Tom Verde

In the 1990’s the cutting edge of environmentalism may be in the supermarkets. Environmentalists increasingly recognize the power of the consumer to reduce the impacts of everyday products. Polls indicate that green consumers are affluent, educated and female. Tom Verde reports on what they look for when they shop.

Beatrix Potter is best known as the author of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”. She’s less known as a conservationist but Potter played a big role in preserving England’s Lake District, the region that served as a backdrop for many of her stories. Tom Verde reports.

The Selous in Southern Tanzania is Africa’s largest game reserve. The park has the largest population of elephant, crocodile, wild dog and buffalo in the continent. And as Tom Verde reports, its remote location makes the Selous an ecologist’s dream.

Ethiopia is home to some of Africa’s most unusual species. Among them is the Ethiopian wolf, widely considered to be the world’s rarest member of the dog family. A conservation program to secure the habitat of the endangered wolf and monitor its population is underway. Tom Verde reports from Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains, where half the […]