![Exploring the Geography of Belonging](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/Exploring the Geography/Oriane%20Zebras.1a07daba.jpg)
by Debra Denker
A conversation between Voices for Biodiversity Senior Editor Debra Denker and author Oriane Lee Johnston about her book, The Geography of Belonging: A Love Story of Horses and Africa.
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by Tara Waters Lumpkin
"Depression is biological," The experts say. "Feel good! Take Prozac,
Read more![Fieldwork in Namibia](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Poetry/Fieldwork in Namibia/Thumbnail.5c8cf848.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
In old Africa: Dust stirred by bare feet and lions’ paws . . . Gone now.
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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![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…
Read more![Films for Kids: Wild and Scenic Film Festival](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Youth/KIds Film/FilmsforKids_EricSchlenker-Goodrich400x400.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
Formed in 1993 in Eugene, Oregon, the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) states its mission as using “the power of the law to defend and protect the American West’s treasured landscapes, iconic wildlife…
Read more![Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Taos, NM](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2013/05/ContentImage-1338-260200-8245351490_2746ef972c-150x150.84cdda71.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
The Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) produces an annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival, which travels from venue to venue each year. One place it comes to is the little town of Taos, New Mexico, home…
Read more![Brilliant Baboons Screened at Taos Shortz Film Festival](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2013/04/Prayer%20Flags.1d00087f.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
For the second year in a row, Izilwane—Voices for Biodiversity had one of its films accepted by the Taos Shortz Film Festival, a growing film festival that focuses specifically on films shorter than 28…
Read more![The Four Furies of the Southwest](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/DeBuys/Photo_2.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
President of Voices for Biodiversity, Dr. Tara Lumpkin, sits down with author William de Buys to talk about the four greatest threats to the fragile Southwestern ecosystems. How are the recent fires in…
Read more![Elephants in the Refuge](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Wasara Elephants/Photo_2.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Oriane Lee Johnston
Wasara Ranch and the Chiredzi River Land Conservancy in Zimbabwe is theoretically a place of refuge. But the flood of new settlers continues unchecked and has decimated the original Wasara ranch land,…
Read more![The Mozambique Horse Safari](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Mozambique Horse/Lee_Photo2.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Oriane Lee Johnston
In 2010, Oriane Lee Johnston Googled the terms Africa, Horse and Volunteer, ready for a new adventure. What she found was the website for Mozambique Horse Safari, complete with some of the most beautiful…
Read more![Bird Calls](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Bird Song/Glossy_Starling_Kruger_400x400.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
Bird song, I discovered, is different in southern Africa from anywhere else that I’ve traveled in the world -- louder, more melodic; an orchestra rather than a few musicians chirping. The meadow lark,…
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