Posted in Q-and-A on Dec 6th, 2011 1 Comment »
WWF’s Whitney Kent recently traveled to Africa with her family to see mountain gorillas in the wild. We caught up with her to talk about the experience. How long did you have to hike before spotting the mountain gorillas? Was it a difficult climb? We did two gorilla treks in two separate days. The first [...]
Posted in Q-and-A on Nov 1st, 2011 No Comments »
Dennis Jorgensen is a WWF Program Officer in Montana, working to save the species of the Northern Great Plains and the habitat where they live, and we’re thrilled he’s able to join part of our new Exploring Montana’s Prairies tour. Q: What originally attracted you to the Northern Great Plains? A: My first experience in [...]
Posted in Photography, Q-and-A, Snorkeling on Sep 5th, 2011 No Comments »
Professional marine photojournalist Mauricio Handler has been capturing wildlife images for decades. It wasn’t until 2007, however, while leading a scuba diving outing in the Galapagos, that Handler, saw his first whale shark. Several years later he began photographing the world’s largest fish off the coast of Cancun, Mexico, where he sometimes finds schools by [...]
Posted in Q-and-A on Aug 31st, 2011 1 Comment »
When Wendy Goyert, a Program Officer for the Major Buyer Initiative in WWF’s Fisheries Program, isn’t working to promote sustainable management practices at fisheries around the world, chances are she’s traveling. In the fourth installment of our summer series Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going, we caught up with Wendy to chat about her travels. [...]
Posted in Q-and-A on Jul 14th, 2011 No Comments »
The second in our summer series introducing you to WWF employees as passionate about seeing the world’s wild places as they are about protecting them. Whitney Kent, Marketing Coordinator for WWF’s Corporate Partner Marketing Team, talks about her love of travel, books and meerkats. How did you catch the travel bug? My parents have always [...]
Posted in Q-and-A on Jul 8th, 2011 1 Comment »
WWF Media Manager Rhys Gerholdt journeyed to Churchill, Canada in March to assist ABC News with a polar bear news story. We caught up with him to get his thoughts on the experience. Your work centers around climate change. How did visiting Churchill and observing polar bears impact your views on the issue? My trip [...]
Posted in Q-and-A on Jun 20th, 2011 2 Comments »
The festivities commemorating WWF’s 50th anniversary this year celebrate not just where we’ve been as an organization, but also where we’re going. That theme has inspired our newest blog series – but we’re taking it more literally! Over the course of the summer, we’ll introduce you to WWF employees as passionate about seeing the world’s [...]
Posted in Q-and-A, Wildlife on May 9th, 2011 No Comments »
This guest blog comes to us from James Hendry of Wilderness Safaris, one of our tour operators in Africa. When I visit wild places, I am often torn between heading out on a drive or going for a walk. This pleasant quandary set me to thinking about what makes the two experiences so different. Driving [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Q-and-A on Nov 22nd, 2010 2 Comments »
Botswana is said to offer an experience of Africa as it used to be, still possessing the wonders that drew adventurers to the continent decades ago. We sat down with WWF Travel Director Debra Eliezer to talk about her experiences on a tented camp safari in the wild southern African nation. What sets Botswana apart [...]
Posted in Q-and-A on Nov 2nd, 2010 No Comments »
“Get up early in the mornings. I love watching everything start to come alive as the sun came up. I remember being in Botswana one morning when none of the other travelers were awake. The staff made us oatmeal over a campfire and we drank fresh coffee as elephants walked along the campsite to go [...]