Chimp-n-Sea http://www.chimp-n-sea.org Fri, 10 May 2013 01:22:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Yosina to sail Saleh Bay, Sumbawa, Indonesia http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=366 http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=366#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 01:14:15 +0000 chimp-n-sea http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=366 Continue reading →]]> Yosina, before renovations. Chimp-n-Sea co-founders Mark Laxer and Sara Lourie spent 5 1/2 weeks in Indonesia, working with Jari Foundation, a local NGO, in part to purchase and plan modifications for Yosina, a 51′ boat to be used for marine conservation and education.

]]> http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?feed=rss2&p=366 0 View Ian Redmond’s talk at Chimp-n-Sea headquarters! http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=354 http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=354#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:25:58 +0000 chimp-n-sea http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=354
View video of renowned ape and elephant conservationist, Ian Redmond, at Chimp-n-Sea headquarters. Brief appearance made by BORGo (played by Mark Laxer, President of Chimp-n-Sea).

http://youtu.be/vnu_hSxemvA

]]> http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?feed=rss2&p=354 0 Virtual Ecotourism Update http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=278 http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=278#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:41:00 +0000 chimp-n-sea http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=278 Continue reading →]]>
The vEco team is very proud to announce that the virtual ecotourism project has been chosen, out of over 350 applicants, to advance to Stage Two of the Digital Media and Learning Badges Competition.Read the full story on our project blog page.

 

]]> http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?feed=rss2&p=278 0 “Gorillas and the Mist” – a swinging success! http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=172 http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=172#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:02:09 +0000 chimp-n-sea http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/test/wordpress/?p=172 Continue reading →]]>
Guest Post from Sara Lourie, Co-founder of the Chimp-n-Sea Wildlife Conservation Fund

“Imagine you’re in a forest, deep in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo . . . there are strange noises up above . . .”

The barn is dark, sounds of insects fill the air, a tree nearby shakes, and a shadowy figure moves among the branches. Suddenly there is a vocalization, a flurry of limbs and a great ape swings into view . . .

The great ape is none other than renowned scientist and conservationist Ian Redmond, and the barn is the headquarters of Chimp-n-Sea Wildlife Conservation Fund in Johnson. It was early October when Ian Redmond swung to Vermont from England to share a talk accompanied by incredible, intimate footage of gorillas he’d captured while working with the late Dian Fossey (Ian was one of Dian’s research assistants). Ian spoke of his personal connection with these incredible apes, our close cousins, and about the effects of climate change, not only on gorillas but also on their habitats and all of Earth’s support systems.

He spoke of the stories that we tell ourselves about our place in nature while Borgo, a human-ape hybrid contributed a reading from Mark Laxer’s The Monkey Bible (an exploration of the line between human and non-human primates, and the role of religion in conservation).

Lively discussions followed.

Ian Redmond literally swinging into the event!

Proceeds from the event, which was a successful inauguration of the barn at 480 Hogback Road, went to the Ape Alliance. Ian also spoke to students at Cambridge Elementary School, and Lamoille Union High School in well-received and inspirational events. Mark Laxer and Sara Lourie, co-founders of Chimp-n-Sea were proud to present this event in association with Cold Hollow to Canada (and beyond!). They hope to hold future wildlife, storytelling, and conservation events at their barn. For more information about Chimp-n-Sea or to receive information about future events email: info@chimp-n-sea.org. For more information about The Monkey Bible see: www.monkeybible.com.  A video of the event will be posted soon, please check back in early December for details.

]]> http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?feed=rss2&p=172 0 Ishasha Journal – A story of human-wildlife conflict http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=167 http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=167#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:48:05 +0000 chimp-n-sea http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/test/wordpress/?p=167
Read Virtual Ecotourism director Mark Laxer’s latest story, a thrilling account of human-wildlife conflict and the tough challenges of conservation in Ishasha, Uganda.

Ishasha Journal – A story of human wildlife conflict by Mark Laxer

Photo Credit: Mark Laxer, 2011

]]> http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?feed=rss2&p=167 1 Virtual Ecotourism Project Blog http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=115 http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=115#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:35:53 +0000 chimp-n-sea http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/test/wordpress/?p=115 Continue reading →]]>
We are currently working on an exciting Virtual Ecotourism project (invented by Chimp-n-Sea co-founder Mark Laxer) and our blog website has just gone live. You can visit it here http://www.vecotourism.org/news/.

What is Virtual Ecotourism, you may ask?

Briefly, vEcotourism is a tool which aims to stop environmental degradation by connecting the general public to conservation groups and surroundings communities in ecologically sensitive areas. This is done by hosting state of the art on-line virtual tours. The audience can be school groups, families, armchair travellers or conservation professionals, and all virtual ecotourists experience distant locations in real-time, complete with images, sound and an in-the-field tour guide.

vEcotourism expands the benefits and impacts of ecotourism beyond its traditional borders

by bringing it to an entirely new audience without any additional physical impacts on conservation areas. The project has three major components: hosting and showcasing virtual tours to a global audience via the Internet, training local tour guides and providing communities with an alternate livelihood from the tours, and using recorded tours for community outreach with the goal of decreasing environmental degradation.

 

]]> http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?feed=rss2&p=115 0 The Latest from the Chimp-n-Sea Wildlife Conservation Fund http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=36 http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=36#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:27:22 +0000 chimp-n-sea http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/test/wordpress/?p=36
Welcome to the new Chimp-n-Sea webpage. We are currently renovating, but please feel free to look around!

]]> http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?feed=rss2&p=36 0 Gorilla Expert Ian Redmond http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=32 http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=32#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:26:33 +0000 chimp-n-sea http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/test/wordpress/?p=32
4th October 2011 – Join us for an amazing illustrated talk by Ian Redmond OBE, renowned conservationist, UN Ambassador for the Great Apes, and Chairman of the Ape Alliance.

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]]> http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?feed=rss2&p=32 0 Update on the International Floating Marine Park http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=29 http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=29#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:25:32 +0000 chimp-n-sea http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/test/wordpress/?p=29
Chimp-n-Sea is partnered with Yayasan Jari in Indonesia on the International Floating Marine Park Project. The project is headed by Sara Lourie, a renowned seahorse conservationist and co-founder of the Chimp-n-Sea Wildlife Conservation Fund.

]]> http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?feed=rss2&p=29 0 The Monkey Bible http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=26 http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/?p=26#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:22:22 +0000 chimp-n-sea http://www.chimp-n-sea.org/test/wordpress/?p=26 Continue reading →]]>
Chimp-n-Sea’s vEcotourism project is described in Mark Laxer’s recently released book, The Monkey Bible!

“ [Mark Laxer]…brings Aldous Huxley into the genetic age.”  –Dr. Richard Wrangham, Harvard University

“…a rollicking good read…should be on the reading list for every biology and religious studies course.”  –Ian Redmond, OBE, Chief Consultant, GRASP – UNEP/UNESCO Great Ape Survival

Students may download this book, and its companion rock musical, for free.

For more information on The Monkey Bible, please visit http://www.monkeybible.com/.

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