http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog "Walker, there is no path. The path is made by walking." --Antonio Machado Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:58:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Forget Barak Obama - he's so 2009. Evo Morales is the new rock star president, as I learned in Coyoacan this weekend. A sea of enthusiastic people of every ethnicity waited for hours in the hot sun to hear his plea for a more just society, one that provides ... http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2010/02/26/evo-morales-the-plurinational-president/ Guest post by Chris Zwierzynski Tripbase.com We all know and understand that to reduce any environmental impact we might have when we travel we have to change the way we travel as whole. However, it's a misconception that in order to partake of sustainable travel, one must make many a ... http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2010/02/26/sustainable-travel-a-wise-approach/ Outside in the darkness, up in the hills not far from here, a chorus of coyotes is greeting the coming of the dawn. How appropriate, I think with a smile. Here in Huehuecoyotl, place of the old, old coyote, I’ve just bid farewell to the greatest coyote of all, Subcoyote ... http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2010/02/21/at-home-with-the-subcoyote/ Long before I ever planned this trip, I learned of Huehuecoyotl, an ecovillage inhabited by an international group of movers and shakers nestled into one of the most magical valleys of Mexico, up in the hills outside of Tepoztlán, about an hour outside of Mexico City. This week I finally ... http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2010/02/19/huehuecoyotl-an-eco-power-center-in-the-hills-of-morelos/ Today I awoke in the verdant mountains near Tepoztlán in Central Mexico, far from the commotion of city life in Guadalajara. Before I move on, I want to take a few moments to acknowledge the work of 24 extremely dedicated, talented and creative people I met during my time in ... http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2010/02/19/977/ We arrived in the fog-draped settlement of Buenos Aires, Durango, just after 9 a.m. It had been a hard night's drive through a pouring rain, enlivened only by the stories of my tireless travel companion, human rights lawyer Carlos Chávez of the Jalisco Association in Support of Indigenous People (AJAGI, ... http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2010/02/11/hope-prevails-through-a-bitter-winter-in-bancos-de-san-hipolito/ As is the case in many big cities, one of the best things about Guadalajara is what lies outside its boundaries. That's the case with two colonial villages just outside the city limits, Tlaquepaque and Tonalá. Tlaquepaque is the more carefully groomed, tourist-brochure version of the colonial village - and it's ... http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2010/02/03/tonala-a-step-back-in-time-2/ I Loved the bathroom attendant at Parque Metropolitano, Guadalajara. "Guapos" y "guapas" read the sign. "Guapo" means attractive. The good lady was taking 3 pesos and giving out carefully wrapped sections of toilet paper at the door, as is the custom in public places. "I'm not sure I'm guapa enough to ... http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2010/02/01/%c2%bfguapa-enough-for-the-bano/ Life in Guadalajara is not so different from life in Houston. Sometimes, only the language is different. My friend Alicia, like me, struggles to remember to bring the cloth shopping bags when she goes to the supermarket. This day, she remembered. Here's a little reminder she likes to keep handy: "It's not ... http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2010/01/31/its-not-enough-to-be-biodegradeable/ Last week I had the chance to visit with Carlos Ibarra, news photographer for El Mural and one of the founders of Camara Rodante (literally, "rolling camera".) [caption id="attachment_596" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Carlos with his collection of miniature bicycles and a photo of his father, an avid bicyclist."][/caption] This intrepid group of ... http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2010/01/29/the-rolling-cameras-of-guadalajara/