In the summer of 1988 there were eight thousand fires burning in the Amazon and the world was experiencing the hottest temperatures on record. I spent that summer traveling throughout Costa Rica taking photographs of the rainforest and of rainforest destruction. That fall I gave a slide presentation to my Dodgeville High School students. They…
There are wild jaguars in Panama, but few remain. Because Panama is the land bridge between North and South America, it is biologically diverse and important in the transfer of species between the landmasses. Jaguars range from Arizona to Argentina. They are the largest feline predator in the Americas. The majority of jaguars can be…
Restoring Life to Mangrove Ecosystems in Ecuador Gettin’ Our Hands Dirty Save the Rainforest trips provide the roots of academic knowledge needed to inspire students to be leaders and activists in caring for and saving our planet’s vital rainforest ecosystems. But knowledge yearns for application. So the students took this opportunity to apply their knowledge…
The students and I are having an epic time out here in Embera Village and Bocas del Toro in Panama. Every day brings countless new and exciting adventures, but I have managed to narrow down and highlight some of the trip favorites! Here are my Top 7… so far 1) All-day super dense, difficult and…
Forgive the exclamations, but what a day! Mangrove flats and endemic poisonous red tree frogs, Ngobe Village, cabana picnic on the water. BEST SNORKELING IN THE WORLD! The coral and fish – never so many or so colorful! And then, to top it off, while sleuthing on the Caiman Trail a pair of sloths were…
On a trip to Belize, you will explore ancient Maya civilizations and rainforest ecosystems, snorkel the 2nd largest reef system in the World and interact with field scientists tackling the biggest problems facing our Biosphere. As you investigate these primitive places, your students will come alive with excitement, ask important questions, and begin to offer…
Since 1988 the President of Save the Rainforest, Bruce Calhoun, has been raising awareness about the importance of protecting tropical forests in order to mitigate climate change. “Back then we called it global warming, and I remember bringing a delegation of young people in 1991 to Washington D.C. to speak at a special Senate Hearing…
Just about everybody knows Humpty Dumpty’s story and pictures him as an inoffensive egg-person who is very fragile, falls off a wall and is impossible to put back together. Our planet is at a Humpty Dumpty moment. It, like Humpty, has a very fragile outer shell – a paper thin atmosphere that for now is…
By Bruce Calhoun, President of Save the Rainforest, Inc. I try to tread lightly on the planet. I weather-strip, make use of passive solar, and keep my thermostat at 67 degrees in the winter and 77 degrees in the summer. I also multipurpose when running errands in the car, and bicycle almost everywhere – weather…
Guest blogger Heidi Meudt describes her involvement in Save the Rainforest as a high school student. Her experiences planted a seed within her that grew and blossomed into a career in scientific research on southern hemisphere plant taxonomy and conservation. I was actively involved in the Save the Rainforest during all four years I was…