by blog-nelson | Apr 22, 2019 | Art Science and Creativity, Conservation, Roadless Project, Writings
The idea of earth day is funny when you think about it. Shouldn’t we always be thinking about the earth? After all, it’s the place where we live. The only one. This is it. Can’t upgrade or move to a new neighborhood. I used to be clueless about all...
by blog-nelson | Jan 2, 2012 | Random thoughts
Ten photos for the whole year? What was I thinking?? This is the second of two posts about 2011. The first part that covers Jan-June is here: “What was I thinking?”. If you just want to see the pics, scroll down. But here’s what I...
by blog-nelson | Oct 24, 2011 | Conservation, Featured
Land use change in the Transmara, from “Wildlife and People: Conflict and Conservation in Masai Mara, Kenya” by Noah Sitati Here’s a quickie to follow up on my post about elephant conflicts in Masai land. Quite a few people have written me back...
by blog-nelson | Sep 3, 2011 | Conservation
This is about a trip to a Samburu village that has decided to settle and abandon the nomadic lifestyle. Ingelai village is home to two ambassadors from the Grevy’s Zebra Trust. Visiting this village was a good thing for me. As I wrote earlier, I found it...
by blog-nelson | Jun 4, 2009 | Conservation, Roadless Project, Writings
October , 2007, 4:36 am The sun won’t rise for another hour or more, and it is pitch black beneath the trees. My headlamp illuminates only a small circle of steeply rising trail. The world is reduced, constricted by my limited senses. I hear mostly the crunch of my...
