The Tree Foundation will be getting its first environmental educator for the Amazon canopy walkway: Pamela Montero Alvarez. Pamela is a Peruvian biologist with experience in protected areas and community-based management of natural resources, planning, and participatory tools for rural diagnosis. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate
Read more →
Blast from the Past — citizen science expeditions to the Amazon immerse students, families and citizens in tropical science and conservation. This was our 2006 expedition, find out about our 2019 expedition by signing up for email updates at the TREE Foundation website: https://treefoundation.org/subscribe/ or follow us
Read more →
As our plane began its descent toward Iquitos, Peru, I knew I was in for the adventure of a lifetime. I had been anxiously awaiting this trip – my very first international flight – for the past several months, but nothing could prepare me for what I
Read more →
Rebecca Tripp’s memories and photo gallery from the recent Amazon rain forest expedition in Peru, July 2015: I had such an amazing time in Peru! So many thanks to everyone who made this incredible experience possible – the incomparable “real-life Lorax” Dr. Meg Lowman, TREE Foundation, EcoTeach,
Read more →
The Cofán people of the Ecuadorian Amazon have been heavily affected by oil exploitation and colonization over the last few decades, but have survived and are currently managing 1 million acres of rainforest. Julio Rodríguez, an Ecuadorian Anthropology student, will be making a series of films to
Read more →
From The Eagle Grove Eagle: Albert Einstein once said, “The only source of knowledge is experience.” Lawrence “DC” Randle, brother of Rotary Senior Living Administrator Sam Boeke, has echoed that statement since he began his teaching career 30 years ago. He believes that the best way for
Read more →
Untamed Science presents a video of the Top 10 Things to Do in the Amazon. Filmed on a recent trip to the Peruvian Amazon with Dr. “CanopyMeg” Lowman.
Read more →
Read part three of Laurel C. Allen’s story about her “Amazon adventure” and her search for science. In part three Laurel takes a swim, finds dozens of venomous spiders, and encounters ayahuasca. The article is number three of a four-part series published in Indefinitely Wild. Read the
Read more →
