the Women - Part 5 - The Final Product

After all the steps, now it is time to view the final product. After the yarn is dried, it is spun into a ball or cone shape.


If it is hand spun, it will be a ball




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Posted by Denisia Pereira on August 5, 2010 at 6:24pm — 1 Comment

Denisia Pereira

Making Yarn Samples with the Women - Part 4 - Final Colours

This week, we will look at the final colours after boiling the wool with the required flower or leaf and powders for the specfied time.

Recall that

Sal de Limo - used to change the colour

Sulfate Foroso - used to change the colour (only for green colour)

Ccolpa - only for green colour

Orin - colour fixative only for blue colours (purple, etc)

Piedra Lumbre - colour fixative


Yellow (flower ccolle + pied


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Posted by Denisia Pereira on August 5, 2010 at 6:13pm

Denisia Pereira

Making Yarn Samples with the Women - Part 3 - The process used to dye the yarn

After we looked at the past few blogs - prepping the yarn and the materials used to dye the yarn, today we will look at the actual process to dye the yarn.


1) First the women prepare the fire and then boil the water:


Continue

Posted by Denisia Pereira on August 5, 2010 at 5:15pm

Check out 2010 Voluntours!

Have you ever wanted to travel & volunteer abroad in Asia and Latin America? Well you’re in luck! Planeterra’s 2010 Voluntour lineup includes some really cool places like Nepal, Cambodia, China, Galapagos, Argentina, El Salvador and much more!
Check it out for yourself! Click here for a full list of our voluntours being offered in 2010.
We have a little something for everyone.

View or Download our Brochure Online

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We bought a house in Cuzco! Check it out!

Thanks to all our travellers for their donations and to Gap Adventures for matching those donations over the past 5 years so that we could give the children of our Cuzco Kids Project a permanent home!!


Click here for more sustainable travel and Planeterra news

Listen to Planeterra Sustainability Manager, Liz Manning's Talkcast with David Clemmons from Voluntourism.org

Guests join David Clemmons to discuss the unique connection between Adventure Travel and VolunTourism. 1) What aspects of Adventure Travel make it compatible with VolunTourism? 2) What are some of the motivations & characteristics of adventure travelers and how do these cross-over into a desire for serving a destination? 3) What are some examples of adventure voluntourism experiences available to travelers?

Check it out on Planeterra's Interview Page

Featured Traveller Stories

People that take Planeterra Voluntours or go on a Gap Adventures trip and visit one of our projects are often inspired to share their story because their experience was so meaningful.

Check out our Featured Traveller stories here

Latest postings are "Peru Travel Chronicles" by Leslie Oman, sharing her experiences on Project Machu Picchu. Check out her fantastic tales and pics!



Welcome to Planeterra!


The Planeterra Foundation is a non-profit organization with a long history of supporting communities through travellers' desire to give back. By getting to know local people in the communities we visit, we are able to help identify individual needs and act quickly to meet them.

To learn about the people behind Planeterra click here.

About Us Learn more about our mission and who we are...

Our Projects See some of the great work done with the help of travellers from around the world, visiting communities in every corner of the globe.

Ways to Give We have several ways you can contribute!
 
 
 

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