![Elephant Depression](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Poetry/Elephant Depression/Thumbnail.d7bf5e88.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
"Depression is biological," The experts say. "Feel good! Take Prozac,
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by Tara Waters Lumpkin
In old Africa: Dust stirred by bare feet and lions’ paws . . . Gone now.
Read more![La Terre Vue Par Les Enfants](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Children's Eyes on Earth/Thumbnail.ace03f03.jpg)
by Reza Visual Academy
En 2012, le photojournaliste Reza Deghati a collaboré avec IDEA (International Dialogue for Environnemental Action) pour lancer le concours international de photographie, festival et exposition «Children's…
Read more![Fighting for Survival: Lifting Up Indigenous Voices](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Fighting for Survival/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Sarah Abdelrahim
Indigenous peoples play a crucial role in protecting and advocating for global biodiversity. According to the United Nations, there are 370 million Indigenous peoples around the world — almost 5 percent…
Read more![Do You See What I See?](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Do You See What I See/Thumbnail.f07492cb.jpg)
by The Kids of the Field Institute of Taos
Susie Fiore founded the Field Institute of Taos (FIT) in 1996, blending her background in archaeology and her experience as a youth ski instructor to create an organization that provides local children…
Read more![Nature in the Camp](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Nature in Camp/Thumbnail.07b64810.jpg)
by Reza Visual Academy
Many Syrian refugees, fleeing the war in their home country, are living in Kawergosk Camp near the city of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Read more![The Mighty Giraffe](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Youth/The Mighty Giraffe/Thumbnail.3f14aee3.jpg)
by Lysander Christo
Silent steps of evolution, highest height of all the world. Of all the world a graceful trot, so fast, yet so slow through the savannah, where the elephants trumpet and blow.
Read more![Meeting with an Elephant](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Meeting with an Elephant/Thumbnail.32214753.jpg)
by Lysander Christo
In this unprincipled time of elephant carnage in the name of ivory, my wife, son and I have come to view elephants as being on equal footing, searching for them with a guide on conservation lands.
Read more![Living the Science: Place-Based Education as a Model for Scientific Learning](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Impression/Living the Science/Thumbnail.69b940c5.jpg)
by Jacqueline Gerson
“Dip your hand in the water!” I yelled over the crash of whitewater, and then a few seconds later, “Now try it again!”
Read more![Letter from the President](/assets/image-cache/media/VFB_Logo-400x400.f542198e.png)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
It has been almost eight years since the conservation-media magazine Voices for Biodiversity was born. The changes that have occurred over these years, both for the world and for Voices for Biodiversity,…
Read more![Review of Orangutan: A Day in the Rainforest Canopy](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/Review of Orangutan: A Day in the Rainforest Canopy/IMG%201%20Orangutan%20Book%20Cover.69b940c5.jpg)
by Emily Baumbach
The Malay word orangutan translates as “person of the forest,” and the orangutans that once thrived in the wooded areas of the rainforest in Sumatra and Borneo have reached record low population levels.…
Read more![Warrior Princess, A Warning](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/Review of Warrior Princess/Loita%20Hills.5b22e5d8.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
When Mindy Budgor, a prospective MBA student, decided to go to Kenya as a volunteer to build a school for the Maasai, she had no idea where this choice would ultimately lead her. As Mindy helped build…
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