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Protected: Gift Economy holiday in The Gambia at Sandele Eco Retreat & Learning Centre

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Group photo shoot with Jason Florio, Kartong #ebolafree Gambia, West Africa

We traveled down to Kartong again this past weekend not only to work more on our sea turtle conservation story, but also to help out two of our best friends in The Gambia, Geri and Maurice – who run a truly peaceful eco lodge, ‘Sandele‘, in Kartong – on a campaign to raise awarenessContinue reading “Group photo shoot with Jason Florio, Kartong #ebolafree Gambia, West Africa”

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The hunter turned conservationist – protecting sea turtles in The Gambia, West Africa

Over the weekend, we made our way down to Kartong – the last village before the border of the Casamance – Southern Senegal, to stay with old friends, Maurice and Geri, at their eco lodge, Sandele. The main purpose of our visit was to interview LJ – an ex- local bush meat hunter, whoContinue reading “The hunter turned conservationist – protecting sea turtles in The Gambia, West Africa”

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Random photo of the day: Photos Tell Stories Gambian students ‘Home’ photography assignment

As part of the ‘Photos Tell Stories’ 4-day photography workshop, in The Gambia, our young students were given an assignment: ‘Home‘. During the workshop, photographer and tutor, Jason Florio, showed ‘Home‘ work from our contributing international photographers – such as Ben Lowy, Amy Toensing, Wayne Lawrence, Manjari Sharma, and Heloise Bergman – we then askedContinue reading “Random photo of the day: Photos Tell Stories Gambian students ‘Home’ photography assignment”