“Talking about nature conservation is the same as talking about human conservation”
Would you say you are a committed artist? Is this what is meant by the practice you call “translucency”? Well, especially in Western societies, it seems like many of us have lost connection with the environment, and with the pandemic, we may have lost track of even one another. “Translucency” is just a word that […]
“People die in the name of nature conservation in my immediate surroundings”
How is your life in South Africa? I am originally from Germany, and living in South Africa has been an adventure. I moved to South Africa just before the COVID-19 pandemic started. I was finishing my training and then I had to move back to Germany and go through quarantine and lockdown. Finally, I’ve managed […]
“I want my children to see and enjoy nature, but I’ve seen nature declining everywhere I’ve travelled”
How would you introduce yourself? My name is Jonathan Meyrav, I live in Israel, I’m married with three kids and I’m first and foremost a bird-watcher. I have been bird-watching since I was a child, and birds are my life. For the last 20 years, I have been working with Birdlife Israel, which is part […]
Volunteers meeting – 30 of September
Last 30 of September, TiME’s Israeli volunteers had a get-together in the beautiful Alonei Yitzhak grove. Hopefully more face-to-face meeting will come in the next months in some of the countries of the world where there are This is My Earth‘s volunteers!
“We can share the world more healthily”
We had the privilege to talk to Camille T. Dungy, poet and editor of the bestseller All We Can Save, about nature conservation, poetry and This is My Earth. In your poem “Characteristics of Life,” published in the book All We Can Save, the figure of the poet is presented as a powerful voice that […]
“Your donation goes to where it’s needed”
The only nature conservation nonprofit Jordi Vilanova knows in which 100% of your donation goes to where it’s needed is This is My Earth. “We need to integrate all sorts of knowledge,” the PhD student and TiME volunteer say. What brought you to study Ecology and Biology? Ecosystems and animals have always interested me. When […]