by Meg | Apr 11, 2015 | animal, Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda
Do I have culture shock? Yes, a little, but I think the hardest part of being in China so far is the language. The language is extremely hard to speak, even something as simple as tea (cha) is hard for them to understand me, since Chinese is a tonal language and I...
by Meg | Apr 10, 2015 | animal, Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife
Yesterday I was reading a book from the Base and I learned many interesting stories about Pandas. I thought it will be a nice topic to write about, so here is the first story of many: “The Panda and the fashion designer”: Do you know who was the first person to take...
by Meg | Mar 19, 2015 | animal, Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, photography, Projects, Science, Travel, wildlife
Meghan and I just returned from Ya’an, Sichuan, China- A little jet lagged, but very excited to have Ryan and Maria, our two new winter interns, continuing the panda behavioral research. Both interns received a warm welcome from the people of Ya’an, and we...
by Meg | Oct 5, 2014 | Around PDX, Conservation, Education, Projects, Sponsors, wildlife
We’ve compiled the results from the Vancouver, WA, Collector’s West Gun & Knife Show, where we had a booth offering non-lead ammo in exchange for lead ammo. The vast majority of show participants were eager to hear more about the health risks to...
by Meg | Sep 29, 2014 | animal, Around PDX, Conservation, Education, Environmental Impact, Science, Sponsors, wildlife
Our first non-lead ammunition exchange was a success. We owe a special thanks to the Collector’s West Gun & Knife show for donating the space at their Vancouver event. Additionally, Sportsman’s Warehouse was able to significantly reduce the cost of...