![Children and Conservation: An art gallery from nature](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Youth Gallery/Ceramic_Project.25a2ee8c.jpg)
by Camille Cruse
Izilwane helps teach children about the importance of conservation through artistic expression. In the summer of 2011, Izilwane interns Carolyn Lopez and Anne Da Silva developed and conducted a series…
Read more![Q&A with Spencer Wells, author of Pandora’s Seed](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Spencer Wells/SW%20Interview%20Photo%202RTP.8ef4999f.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
Izilwane interviews eminent population geneticist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Spencer Wells to discuss his most recent book, Pandora’s Seed. He talks about the need to consider the long-term…
Read more![Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Book Reviews/Pandoras Seed/Pandoras%20Seed%20Photo%201.1d00087f.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
In this stirring study of how civilization has strained the human relationship with the natural world, author Spencer Wells examines issues such as obesity, global warming, the rise of mental illness,…
Read more![A Conservation Conversation with Dr. Stuart Pimm](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Stuart Pimm/Pimm_4.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
Stuart Pimm discusses the ethics behind conservation and the importance of involving local peoples in protecting their own local biodiversity.
Read more![Taos Youth Biodiversity Art Project: Giving Children a Global Voice](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Youth/Taos Youth Art Festival/Taos_Youth2.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Carolyn Lopez
Join our eager interns as they work to educate children about the natural world and the need to protect it through art.
Read more![Monster of God](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Book Reviews/Monster of Gods/dreamstime_16702390.1d00087f.jpg)
by Jami Wright
In Monster of God David Quammen, author of Song of the Dodo and a writer for National Geographic Magazine, takes his readers around the world and simultaneously delves into the human psyche probing the…
Read more![The Human Animal and Biodiversity](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Biodiversity/IMG_2430ZuluWeaving.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
Tara Lumpkin explores how we can protect biodiversity by becoming aware of our "humanness" -- both good and bad -- and thus change our relationship to the environment and other species.
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