by Emily Loose | Jun 15, 2010
Nomkhubulwane, the life-size elephant sculpture made by renowned South African artist Andries Botha, arrived in Chicago on 28 May, after visiting sevearl other cities in North America including Juarez, Mexico and Detroit, Michigan. This week, there are several...
by Emily Loose | May 11, 2010
The Wilderness Leadership School has formed a partnership with the LoveLife program, South Africa’s National HIV program for youth. WLS is working specifically with the groundBreaker leadership group – youth ages 18-25 who are otherwise unemployed, recruited for a...
by Emily Loose | Apr 6, 2010
As many of you know, WILD has a long history of involvement with the special Olive Ridley sea turtles. These turtles are currently known to nest en-mass in only three locations world-wide, one of which is Gaharimatha National Park, just south of the Dhamra River where...
by Emily Loose | Apr 5, 2010
The following few excerpts are from Sanctuary Asia (April 2010), India’s leading wildlife, conservation and environment magazine. Sanctuary Asia was started by Editor Bittu Sahgal (a long-time friend and trustee of WILD) in 1981 to raise awareness among Indians...
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by Emily Loose | Mar 24, 2010
The Western Wilderness Conference will take place from April 8-11 at the University of California in Berkeley, California. Sponsored by the California Wilderness Coalition and the Sierra Club, the Western Wilderness Conference includes organizations from all twelve...
by Emily Loose | Mar 5, 2010
This past week, Nomhubulwane went on parade through Juarez, Mexico, a city with a violent reputation. There was a lively parade with music, dancing and general good spirits and much celebration and discussion along with her visit. Juarez, Mexico is just a short drive...
by Emily Loose | Feb 22, 2010
EDUCATION: EDUPEG: 7 Schools within the programme at present but the project is not really achieving the required results. It appears that most schools are only using the materials when the Edu-peg educators visit the village and are not really integrating this into...
by Emily Loose | Feb 18, 2010
My experience at the Wilderness Management Seminar and WILD9, Carla Mora-Trejos, Clemson University Graduate Student I visited wilderness in my home country, and in one of these places I found a reason to live, it showed me where I am supposed to go. Unfortunately,...
by Emily Loose | Feb 12, 2010
Tina Tin, freelance consultant and an adviser to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, participated in the WILD9 Wilderness Management Seminar and Congress at large. Here’s what she has to say….. I’m not exaggerating when I say that the Wilderness...
by Emily Loose | Jan 28, 2010
Mi experiencia en el Congreso Mundial de Tierras Silvestre/ My experience at the 9th World Wilderness Congress: Efrain Leonel Perales, Ecology Student at Sonora University; Comcaac Community member Desde el momento de que me llego la invitación para ir al congreso,...
