With the alarming rate of climate change & biodiversity loss, it’s high time we tune in and learn more about conservation issues…easily done through these environmental podcasts….
Louis has always loved animals. Growing up in Surrey, England (on a green belt) he loved walking in the woods and his room was covered in pictures of animals. Born to parents who were artists themselves and into a family where art had been part of the story for generations…
With blockchain becoming more commonly used to make large transactions in various digital currencies, there is an opportunity to build in the environmental cost of a product at the individual product level. This is what Todd’s latest venture, Veridum Labs hopes to achieve with their “Verde” digital currency.
Fernando Romão is the founder of Wildlife Portugal, a specialist nature and eco-tourism business offering various activities in Portugal’s National Network of protected areas. We were lucky enough to spend an entire day with Fernando bird watching from his hide…
We met Ana in her guesthouse in the beautiful town of Castelo Rodrigo where she gave us an overview of the area and how it supports the local community. We then went on to spend a full day with Fernando Romão from Wildlife Portugal…
Stumbling across the ecotourism company, Wildlife Adventures was a bit of a serendipity. In 2017 on a flight, Joy found an article on the successful rewilding efforts in Europe and the positive impact ecotourism (and ecotourism companies like Wildlife Adventures) were having on conservation, especially in relation to larger predators like the lupo (i.e. Italian for wolf) who were not so long ago (circa 1970s) reviled and hunted nearly to extinction in that part of the world.
As animal lovers, Lyall and I were thrilled to visit Tim in his London based studio. We discussed a range of topics including his evolution as a photographer and artist, his fascination with the relationship between humans and animals, the importance of connecting with nature, the role of art in communicating critical messages and his latest project, Endangered.