Achievements
2000 Established Non Profit Organization
2001 Co-published with NGO, Help for Progress, and Belize Protected Area Conservation Trust The Tzunu’un Forest Garden Trail Guide
2002 Presentation of Ten Years of Achievement at El Pilar. Reports to the Belize Prime Minister Said Musa
2002 Co-published with NGO, Help for Progres,s and Belize Protected Area Conservation Trust Trails of El Pilar: A Comprehensive Guide to the El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna.
2003 El Pilar: A collaborative Foundation. Familiarity tour for Counterpart International of Washington DC President Lelaulu, VP Raymond Chavez with staff and board
2004 Sponsored El Pilar Think Tank: Fact finding mission of El Pilar supporters from Santa Barbara to meet the movers and shakers of the region to spur the management process forward
2005 Produced 8-minute Promotional Video featuring Jane Goodall, edited by Dana Morrow
2005 Sponsor UCSB-Exploring Solutions Past-Belize Institute of Archaeology Memorandum of Understanding
2006 Cosponsors with Mesoamerican Corridors on Issues of Climate Change, Belmopan Belize
2007 Co-published with Belize National Institute of Culture and History The Maya Forest Garden and El Pilar: A Coloring Book. Included a teachers guide by Amy Hale. National Institute of Culture and History Belize.
2008 Coordinated Cultural Heritage Bilateral Cooperation Declaration for Belize and Guatemala
2009 Sponsored workshop: Building Common Ground with the El Pilar Project and Institute of Archaeology in Belize
2010 Produced 20 minute video with Interlock Films: Archaeology in the Borderlands
2011 Sponsor UCSB-Exploring Solutions Past-Belize Institute of Archaoelogy Memorandum of Understanding
2012 Published with National Geographic Society Conservation Trust support: Jardinería Maya de El Pilar/The Maya Forest Garden of El Pilar
2013 Completed collaborative school garden infrastructure for Santa Familia Primary School Belize
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Presentations for the Academy: Arizona State, Arizona, Boston, Canada Museum of Civilization, Chicago, Columbia, Emory, Florida, Florida Atlantic, Ford Foundation, Freie Universität, Grinell, Harvard, Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Iowa, Louisiana State, New Mexico, Oakland University, Orlando Museum, Stanford, Sigma Xi Organizations, Sorbonne, Texas, Trent, Tulane, UC Los Angeles, University College-London, York, Williams, Wisconsin, World Bank, World Monument Fund.
Public Lectures in California: NSF Young Scholars Program, GATE students (4th-6th grade), College of the Sequoias, Crane School, Waldorf, retirement homes, Ventura County Archaeological Society, Lions, Kiwanis, Sta Barbara Leadership Association, Sta Barbara Archaeological Society, and lab tours (periodically 1983-present).
Public Lectures in Latin America (in Spanish): Associación Tikal, Instituto de Antropología e Historia, Parque Nacional Tikal, Proyecto Tikal, Museo Popol Vuh, Consejo Nacional de Areas Protegidas, Centro Investigaciones Regional de MesoAmerica, Escuela Preparatoria, Centro de Estudios Maya, Universidad de San Carlos-Archaeology, Universidad de San Carlos-CECON, Centro Universitaria de El Petén, Univerisdad del Valle Guatemala, UNAM México, U Quintanna Roo, México.
Media: Newspaper, journal, radio and television interviews and research coverage in US, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, France, Germany. World Wide Web site of El Pilar recognized by Archaeology Magazine, The New York Times, El Pilar Program recognized in Science Magazine, Rolex Enterprise.
Public Lectures in Belize for the Government Dept of Archaeology, Tour Guides Association, BTIA, Belize Audubon Society, Association for Belizean Archaeology, Center for Environmental Studies, Programme for Belize, U.S. Peace Corps, Rotary Club (Cayo), Cayo Community and High Schools, Village Community Centers.
Volunteer Laboratory and Field Program (US and Belize), 1978-present. Supervised undergraduates, graduate students, and lay volunteers in field and lab analysis.