Sunday, September 9, 2007

ECHO

So, I'm at ECHO! ECHO is an organization that does technical support for people working in agricultural development. It's a Christian organization, and mostly works with missionaries, but also works with other development workers, like Peace Corp people or university researchers.
Anyway... I'm loving all there is to learn here and am going to give you all a little quiz about some of the things I've seen. Answers will be posted later. You can leave comments if you want to make any guesses.


The above plant is what:

a. Aspargusis grandis

b. Joint weedis grandis

c. bamboo

The apparatus shown above is a:

a. medical research collecting toilet

b. dry composting toilet

c. chair


The fruit shown above is:

a. Citrus grandis, pummelo

b. Cucumis melo, muskmelon

c. Lycopersicum esculentum, tomato

The above contraption is:
a. a primitive gator
b. a tricycle
c. a wheelchair





2 comments:

Lauren Alexis said...

Arlene these pictures are awesome! It is so encouraging to hear from you and to read about what going on in Los Higos (and the states.)

Id have to say the fruit is a pumello although ive never eaten one before ;)

Thanks for all your support while we were in the Dominican... you are in my thoughts and prayers!

Much love,
Dios tu bendiga ;)
Lauren* from San Francisco State

arleneiowa said...

Lauren, so good to hear from you. You are correct about the pummelo.