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…
STR has recently added an activity to its repertoire – initiating nature-based climate solution projects. This past July we introduced the Borneo Nature Foundation to Everland. BNF is an outstanding conservation organization that is working on the front lines in Kalimantan Province, Borneo to stem deforestation, protect orangutans and create sustainable economic opportunities for local…