Earthwatch works closely with local communities to gather scientific data and implement conservation plans.
Earthwatch's research areas include:
The protection of endangered species
Conserving threatened habitats
Mitigating human/wildlife conflicts for land and water resources
Sustainable resource management
Understanding the effects of climate change on habitats, people and animals.
Music
Movies
An Inconvenient Truth
Television
A Year on Earth, Big Cat Diaries, Meerkat Manor, Nick Baker's Weird Creatures, Spring Watch, Autumn Watch, Planet Earth, Voyages of Discovery and Other Extraordinary Adventures.
Books
Silent Spring
Heroes
All Earthwatch volunteers and scientists, Wangari Maathai, Rachel Carson, Kate Humble, Paul Harris (photographer), Jane Goodall, Gerald Durrell and many more.
Earthwatch is an international environmental charity that brings science to life for people concerned about the Earth's future. Founded in 1971, Earthwatch supports scientific field research by offering volunteers the opportunity to join research expeditions around the world.
Earthwatch recruits close to 4,000 volunteers every year to collect field data in the areas of rainforest ecology, wildlife conservation, marine science, and many more. Through this process, Earthwatch involve, educate, and inspire a diversity of people, who actively contribute to conserving our planet.
There are currently 130 Earthwatch expeditions worldwide and they all need the support of volunteers - without your help we simply couldn't gather all the information that we need to make a difference.
Check out how you can help at www.earthwatch.org
I just did the Dolphins of Greece Expedition back in Sept. It was truly amazing. I work for Heal the Bay in Santa Monica, CA; it was so relevant to what I do now w/ oceanic conservation, and I'm so glad I did it!
Young people in China will get a chance to debate urgent questions of how to live, what to buy and how to reduce their carbon footprint with young people in the rest of the world in chinadialogue.net’s pioneering Cooler Living forum launched this week.
• Articles written by experts and young people from China, the US, and around the world on sustainable consumption • A bilingual forum for online debate across the language barrier between Chinese and British students on climate change and personal responsibility
• Exclusive features on the music business and climate change in the run up to the Live Earth concerts
• An online photo competition for young people
• An instant debate page to talk about the hot issues that affect young people’s lives and futures
Bahamas Family Trip -- I want to go! I can bring 4 people, but we need more than that for the trip to run, we are two moms and two boys ages 10 & 11 -- anyone else interested?
www.earthwatch.org/expeditions/sullivan_family.html
June 11-18.
Thanks for adding me as a friend! I took part in the cocoa biodiversity project in Ghana last July in partnership with Cadbury Schweppes. Check out my page for some photo's. Thanks for a truly life changing experience that I feel priveleged to have been a part of!
Kelly
Have booked "Mammals of Nova Scotia" - to go in August - Cannot wait - have always wanted to go to Canada and see the amazing scenery and wildlife..and NOW I AM - way hay!
Hi,
Thanks for the add.
I participated in The Macaws of the Peruvian Amazon in Feb '06, it was the most beautiful place, where I met a lot of fascinating people, in particular Don Brightsmith the project scientist. And as for the wildlife, it was amazing. Being able to offer a small amount of help towards a conservation is a huge privilege. I have now returned to college to study a FdSC Animal Science (Bird Biology) with the dream to work in South America on further research projects, mainly to work with Hyacinth Macaws.
Many thanks for a life changing experience, and keep up the good work.
Stuart McGeachie
