elephants

Ready to get wild this holiday season? Well, look no further. Break out your uber-hawt jungle safari costumes and throw down for a night of fashion and celebration to save elephants.
Portland’s fashion elite have joined forces with the conservation community to throw a wild couture fashion show featuring local,… Read the rest

Elephants are dying and nearing extinction in places such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
… You can read that and then go on checking the endless rounds of Facebook updates or your e-mail… OR you can help.
Donate to the Elephant Ivory Project (it’s tax-deductible), and 100 percent … Read the rest

Drunk Animals – For more of the funniest videos, click here
This ‘Drunk Animals’ clip, which has over a million views on YouTube, is one of the highlights of the 1974 nature documentary, Animals are Beautiful People. But a study published in the March/April 2006 issue of the journal Physiological … Read the rest

Andy Maser of Rivers in Demand is the man. Not only is he a National Geographic Young Explorer, but he’s the one who organized Portland’s 350.org kayak event on the Willamette River a few weeks ago. He’s also one of Wend’s Global iWend Ambassadors. In fact, he has an article… Read the rest

This great photo comes via The Goat and is an excellent reminder that whenever you’re out in the wild, it’s incredibly important to keep an eye out for wildlife… in all directions! In fact it’s the number one rule of photography recommended by National Geographic photographer Tim Greenleaf who took… Read the rest

How to make paper out of elephant poo @ Yahoo! Video
Ok, so it’s probably not so feasible as a DIY since most of us don’t have a herd of elephants in our backyard, but the idea for making paper from elephant waste is sort of intriguing. If you think… Read the rest