Events
GreenFudge.org has compiled a comprehensive list of events from all over the world that concerns the environment, including: conferences, conventions, festivals and symposiums.
If you know of any upcoming event and you’d like us to add it to our calendar, please contact us at info@greenfudge.org with the name of the event, dates, places and any pertinent details.
List of upcoming events:
Earthwatch Expeditions: Coastal Ecology of the Bahamas
Additional Dates:
August 2 - 12
Join the race to provide data to protect the reefs and other natural resources of this unique island chain before they're gone forever!
Using GPS technology, you'll measure the shape of the shoreline and survey the animals found along it, plus help identify where different plants are found on the ground. You may also be involved in transplanting native plants, creating artificial reefs or recording human impact on the environment. You will need to be comfortable with snorkeling in shallow water for 3 hours at a time.
Information on accommodations will be provided at a later date. As for the meals, you will need to make your own breakfasts and field lunches. Dinner will be provided for you, but you will have to help with food preperation and clean up after dinner.
For more information contact: Expeditions@earthwatch.orgEarthwatch Expeditions: Amazon Riverboat Exploration
Additional Dates:
August 28 - September 11, 2010
September 16 - 30, 2010
November 16 - 30, 2010
December 4 - 18, 2010
Help conserve the Amazon Basin's pink dolphins, giant river otters, monkeys, turtles,
fish, macaws and more!
On this excursion, you will work with a team of Peruvian biologists to collect information about the wildlife in the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve. Your work will consist of taking surveys dolphins, fish, river turtles, macaws, peccaries, tapirs, deer, monkeys and game birds. Night efforts will include searching for caimans with a spotlight. You will also be talking with local people about their conservation efforts.
Travel down the Amazon will be on the Ayapua, a 33 meter, three deck boat, that contains a library, eight double cabins and one triple cabin (each of which is air conditioned and has a bathroom en suite). Towels and all toiletries are provided, with cabins cleaned daily and laundry done every few days. Meals are offered in the dining room, including roast beef, local delicacies, as well as coffee and tea. There is also 220 volt electricity available throughout the boat.
Along with conducting the research, you will also have the opportunity to interact with indigenous people from numerous villages. These people have always been open and friendly to visitors. The point of the research itself, however, is to develop sustainable conservation solutions for the region and it's inhabitants.
For more information contact: Expeditions@earthwatch.orgEarthwatch Expeditions: Tracking Baja's Black Sea Turtles
Additional Dates:
Nov. 25 - Dec. 1 (2010)
Protect endangered black sea turtles!
The blue tropical waters of San Ignacio Lagoon is your destination for this journey. Working from small boats and sea kayaks, you'll be helping researchers look for, track and observe the behavior of black sea turtles. You will also help capture them to collect data on their size and weight, track them using sonar and even perform seabed biodiversity sampling with a small, remotely-operated submersible vehicle.
Your wilderness camp, comprised of cabanas, will be right on the shores of the San Ignacio Lagoon. Meals will be of the Mexican and Baja variety, served in an open thatched hut. The showers are solar-heated, and there are flush and composting toilets.
The camp you will be at is located in an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve at the edge of a coastal desert. The research itself will be done within the lagoon and also along the coastal waters of Baja California, from Punta Abreojos to San Juanico.
For more information contact: Expeditions@earthwatch.orgEarthwatch Expeditions: Samburu Communities and Wildlife
Additional Dates:
July 3 - 15 (2010)
Oct. 18 - 30 (2010)
Nov. 18 - 30 (2010)
Dec. 27 - Jan. 8 (2010-2011)
Work with the Samburu people of Kenya to protect biodiversity, promote sustainable economies, and manage human interactions with wildlife!
On this expedition, you will help monitor all of Kenya's large predators: wild dogs, lions, cheetahs, striped and spotted hyenas, and leopards. While visiting villages, you will investigate kill sites, study dens, and discuss livestock conflicts with the residents. You will also help to identify and geo-reference carnivore dens, establish carnivore presence and density within community areas through spoor sampling, and use camera traps at dens, kills and homesteads. You will be involved in tracking radio-collared animals, and also in visiting Samburu homesteads to conduct surveys on livestock management methods and daily carnivore interactions.
And that's only the beginning! From 4x4 vehicles, you will count and photograph zebras to help monitor the population. You'll help find better ways to manage their competition with humans and to protect all 2,000 of them in the area. You will be counting and photographing adult and young Grevy's zebras of both genders on community lands to monitor population size, structure and distribution. Recording GPS locations, activities and other details of livestock, people and wildlife you observe will also be necessary to complete your surveys.
Last, but certainly not least, you will be working with local communities to identify medicinal plants, document their uses and investigate whether some could purify water for drinking. You'll interview local residents to find out their uses of the plants, such as what ailments they treat or which modes of harvesting are used. You'll also help identify and collect plants in the field, determine their abundance and distribution, and process them by tagging, pressing and drying. And you will help with community questionnaire data entry, such as recording species and local names of medicinal plants sold in markets, what they treat, their volumes, sources, pricing, the amounts sold and the frequency of market visits.
