I did a version of this for work (library) and had so much fun with it, I thought I’d post it here.
Like many others, I finally got my shot to see Hamilton with the movie release. Wow! It was the only time in weeks I became truly immersed in something and forgot the outside world for a while.
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August 12 is World Elephant Day. These amazing creatures are in crisis and it’s largely down to human behavior. In the past ten years, their numbers have decreased 62%.
See the World Elephant Day website for more information, including ways we can help.
Since education is always an important component of any venture, here’s a recommended reading list:
Last Chain on Billie by Carol Bradley. An examination of one elephant’s life in the context of a shameful history of abuse of circus animals in the U.S.
The Eye of the Elephant by Delia Owens and Mark Owens. The story of how one couple took on elephant poachers in Zambia and did their best to assist local communities at the same time.
Ivory: Power and Poaching in Africa by Keith Somerville. The ivory trade is the biggest threat elephants face. Poachers have decimated populations in order to get tusks to trade. Worse, much of the profit ends up funding terrorism. Don’t buy ivory!
One easy thing we all can do is limit our consumption of foods containing palm oil. Palm oil plantations have wiped out swaths of habitat for elephants and other wildlife.
Happy World Elephant Day! Let’s celebrate by working to save them.
Nomadic Noesis 