Women of Discovery: Q&A With Thandiwe Mweetwa
Thandiwe Mweetwa is a senior ecologist and community educator with the Zambian Carnivore Programme. Her work focuses on studying population dynamics and threats to survival of lions and other carnivores in eastern Zambia in order to protect the species and their habitat. She will receive our Conservation Award.
Using Gardens to Help India’s Tiger Population Grow
The WINGS flag is currently in the outskirts of the Manas National Park in Assam, India,
where Silvia Schrötter, a Master’s student at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, is working to help reduce the overexploitation of the Bengal tiger.
5 Women in STEM Podcasts For Your Listening Pleasure
There’s seemingly no limit to the number of podcasts you can listen to.
Even on the topic of science, a quick iTunes search yields dozens of results. But a subject we think could use some more attention? Women in STEM.
Edie Widder Featured in PBS Documentary
Oceanographer and WINGS Fellow Edie Widder
is featured in a new PBS documentary about the toxic algae blooms that plague Florida’s Lake Okeechobee.
Constanza Ceruti wins ISWG Gold Medal Award
The International Society of Woman Geographers
presented WINGS Fellow Constanza Ceruti, an Argentinian anthropologist, with the Gold Medal award during the organization’s Triennial Meeting in May, the theme of which was “Women Who Make a Difference in the World.”
Working to Save Ethiopia’s Church Forests
Margaret “Canopy Meg” Lowman recently returned from Ethiopia where she was working with local Coptic priests to expand the Church Forest Project, an effort to conserve the country’s remaining forests.
Ninety-five percent of the forests there have been depleted, making her mission an urgent one.
Extraordinary Women Who Connect People to Nature
World Environment Day is a global event with the goal to encourage action and awareness for the protection of the environment.
This year the theme is “Connecting People to Nature – in the city and on the land, from the poles to the equator.’” To celebrate, we’re sharing the work of five WINGS WorldQuest Fellows who actively work to help their communities connect to the environment.
Learning About the Land From Papua New Guinea’s Soabesi Clan
For three days, explorer Arita Baaijens and her guide hiked through dense, muddy and mountainous tropical rainforest
until they reached Seane Falls, a hamlet of about 90 inhabitants who make up the Soabesi clan.
Baaijens, who won the WINGS Humanity Award in 2014, lived with the Soabesi for two-and-a-half months, from November to February, as part of her Living Landscapes series, in which she seeks out wisdom from cultures who live close to nature.
WINGS as an Agent of Connectivity
WINGS Fellows are more than just scientists.
They are entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders in their respective fields – which is why WINGS’ Managing Director Yael Jekogian recently spoke at the Women in Innovation and Connectivity conference as part of the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s Science, Technology and Innovation Forum.
Training for the North Pole in the Arabian Desert
The frozen tundra of the Arctic and the scorching desert of the Arabian Peninsula
surprisingly have a lot in common, if you ask British explorer Felicity Aston.
Aston, a WINGS Fellow who is best known as the first woman to ski across Antarctica alone, conceived, designed and The Women’s Euro-Arabian North Pole Expedition, with the aim to foster cultural understanding among women from Europe and the Middle East.
The team of 11 women handpicked by Aston is training to ultimately ski to the last degree of the North Pole.
“The goal is to complete a really great physical journey to send out a positive message about what women are achieving and to inspire others to do whatever their heart tells them to do,” Aston said.