You will have a charter flight over spectacular vistas from Nairobi to the village of Wamba, where you'll stay in shared basic rooms in the foothills of the Matthews Range. There is electricity, hot showers, flush toilets, laboratories, work spaces, common areas and a kitchen here. Meals will be made mostly from a Western menu.
For more information contact: Expeditions@earthwatch.orgEarthwatch Expeditions: Climate Change, Canopies and Wildlife
Additional Dates:
July 18 - 28
July 30 - August 9
Survey the rainforest and canopies of the Ecuadorian Andes for spectacled bears, jaguars, and ocelots in this biodiversity hotspot!
Be sure to bring your hiking shoes to this one--you'll be hiking across mountainous terrain every day to a different research area. You'll survey key carnivore and bird species, as well as plants associated with them to determine abundance and distribution. To do this, you'll set up camera traps to record the carnivores, conduct bird surveys, and you'll also set up a tree canopy camera to capture canopy species and collect botanical samples. You'll photography and identify tracks found around the traps and you'll also get to play with a remote control helicopter. The helicopter will be used to take aerial photos and "ground truth" them by matching the photos to the tops of the trees in the forest. Along with the photos, you'll also be counting and measuring trees, determining canopy cover and identifying different types of plants.
Your stay will be at the Santa Lucia Lodge, which provides shared rooms, conventional and composting toilets, and nice hot showers. The lodge is lit by candlelight at nighttime and meals will include both Ecuadoran and international cuisine, both using organic produce from the garden.
For more information contact: Expeditions@earthwatch.orgEarthwatch Expeditions: Climate Change and Landscape in Borneo's Rainforest
Additional Dates:
July 29 - August 7 (2010)
Help scientists carry out vital research to assess the impact of land use and climate change in Borneo's tropical rainforests to inform future conservation and restoration programs!
On this expedition, you will be studying the impact of logging and land use on the forests, as well as finding how how resilient the forests are when faced with climate change. You will be hiking deep into the rainforest with a team of scientists and researchers to assess the structure of the forest, how plants and animals within the forest have been affected by logging and fragmentation, and how these disruptions have affected soil erosion, moisture and decomposition.
Accommodations will be at both the Danum Valley Field Centre and Malua Base Camp. Both places provide basic dorm-like rooms, conventional showers, western toilets, a washing machine and electric fans. The food you eat will be basic Malaysian home cooking, consisting of things like: rice, vegetables, chicken and/or fish.
For more information contact: Expeditions@earthwatch.orgEarthwatch Expeditions: Climate Change and Caterpillars in Ecuador
Explore the fascinating world of caterpillars to see how they protect themselves and respond to changes in their habitats!
On this expedition, you will be working with a team of researchers to collect caterpillars and their host plants. In the open-air laboratory, you will raise the caterpillars through all stages of their life and monitor their activity and relationships with plants and parasites.
Accommodations will be based at the Yanayacu Biological Station. You will share a basic room with other members, and there is hot water, flush toilets and electricity available. Food will be Latin American cuisine. In the area, you may see a number of mammals, birds, reptiles and insects.
For more information, contact: Expeditions@earthwatch.orgEarthwatch Expeditions: Climate Change and Caterpillars in Arizona
Explore the fascinating world of caterpillars to see how they protect themselves and respond to changes in their habitats!
Believe it or not, caterpillars are an important species in the natural world. On this expedition, you will be collecting caterpillars and their host plants. You will then help scientists at the Southwest Research Station determine what type they are, if they've been attacked by parasites and which plants they favor.
The station offers rustic rooms for accommodations, as well as electricity, plumbing and some internet access. Food will be typical American cuisine. In your spare time, you can check out the Riparian Forest, including native wildlife and juniper and pinyon pine trees. There are also some neat mountains and rock formations in the area.
For more information, contact: Expeditions@earthwatch.orgEarthwatch Expeditions: Bahamian Reef Survey
Help monitor coral reef health and combat climate change!
While snorkeling through the reefs, you will learn how to survey the coral and other reef life, map out transect sites and take measurements, and test water chemistry. You'll also be doing work on land, including mapping the coral in tidal pools and monitoring beach profile data for changes. You'll also help improve the methods for repairing or rebuilding reefs that have been damaged by nature and man-made threats.
Accommodations on this expedition are provided by the Gerace Research Center, a former US Naval base. That being said, the rooms are former officer quarters, containing a fan, sink, and adjoining shared bathrooms. Meals provided will be simple, yet filling; with the occasional trip to a local restaurant.
San Salvador is the most well known as the place where Christopher Columbus set foot in 1492. The interior is mostly uninhabited and full of hypersaline lakes. The harbor where Columbus landed, has remained mostly unchanged over the centuries.
For more information contact: Expeditions@earthwatch.org
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