Travel Changes Everyday Lives
Much of this blog was drawn from a conversation with Dr. Rick Quinn on our Talking Apes podcast, and from his wonderful book, Just Like Us: A Veterinarian’s Visual Memoir of Our Vanishing Great Ape Relatives. One of my favorite quotes is from Saint Augustine, “The...
Travel with GLOBIO — Why Travel?
For someone who has spent the majority of their life traveling, the first time you hear a question like, ‘Why travel?’ it comes as such a ridiculous shock that you’re stunned to articulate an answer. You stumble through an awkwardly assembled collection of...
We’re Talking Apes in 2021
Did you know it’s really Survival of the Friendliest NOT the fittest? Unless your fitness comes from being friendly, I suppose. Did you know that apes migrate? Or that orangutans sing? How about non-human apes can’t swim because their bones are too heavy? Or which...
Travel with GLOBIO — Monkey Magic
The Landcruiser pulled into the drivers’ back parking area behind the lodge at Kechwa Tembo in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, the afternoon was hotter than normal and everything worth filming seems to be asleep, so we were going to cash it in for a few hours — taking a rare...
Travel with GLOBIO — ‘Viruses don’t care what passport you carry’
I have a love affair, it’s with the potential of my passport, one that began in my early 20’s. That little dark blue book was my magic key, one that opened a door to the world. My first door opened into the “Land down under” for over four years and in turn a...
For over 20 years, GLOBIO has been connecting kids and adults to the magic, awe and wonder of our planet. GLOBIO works with education partners, wildlife sanctuaries and conservation projects in Equatorial Africa and Borneo to support their conservation work on-the-ground, and share their stories with the rest of the world. Ever-evolving, we also create engaging educational content to spread awareness to the public about our shared environmental issues.
