The Lights of Chongqing
Nigel Sizer files a final post on his tour of Chinese universities. Chengdu to Chongqing Up at 6 a.m. to get the early flight, and as soon we’re off the plane, thinking we would have a couple of hours of … Continue reading
Of Professors and Pandas
Nigel Sizer’s fourth report on scouting university partners in China for Rare’s Pride training program. Lijiang Some down time! Turns out Paul is a serious shopaholic. The old town has hundreds of shops selling local crafts. Paul did all his Christmas buying, overwhelmed … Continue reading
Beauty and Sadness
Nigel Sizer’s third post from China. You know you’re doing the right job when it brings tears to your eyes … even the eyes [photopress:Paul_on_horse.JPG,thumb,alignleft]of a cynical middle-aged pair of conservationists, Paul and me. Three hours drive from Lijiang, floating … Continue reading
Picking a Partner
Nigel Sizer continues to describe his adventures in this second post from China. A quiet day. We left Beijing with a three-hour flight to Kunming aboard a totally full 300-seat Hainan Airways plane. Lunch was “fun.” We thought we’d found a Western … Continue reading
China Express
Nigel Sizer, Rare VP, Asia Pacific, traveled to China to consider candidates for Rare’s fourth university-based Pride training program. This is the first in a series of his reports. Bali: I haven’t even left Bali yet, and Paul Butler, Rare’s … Continue reading
A Bird Flies Again
Rare mascots can be like the Energizer Bunny and just keep on going and going. Below is a picture of Mana, the mascot from a 1994 Pride campaign in Western Samoa. Toni Tipama’a, the campaign manager, chose the endangered manumea … Continue reading
To Solve a Problem, First You Have to Find It
Fernando Garcia, Rare’s Manager, Ecotourism Promotion, reports on his teaching stint at the Fisheries Fellows program in Baja California Sur. I spent a week at the Fisheries Fellows training course, teaching site assessment, a personal passion. We talked about a … Continue reading
Bringing Hope to Aceh Province
Rare Pride campaign manager Tisna Nando, working with partner Fauna and Flora International in the Aceh province of Indonesia, is featured in a special issue of Time Asia devoted to the environment. Under the headline, “Rising to the Challenge,” Time … Continue reading
The Cowboy Campaign Manager
Oswaldo Contreras, Guadalajara Course Manager, reports on his visit to a Pride campaign site in Janos, Mexico. I did my very first field visit for Rare with Albino Herrera in the state of Chihuahua northern Mexico. The beautiful Chihuahuan desert … Continue reading
Bearing Down on Peru
This is Paul Butler’s third report on visit to a Rare Pride campaign in Peru. The elementary school we visited in Oxapampa was small (less than 100 students, I would guess), the children even smaller. But what it, and they, … Continue reading