I am planning an epic trip from the UK, through numerous European countries visiting various wildlife sanctuaries where efforts are being made to ensure the survival of endangered species around the globe, and where people are being taught the importance of maintaining the flora and fauna we have left. The European part of the trip will end, finally, in Sicily where we will board a ship or plane over to Somalia. From there we will travel down Africa, finally ending in South Africa then heading up the coast to Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. I hope to be ready to travel, by motorcycle, this time next year. The entire trip will be documented, and we hope to get a number of people to come along. Funds raised from the proceeds of the sale of the footage, will be used to help fund various humanitarian/wildlife efforts and possibly to help us embark upon similar efforts of our own.
Moving here to a first world country has made me realize that I cannot live a 9 to 5 existence. I need to be doing something that I perceive as useful. My quest now, is to generate enough interest in this epic journey, one of discovery and adventure, with a purpose. If anyone is interested in joining this adventure, please post a comment. If interested, look at earlier entries on this blog to see the sort of humanitarian/wildlife stuff I am referring to. Hope to hear from people who are passionate about this sort of thing, and determined to make a difference.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Missing Home
Mud Island is OK, but so built up and basically I yearn for the African bush....it's in my blood. I miss not being able to walk bare foot or in flip-flops, I miss the heat, I miss the animals, I miss the dangers of handling venomous snakes or walking in areas where other dangerous animals live......everything about the bush, I miss.
Maybe, after the long, cold winter here, I will get to see and learn more about the countryside and its wildlife, but I fear that after what I have been accustomed to, it will be mild and relatively unexciting.
Maybe, after the long, cold winter here, I will get to see and learn more about the countryside and its wildlife, but I fear that after what I have been accustomed to, it will be mild and relatively unexciting.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Pelicans!!
Iniaki and I went into the park yesterday and saw a massive flock of White Pelicans in breeding plumage feeding in the river. They were very organised and split into fishing groups of 20 to 30 birds and moving back and forth along a short stretch of the Urema River, beating the water with their wings and stirring the fish into a frenzy. A sight to behold!
Pics to follow....
Pics to follow....
Saturday, July 26, 2008
How to kill pests without killing yourself or the earth; Comment from Stephen Tvedten
How to kill pests without killing yourself or the earth......
There are about 50 to 60 million insect species on earth - we have named only about 1 million and there are only about 1 thousand pest species - already over 50% of these thousand pests are already resistant to our volatile, dangerous, synthetic pesticide POISONS. We accidentally lose about 25,000 to 100,000 species of insects, plants and animals every year due to "man's footprint". But, after poisoning the entire world and contaminating every living thing for over 60 years with these dangerous and ineffective pesticide POISONS we have not even controlled much less eliminated even one pest species and every year we use/misuse more and more pesticide POISONS to try to "keep up"! Even with all of this expensive and unnecessary pollution - we lose more and more crops and lives to these thousand pests every year.
We are losing the war against these thousand pests mainly because we insist on using only synthetic pesticide POISONS and fertilizers There has been a severe "knowledge drought" - a worldwide decline in agricultural R&D, especially in production research and safe, more effective pest control since the advent of synthetic pesticide POISONS and fertilizers. Today we are like lemmings running to the sea insisting that is the "right way". The greatest challenge facing humanity this century is the necessity for us to double our global food production with less land, less water, less nutrients, less science, frequent droughts, more and more contamination and ever-increasing pest damage.
National Poison Prevention Week, March 18-24,2007 was created to highlight the dangers of poisoning and how to prevent it. One study shows that about 70,000 children in the USA were involved in common household pesticide-related (acute) poisonings or exposures in 2004. At least two peer-reviewed studies have described associations between autism rates and pesticides (D'Amelio et al 2005; Roberts EM et al 2007 in EHP). It is estimated that 300,000 farm workers suffer acute pesticide poisoning each year just in the United States - No one is checking chronic contamination.
In order to try to help "stem the tide", I have just finished re-writing my IPM encyclopedia entitled: THE BEST CONTROL II, that contains over 2,800 safe and far more effective alternatives to pesticide POISONS. This latest copyrighted work is about 1,800 pages in length and is now being updated at my new website at http://www.thebestcontrol2.com .
This new website at http://www.thebestcontrol2.com has been basically updated; all we have left to update is Chapter 39 and to renumber the pages. All of these copyrighted items are free for you to read and/or download. There is simply no need to POISON yourself or your family or to have any pest problems.
Stephen L. Tvedten
There are about 50 to 60 million insect species on earth - we have named only about 1 million and there are only about 1 thousand pest species - already over 50% of these thousand pests are already resistant to our volatile, dangerous, synthetic pesticide POISONS. We accidentally lose about 25,000 to 100,000 species of insects, plants and animals every year due to "man's footprint". But, after poisoning the entire world and contaminating every living thing for over 60 years with these dangerous and ineffective pesticide POISONS we have not even controlled much less eliminated even one pest species and every year we use/misuse more and more pesticide POISONS to try to "keep up"! Even with all of this expensive and unnecessary pollution - we lose more and more crops and lives to these thousand pests every year.
We are losing the war against these thousand pests mainly because we insist on using only synthetic pesticide POISONS and fertilizers There has been a severe "knowledge drought" - a worldwide decline in agricultural R&D, especially in production research and safe, more effective pest control since the advent of synthetic pesticide POISONS and fertilizers. Today we are like lemmings running to the sea insisting that is the "right way". The greatest challenge facing humanity this century is the necessity for us to double our global food production with less land, less water, less nutrients, less science, frequent droughts, more and more contamination and ever-increasing pest damage.
National Poison Prevention Week, March 18-24,2007 was created to highlight the dangers of poisoning and how to prevent it. One study shows that about 70,000 children in the USA were involved in common household pesticide-related (acute) poisonings or exposures in 2004. At least two peer-reviewed studies have described associations between autism rates and pesticides (D'Amelio et al 2005; Roberts EM et al 2007 in EHP). It is estimated that 300,000 farm workers suffer acute pesticide poisoning each year just in the United States - No one is checking chronic contamination.
In order to try to help "stem the tide", I have just finished re-writing my IPM encyclopedia entitled: THE BEST CONTROL II, that contains over 2,800 safe and far more effective alternatives to pesticide POISONS. This latest copyrighted work is about 1,800 pages in length and is now being updated at my new website at http://www.thebestcontrol2.com .
This new website at http://www.thebestcontrol2.com has been basically updated; all we have left to update is Chapter 39 and to renumber the pages. All of these copyrighted items are free for you to read and/or download. There is simply no need to POISON yourself or your family or to have any pest problems.
Stephen L. Tvedten
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