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Sun bears make a fashion statement


Spoon+Fork, a New York City based creative service agency, is promoting sun bear conservation awareness and raising funds through a new line of tote bags it helped launch for the fashion and eco conscious consumer. The idea for the tote bags came about after sun bear expert and UFP member Siew Te Wong sp… Continue

Posted on November 13, 2009 at 3:40pm —

Jeanette McDermott

Bear Bile Tourism in Vietnam


There is a dirty little secret in Vietnam, and it's called Korean Bear Tourism.

ENV, a wildlife watchdog group in Vietnam, has documented busloads of Korean tourists visiting bear farms where they witness a bear bile extraction, taste bear bile wine, and buy products made from bear body parts. T… Continue

Posted on September 10, 2009 at 10:32pm —

Jeanette McDermott

A Miracle for Journalists


Art by Lupe Fiacre, Art Action Union

ATTENTION ALL JOURNALISTS: Here's a Miracle for you. Her story awes and inspires. Read on ...

Miracle was born on a Korean bear bile breeding farm in the spring of 2006. The farm is run by Mr. and Mrs. Lee, an aging Korean couple.… Continue

Posted on August 25, 2009 at 1:10pm —

Jeanette McDermott

Crude: the real price of oil


Watch this riveting trailer in the ecopaparazzi video lounge

Three years in the making, this riveting new documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, Paradise L… Continue

Posted on August 23, 2009 at 3:37pm —

Jeanette McDermott

Thanks for the News Associated Press

Reporters from the Associated Press were first to pick up on this fabulous news for animals in Bolivia.


Uncork the champagne and celebrate a major victory for animals! Bolivia has enacted the world's first law that prohibits the use of animals in circuses.

A… Continue

Posted on August 11, 2009 at 3:29pm —

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Production
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Gubbio Studios
Bio
I'm a conservation filmmaker, print and broadcast journalist and environmental activist. I'm currently living in Costa Rica working on conservation videos, and I travel frequently into Nicaragua to work on social justice video projects with NGOs. I've worked in the field of journalism my whole career, going from newspaper photojournalism to magazine editing to radio and television to filmmaking and video production and now to web creation with a social network that's a hybrid between journalism magazine/newspapering and social media. Makes sense to me. The division lines across the various forms of media, once so pronounced, have vanished. I'm all about collaborating with others to accomplish relevant and meaningful media that can lead to positive social change.
Web site
http://www.jeanettemcdermott.org
Blog
http://ecopaparazzi.ning.com
Twitter URL
http://twitter.com/ecopaparazzi

My Projects

I have attached links to some of my current projects so people here can get to know me a little bit.

My efforts to end bear bile farming

My Work in Costa Rica

My Work in Nicaragua

My work in video productionfor social change.

My work fostering Earth healing

This is the beach that lies beyond the rainforest, where I live in the Osa Peninsula. Osa is on the Pacific slope of Costa Rica and is a key conservation target in the southern Mesoamerica biodiversity hotspot.

Scarlet macaws are endemic to the Osa Peninsula, where they have become endangered from human interference. Macaws nest at the top of some of the highest trees. To steal the baby macaws from their nests for the illegal exotic pet trade, poachers cut down the trees.

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At 2:34pm on August 31, 2009, Paul Molyneaux said…
Jeanette, I'm working right now on using positive actions by fishing people, things aimed at protecting eco-systems and improving quality as a way to turn consumers into allies of small-scale fishers.

The bear would require a different approach. The folks you need as allies are the ones who go catch the bears to begin with. Are there any of them who are open to hearing a new approach? Then that becomes the story.

I'm looking at the possibility of a large lawsuit against the World Bank, WTO and governments that intentionally depreciate natural capital as a way to artificially boots GDP's. I see this as the root cause of most of our ecological problems. It's a massive accounting fraud that allows companies, governments and desperate people to destroy precious natural capital and count it as profit.

Does that interest you?
At 8:54pm on October 27, 2008, Rebecca Gerendasy said…
I'm a get-er-done person myself =)
Yes, breathing is very important!
You've done great!!
At 7:40pm on October 27, 2008, Rebecca Gerendasy said…
It has been quiet. But, you know, some people do things quietly, and some folks don't! There is only one Ning group that I participate in (nominally, mind you) that actually is bubbling with activity. But it takes work, a lot of work (on their part), I believe. My thought is that many of the folks who joined WJ did it for the networking purposes, and they are busy off writing and all other things WJ folks do. Like, create awesome sights like ecopaparazzi!
 
 

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