Approximately 100 African elephants are slaughtered every 24 hours – that’s one every 14 minutes. And that’s just one of the horrific statistics strewn throughout Lydia Millet’s article, “Save the Elephant,” posted in the Op-Ed section of The New York Times on Sunday, July 26th. If you were sleepily scrolling through the news app on your iPhone while sipping coffee…
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Archive for the 'CONSERVATION / PHILANTHROPY' Category
Listen to our Podcast!
Learn more about the important work that EXPLORE, Inc. is doing in the Lower Zambezi region in Zambia. Listen to Cherri and Richard talk about living in Africa, their latest philanthropic projects, empowering local communities, and why “ground up” business models are more successful for NGO’s. Here it is, Episode 15 on The ‘Pursuing Passion’ Podcast, brought to you by…
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Last Days of Ivory
Looking for a way to make a positive impact in 2015? ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ director Kathryn Bigelow has launched a PSA and website about elephant poaching that we think is deserving of your attention. The film, Last Days of Ivory, and website both aim to put the illegal ivory trade and the terrorists profiting from it out of business in…
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Follow the Leader
Botswana Committed to Sustainability Through Eco-Tourism “We will not let this happen here!” said the honorable Seretse Khama Ian Khama, Botswana’s gentle president and conservation visionary. He was referring to the depletion of his country’s natural resources for short-term gain and his plan for creating a sustainable future for his country. His ambitious plan proposes tapering off Botswana’s dependence on…
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EXPLORE supports WITNESS “Focus for Change” Benefit
At EXPLORE, we are committed to the conservation and support of local communities, particularly in the more remote regions of Africa. In our experience we have found that travel and tourism can be the pivotal tool in promoting sustainable development and environmental protection in the areas in which we do business. Not only do we choose lodges and camps that…
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Protecting the Mana Pools/Sapi/Chewore World Heritage Site
The Zambezi Society, an amazing conservation organization formed in 1982, centers its efforts on conserving wilderness and wildlife in the Zambezi Valley in the South African country of Zambia. In a bulletin we recently read posted by the Zambezi Society in August 2012, we learned that the Mana Pools/Sapi/Chewore World Heritage Site is in danger. According to the Zambezi Society,…
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Black Ivory: an update from Save The Elephants
Below is an alert from Melissa Groo with Save The Elephants on Black Ivory and how the illegal trade is destroying African elephants. If you’d like to subscribe to Melissa’s Elephant News Service, please send an email to groo@elephantnews.org with the subject “Request African/Asian (as appropriate) Elephant” or “Request Both”. Black Ivory The Economist March 10th 2012 Last year was…
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Bushmans Kloof donates to Children’s AIDS Art Program
EXPLORE would like to thank Bushmans Kloof for giving three orphaned boys a wonderful and unique experience! This month Bushmans Kloof generously donated a 2 night stay for 3 of Cape Town’s orphaned boys, sponsored by Cape Town based Children’s Aids Art Programme (CAAP). Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Wellness Retreat is an extraordinary haven nestled at the foothills of the Cederberg…
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Elephants in Peril
Iain Douglas-Hamilton (Save the Elephants) and World Women Work Working together to help African Elephants in the Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya March 2011~ “We’ve had 7 poached elephants in the last month which has been devastating – so much poaching happening now and it all seems to be around the access route of this new road. Wilson is…
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Go see “The Last Lions” by Dereck and Beverly Joubert!
Feb 21, 2011…Breaking news from the box offices… “The Last Lions” debuts taking $68,344 on four screens! “The Last Lions” are roaring across the country with great reviews! Congratulations to the filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert. Click this link and 10 cents goes to The Last Lions: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/02/the-last-lions-film-review-five-years-to-save-the-wild-african-population.php Manohla Dargis writes in The New York Times (Feb 18th) film review: “One…
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