ARC’s Summer Giving Campaign

By |August 3rd, 2011|

ARC’S SUMMER GIVING CAMPAIGN       
through August 31st  

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We are over halfway to our $25,000 fundraising goal, including $11,000 raised at our Summer Party last week! Funds will help support the planting of 1 million trees in Tanzania this year alone (10 million trees planted during the past 20 […]

Artist Spotlight: Gerald Forster

By |July 21st, 2011|

As part of our Artist Spotlight series, we introduce you this month to fashion photographer Gerald Forster (although his stunning images extend well beyond the world of fashion) who has contributed to the Artists for Africa benefit for the past nine years. You can also view past Artist Spotlights of Chris DeiCyril Christo and […]

Friday Feature: Nekenasoa Randresihajafrom, Junior Board Member

By |July 15th, 2011|

Welcome to Friday Feature! Every Friday we will feature someone involved with ARC, including Board members, Junior Board members, field partner staff on the ground in Tanzania, and our volunteers and interns. We hope that this new feature will help you to get to know the many faces behind ARC and connect with our mission […]

Reports from the Field #1

By |June 30th, 2011|

Reports from the Field provides regular updates about projects our field partner, the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group is undertaking – everything from environmental education to tree planting to creating forest patrols for monitoring the illegal use of Tanzania’s forests. In this first report we share the progress of one of TFCG’s biggest projects — one that […]

Canopy Chronicles: Eastern Arc Mountains and UNESCO World Heritage Site Status

By |June 29th, 2011|

Biodiversity and Universal Value The Udzungwa and Uluguru regions of the Eastern Arc Mountains are currently under consideration for designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. World Heritage Sites are declared by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization as having “outstanding universal value” according to a list of four criteria. The Eastern Arc […]

Artist Spotlight: Chris Dei’s Spirits of the Serengeti and Window on Africa

By |June 23rd, 2011|

 

As part of our Artist Spotlight series, we introduce you this month to wildlife photographer and conributing artist since 2004, Chris Dei. We’d especially like to highlight the launch of Chris’s new Fine Art Collection, SPIRITS OF THE SERENGETI and WINDOW ON AFRICA Vol. II and III. Her stunning photographs have received attention worldwide and are currently […]

ARC Celebrates World Environment Day on June 5th

By |June 23rd, 2011|

World Environment Day is just around the corner – an annual event held every June 5th – that was started in 1972 by the United Nations Environment Programme as a way to bring global awareness to issues surrounding the environment. This year’s theme, in tangent with the UN’s International Year of Forests is meant to highlight […]

Friday Feature: Scott L. Brzezinski, Junior Board Member

By |June 17th, 2011|

Welcome to Friday Feature! Every Friday we will feature someone involved with ARC, including Board members, Junior Board members, field partner staff on the ground in Tanzania, and our volunteers and interns. We hope that this new feature will help you to get to know the many faces behind ARC and connect with our mission […]

Friday Feature: Brooke Camps, Communications and Development Intern

By |June 10th, 2011|

Welcome to Friday Feature! Every Friday we feature someone involved with ARC, including Board members, Junior Board members, staff in the field, and our volunteers and interns. We hope that this new feature will help you to get to know the many faces behind ARC and connect with our mission on a deeper level. This […]

Artist Spotlight: Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson

By |May 26th, 2011|

As part of our Artist Spotlight series, we introduce you this month to conservation photographers Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson.  You can also view our past Artist Spotlights of Jonnie MilesCarlo Mari, and Susanna Noel Jolly.

Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson have been documenting endangered tribes, species, and eco-systems since joining as a husband and […]