The Boreal Footprint Project has published a new report entitled “Aboriginal Experiences in Canada’s
Parks and Protected Areas.” The report was commissioned to contribute
to the combined knowledge of policy makers parks managers, and
Indigenous leadership as they convened in Durban, South Africa at the
Fifth World Congress on Protected Areas, September 8-17, 2003.
City Talk will crown its first annual Queen of Lake Victoria on
December 6. The Queen will serve as a mobilizer and coordinator of
protection and conservation efforts for the lake. As part of her role,
the Queen of Lake Victoria will visit the San Francisco Bay area for
two weeks in 2004 to address environmental and cross-cultural issues at
schools and community gatherings.
John Gray’s SeaCanoe Tours, named by National Geographic Adventure as one of the World’s Top 25 Adventures, will donate 20 percent of select bookings to Mangrove Action Project until December 31, 2004. For more details, e-mail info@johngrayseacanoe.com.
Two new projects have joined Earth Island. Ethical Traveler gives adventurers, tourists, travel agencies, and outfitters
information about their economic and political power and how they can
best be used to strengthen human rights and protect the environment. UniversitÁrea Protegida provides scholarships, training, and support to Nicaraguan university
students with an interest in community-based conservation projects and
environmental education. For more information about these latest
additions to the Earth Island family, visit our Web site at www.earthisland.org.
Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT) recently held its first
Youth Wilderness Leadership Training with students from Bay Area School
of Enterprise, the nation’s first youth-initiated charter school.
Participants were challenged by Yosemite National Park’s steep slopes,
the weight of their big backpacks, and even a forest fire, but they
learned their own strengths in dealing with adversity, and enjoyed the
tremendous beauty of nature.
Global Service Corps (GSC) is now offering two-week programs,
giving volunteers with limited time for travel the opportunity to work
abroad on education, health, or sustainable agriculture projects.
Volunteers will experience full cultural immersion and live with
welcoming Thai and Tanzanian host families. Visit www.globalservicecorps.org for more information.
Sakae Fujiwara, author of Keiko’s Story for Children, recently donated $4,000 from the proceeds of her book to the Free Willy/Keiko Foundation. Earth Island’s Mark Berman,
founder of the Free Willy Foundation, accepted the check from Fujiwara
and Kosei Publishing’s director during a recent visit to Japan.
Lisa Wallace, executive director of the Truckee River Watershed
Council in Truckee, California, has joined Earth Island’s board of
directors. Lisa’s relationship with EII began in 1998, when she joined
us as our project support director. She launched the Restoration
Initiative department and the Brower Youth Awards program. Lisa has
also sailed 40,000 miles on a 36-foot sloop, visiting 32 countries in
four years! We welcome Lisa to the board.
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