Tag: Zeitz Foundation
At the Heart of The Long Run is the Zeitz Foundation’s Commitment to Learning
Core to the work and vision of The Long Run is the importance of collaboration and learning. The approach adopted by the Zeitz Foundation in all that it does is underlain by these two basic processes.
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Species Preservation and Private Conservation
by Professor Jeff Langholz Zeitz Foundation friend and Associate Professor of International Environmental Policy at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (Monterey, California, USA), Dr. Jeff Langholz, spends most of his time researching, identifying, and evaluating innovative approaches for integrating biodiversity, conservation, economic development, and social well being worldwide.
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Environmental Film “Home” Approaches Conservation Awareness through the Eyes of One of Our World’s Most Distinguished Photographers
When the photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand met the producers Denis Carot, Luc Besson and François-Henri Pinault, they imagined a film documentary project about environmental issues. The result is a magnificent experience consisting of aerial images made famous by Arthus-Bertrand’s bird’s eye perspective.
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Global launch of The Long Run
The Zeitz Foundation launches its first initiative - The Long Run.
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Is It “The End of the Line” For Fisheries around the World?
“The End of the Line”, the inaugural winner of the PUMA.Creative Impact Award, is a documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on the world’s oceans. The PUMA.Creative Impact Award is one of the newest additions to PUMA’s list of creative awards and is focused on honouring documentaries which have a significant impact on world issues. This 50,000 Euro Award was established by Jochen Zeitz, CEO Sport & Lifestyle Group and CSO of PPR and Chairman of the Board of PUMA and founder of the Zeitz Foundation. While the financial reward is aimed at encouraging best practice in the filmmaking community, the main impetus for the Award is to draw attention to the role of film to creatively and effectively convey messages of social justice, peace and environmental issues around the world.
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ZEITZ FOUNDATION APRIL NEWSLETTER
Welcome to the second issue of the Zeitz Foundation newsletter. As we look back over the past year, I am very pleased by what has been achieved. Our Long Run Alliance is poised to grow, adding new members to expand our current network in the months to come and with three new Long Run Alliance Members joining recently: Tenuta di Spannocchia in Italy; Vista Alegre in Brazil; and Cottars Camp in Kenya.
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Sukutan Spring
When you hear the words Sukutan Spring, your mind may fly to the recent spate of political ‘springs’ that have been the subject of much media attention in the recent past, or conjure up images of budding flowers and trees. But the Sukutan Spring is an actual natural spring that for centuries has been the source of water for the people of Sukutan – a small community in Laikipia District in Kenya, which shares a border with Segera ranch. Sadly, a dark cloud looms over this spring that has for so long supported the lives of the hundreds of people in Sukutan, their cattle and the wildlife in the area - that of climate change.
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