13 articles tagged with conservation
There's something primordial about standing at the edge of rushing water, sketchbook in hand, contemplating both the artistic challenge and the physical one ahead. At 62, I've drawn countless Scottish castles and Mediterranean coastlines, but Wyoming's Green River—with its jade...
Twenty-five years defending Montana's pristine landscapes in courtrooms gave me intimate knowledge of its terrain, but experiencing Kalispell's wilderness firsthand with my nephews last summer delivered a perspective no legal brief could capture. Nestled in the Flathead Valley with the...
The juxtaposition never ceases to fascinate me: a metropolis of gleaming skyscrapers and bustling commerce where giraffes and lions roam freely just minutes from downtown. Nairobi defies conventional urban planning theories I've studied, offering a rare synthesis where wilderness and...
Standing at the base of Cerro San Cristóbal, watching the Andean sunset paint Santiago's skyline in hues of amber and rose, I felt that familiar rush of solo travel excitement. As a conservation scientist who's traversed landscapes from Taiwan's misty...
Growing up just two hours southwest of Toronto, I've always had a complicated relationship with Canada's largest metropolis. As an urban planner, I'm fascinated by its architectural evolution and cultural layers, but as someone raised near the shores of Lake...
The first time I glimpsed Angel Falls—that impossible ribbon of water plummeting from a tabletop mountain lost in clouds—I understood why the indigenous Pemón people call it Kerepakupai Merú: 'waterfall of the deepest place.' After years of paddling rivers across...
Paraguay wasn't initially on our family travel radar when we left Marseille last spring, but this landlocked South American nation turned out to be one of our most memorable adventures yet. As someone who's splashed through Thailand's azure waters and...
There's something profoundly transformative about watching a herd of dust-painted red elephants amble across Tsavo's rust-colored plains at sunset. The first time I witnessed this spectacle—these magnificent creatures seemingly born from the earth itself—I understood why this place changed my...
Mon petit-fils often asks me, 'Mamie, when can we see the lions again?' It's been fifteen years since that company retreat first brought me to Kenya, transforming this game developer into an accidental wildlife photographer. Now, I return annually to...
The moment I stepped onto Trinidad's cobblestone streets, my surveyor's heart skipped a beat. This perfectly preserved colonial town, nestled between the Escambray Mountains and the Caribbean Sea, represents one of the most extraordinary architectural time capsules I've encountered in...
The Amazon rainforest has always held a special allure for me, not unlike the reverence I once felt standing in Lord's Cricket Ground for the first time. There's something sacred about these spaces—one a cathedral to human achievement, the other...
As someone who's spent decades documenting how sports reflect cultural identity, I've learned that to truly understand a place, you must immerse yourself in its rhythms, traditions, and daily life. Lagos—Nigeria's pulsating commercial heart—offers precisely this opportunity for the curious...
The morning fog hangs like a veil over the verdant slopes of Volcanoes National Park, just 48 hours after I was presenting climate resilience strategies in a sleek Kigali conference room. This juxtaposition exemplifies what makes Rwanda such a remarkable...