Tag: culture
Education, Sport and Segera—the teaming up of vital links in the Laikipia community
Segera is in the process of developing learning opportunities on the retreat that engage students in conservation and wildlife awareness, both within the classroom and in the field.
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Wanås: Where Art and Nature Collide…Peacefully
The 2009 programme of the Wanås Foundation revolves around the environment. This year’s art exhibition, “Footprints”, addresses man’s relationship to nature. The Foundation applies environmentally sustainable habits to its daily practice. Two ecological university projects are realised in collaboration with the Foundation.
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Monte Azul Celebrates Resident Artist Karla Solano
Karla Solano is a member of a new generation of Costa Rican artists who have challenged a relatively conservative art scene in their own country, while coming of age with the arrival of digital media.
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Monte Azul Head of Printmaking, Álvaro Gómez, Also a Maker of Lush, Sensual Paintings
Alvaro Gomez, head of printmaking at Monte Azul Press, has recently directed his attention towards his paintings on canvas. These works, largely abstract landscapes, capture Alvaro’s love of Costa Rica’s rainforest and rural countryside.
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Community Integral to the Segera Mission
As a developing Long Run Destination, Segera enhances the livelihoods of its neighbours through provision of employment and income generating opportunities linked to conservation of the natural resource base, educational opportunities, and the support of cultural activities.
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About Chumbe Island
Chumbe Island Coral Park, Ltd. (CHICOP) is a pioneering model for utilising sustainable eco-tourism principles to fully finance the management and conservation efforts of a unique island ecosystem. CHICOP operates as a private non-profit company and was established in 1991 for the management and conservation of Chumbe Island’s ecosystem. Chumbe is a small, uninhabited coral island of 22 ha, located 8 miles southwest of Zanzibar town, Tanzania.
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Amadou & Mariam Meet President Barack Obama and perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo
The Long Run’s very own ambassadors for Culture (Art), Amadou and Mariam were rubbing shoulders with President Barack Obama recently as they joined other artists and stars such as Wyclef Jean and Will Smith at the Oslo Spektrum for the Nobel Peace Prize Concert on the 11th December.
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