From Liza’s blog – www.heelstoboots.com September 10th: Update from September 10 Saturday morning: I awoke at 2:00AM for our drive from Bogor to Jakarta for my fourth and final flight to Pontianak, the airport in West Kalimantan, Borneo. Touching down in Borneo after four days of travel felt surreal but [...]

I had no idea… This journey revealed to me the disastrous effect of corruption but also the beauty of the human spirit. We are capable of so much destruction, but also so much good. This last idea gives me all the strength and determination necessary to contribute towards a positive [...]

She looked into my eyes as they swelled up with tears, gently stroking my face as if to wipe the tears away. I ran to her to escape my problems. Everything seemed too much to bear. Here I was half way around the world with a small group of young [...]

The first 20 Days Why DeforestAction? Back in 2008 I remember reading a review in my local newspaper about a book which told the story of the orangutan.  Like so many other wildlife species, I knew that the future for orangutans wasn’t looking very positive, however that was the extent [...]

Hi. My first name is Mark, and my last name is Kuroski. I guess I should also say that my middle name is David, in case you were wondering. When I was a kid I wanted to be a paleontologist, then a few years later I had dreams of becoming [...]

September 2011, I started a journey. A journey that took me the better part of the start of the year 2011 planning, I was excited as anyone else to be part of the 15 Eco- Warriors who would make a trip to the jungles of Borneo, West Kalimantan in Indonesia [...]