Remember being 13?
Remember that post-bat/bar mitzvah, pre-learner’s permit stage? For many it is a sacred time when the burgeoning quest for freedom is satiated by a hand-me-down bike: its rusted wheels and faulty brakes merely a cosmetic issue.
Most of the kids I knew spent their last summer before high school beginning their path […]
Politics are scary. A few weeks ago I was having dinner with friends, and one of them said “In polite conversation, there are three topics you need to steer clear of: sex, religion, and politics.” Good advice. However, with the upcoming national conventions this summer, and the election in November, it is becoming […]
I’m a vegetarian.
Cue the collective eye roll, and the pause as you wait for me to lecture you on the atrocities of the meat industry, and the benefits of “clean living,” now that I’ve taken this selfless, meatless, tasteless road. And here we go…. just kidding!
If it comes up in conversation, people […]
When the dream of a 60’s hippie dressed up in 80’s gear was created, what was going on in the producer’s minds? Why couldn’t they have created another brooding, angry superhero whose parents died in a tragic accident that he must avenge? Why not make another biochemically-mutated creature who started as an underdog […]
Two days ago, I feared for my life in a way that reverberated back to the genes of my Neanderthal ancestors. Opening up my back door to a wind that had lost its senses and a flash of lightning followed by a commanding boom of thunder, I paused as a fear gripped me […]
For the first time, the African Rainforest Conservancy (ARC) is collaborating with Greenpop and Friends of Usambara Society to expand our reach on the African continent and fund new programs.
Greenpop is a Cape Town-based social enterprise. They plant trees, spread environmental awareness, […]
Artists for Africa is the story of a group of New Yorkers, who have made possible the conservation of 3,000 sq km of African rainforest by raising over $1 million over the last 25 years. If not for this annual benefit much of the forest in the Eastern Arc Mts would probably be […]
Did you follow the Paris Climate Talks this past fall? I don’t think that I’m being overly dramatic when I say that global warming is likely mankind’s greatest existential threat. The role of rainforests in turning the tide against climate change is undeniable. The African Rainforest […]
As part of our Artist Spotlight series, we introduce you this month to Julie Gross. Julie Gross was born in Montreal and is a New York City based artist who has been painting in studios in Soho and Chelsea for many years. She graduated from Pratt (BFA) & then Hunter (MA) and has taught […]
by Nike Doggart, Technical Advisor, Tanzania Forest Conservation Group
8th December 2015
At a prize-giving ceremony held in Paris last night, the Community Forestry Network of Tanzania, better known by its Swahili acronym MJUMITA, was awarded with the prestigious Equator Prize 2015 in the category of Forests. […]
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