Two thousand and eight hundred miles; the equivalent of running between Lands End and John O’Groats three times! This is the distance my husband and I have now run through the continent of South America. And nearly every step of the way has been alongside wire fences; enclosing the sheep, cattle and goats that graze …
We’ve finally reached the city of San Miguel de Tucuman. We’ve been dreaming of reaching it for months, because it’s past the fold on our map! It means we are inching our way closer and closer to Bolivia and all things north- hooray! A few thoughts and news, including the latest “one-shoe episode”: We gave …
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Click here to find a “recipe” for homemade 100% ecofriendly wetwipes!! Good for a tight budget, too! Since we left San Carlos de Bariloche, approximately 1,200 miles away, we have passed less than a handful of rivers on our route – it’s incredibly dry this side of the Andes mountain range, living in the world’s biggest …
It started in the morning with our collecting water from a policeman. He advised us that there was a structure about 10 miles away where we could take shelter for the night. We should have known better
People around the world acknowledge the importance of forests and trees to humankind and the survival of our planet. But grasslands; the wind-torn steppe of South America or rolling prairies of Northern America; surely these do not score highly in the global index of priority conservation habitats? Wrong. This diminutive habitat is in fact an …
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¡Muchas gracias por tus preguntas, Tom! 8 años, de Copplestone, Devon (Reino Unido) P. 1: ¿Es muy cansador? Es más cansador de lo que jamás imaginamos. Algo así como si jugaras al fútbol todos los días, 4 horas cada día, arrastrando a tu hermana de 10 años atrás tuyo todo el tiempo. Lo único que …
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Help us protect some of the last remaining wildlands in Bolivia, home to macaws, jaguars and anteaters.. During the coming months of the expedition, we’ll be running 20 miles per day in a bid to secure over 5000 GBP for BirdLife International and their partner Armonía, who are working to protect critically endangered species and habitats. We have …
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Servicios de ecosistemas Los servicios de ecosistemas se ocupan de los tres beneficios que el hombre obtiene del medioambiente. En los últimos años los científicos han comenzado a evaluar también su valor financiero relativo para la humanidad, especialmente cuando los ecosistemas son modificados y degradados y no pueden cumplir con sus funciones originales: Agua limpia …
Te zumban en la oreja, se arrastran sobre tu piel, se esconden enroscados adentro de tus botas o se posan –todos juntos como en nubes- atontados, sobre manzanas podridas. Hay que tener una personalidad especial para apreciar las virtudes de estos vecinos de seis y ocho patas. Invertebrados; estos bichos peludos, con colmillos aterradores, pinchudos …
Ecosystem Services concern the free benefits humans derive from the natural world. Scientists have recently begun to evaluate their relative financial value to humankind, especially as ecosystems are modified and degrade and can no longer provide their original functions: Humans are dependent on healthy soils for