by Meg | Jul 31, 2013 | Education, Grass Roots Programs, Internship
My internship with PDXWildlife came about through unexpected introductions by Dee’s and Moxie-Jo’s teacher at Helen Gordon Child Development Center, so it’s fitting that this experience will involve assisting with the development of the PDXWildChild wildlife...
by Meg | Jul 12, 2013 | Conservation, Education, Grass Roots Programs, Internship
While working as a carpet cleaner Ed was unsatisfied with explaining to customers that stains cannot be removed and; as an electronics salesperson was unenthusiastic about steering shoppers’ impulse purchases to products with higher profit margins. Ed decided to go...
by Meg | Jan 8, 2013 | Grass Roots Programs |
The Javan Primate Conservation Center- Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The gibbons and langurs have fantastic open-top enclosures! The keepers would create different forms of enrichment almost daily for all of the gibbons & langurs. Enrichment...
by ddishman | Jan 21, 2012 | Grass Roots Programs, Marine Mammal |
This will be the final installment of the research updates I wrote while working in the Philippines. The main objective of the research arm of our project was to establish whether dugongs (Dugong dugon), an endangered marine mammal species related to manatees, were...
by ddishman | Jan 15, 2012 | Grass Roots Programs
First of all, thanks to Meg for posting my blog updates until my return from the Philippines. As I mentioned previously, overfishing is a huge concern for the protection of marine ecosystems as well as the future economies of local communities. Fishing provides an...
by Meg | Dec 13, 2011 | Grass Roots Programs
Although Manila (the capital city of the Philippines) has over 11.5 million inhabitants, the majority of the population still lives in rural areas, and over 60% of the population lives in coastal areas. A large proportion of the population is therefore reliant on...
