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Joined: Jun 21 2010
Crissy Canlas
I knew I was a conservationist when:
I took a Halloween group oath (too seriously perhaps than the other kids) to avoid littering when I was just 10 years old. Funnily enough, I was dressed as a tree. It snowballed from there. Since 2003, I have been involved in coastal resource management as a trainer and environmental communications specialist. It has been both a frustrating and extremely gratifying experience. Last 2007, I added solid waste management as a concern I would like to be part of the solution to. It can literally be dirty work at times, but I am happy to be both a brown and green environmentalist.
- Philippines
Joined: Apr 20 2010
Rully Prayoga
Role: Campaign Manager (CM), Course Manager (PPM), Rare Staff (RS)
Organizations: Rare
- Indonesia
Joined: Feb 10 2010
Stuart Green
Job Title: Director, Philippines, PEP
Role: Course Manager (PPM), Rare Staff (RS)
Organizations: Rare
I knew I was a conservationist when: I joined my first dynamite fishing trip to the North of Bohol, Philippines (my home in 1995) in a place called the Danajon Bank and watched literally everything blown up by a group of poor fishers (poor literally and educationally) - dynamiting was their "livelihood" and back then there was very little stigma associated with dynamite fishing and they were in fact very proud and macho dynamiters! After seeing that I realized it wasn't so much that these people were "bad", they were just doing what they knew best - but it did tell me the whole "system" was wrong and there was lots for me to do.. I still haven't left 15 years on and there is still lot's to do!
- Philippines
Joined: Feb 9 2010
Perla Copernik
I knew I was a conservationist when:
Since I watched the first Jaques Cousteau documentary. That's why I studiesd biology and later migrated to communications to help raise awareness about wildlife and nature conservation
- United States of America
Joined: Jan 26 2010
Liliana Andrea Martinez Sarmiento
Job Title: Bióloga Especiealista en Manejo Integrado del Medio Ambiente
Organizations: Corpoguavio
- Colombia
Joined: Aug 25 2009
Dave Kramer
Job Title: Program Officer for Institutional Development
I knew I was a conservationist when: I stepped foot in Acadia National Park at age 11.
- Latin America and the Caribbean
Joined: Aug 7 2009
Mike Skuja
I knew I was a conservationist when: My father took me camping at age 6.
