Nestled along De Beers’ Diamond Route in South Africa, Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve’s 80,000 acres of fertile land and safe conditions created a “large” problem: too many elephants were impacting the ecosystem. The Reserve is home to over 400 different species of...
Sunny-Girl, an ambitious woman living in Namibia, has worked for years to penetrate the male-dominated business of car and tire repairs. Through a program called AWOME (Accelerating Women Owned Micro-Enterprises), Sunny-Girl has been working with a mentor to set...
While 80 percent of the landmass in Greenland is covered by ice caps and glaciers, the rest of the country is inhabited by a range of arctic wildlife and 56,000 residents. Greenland, known for the ice sheet that covers it, attracts tourists from all over the world...
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has developed a Gem Guide that is helping artisanal small-scale miners better understand the value of the gems they unearth. “It is truly humbling to see that the knowledge gained by the miners is helping so much. As they...
Boitshoko’s Story – The Steady Rise to Creating ‘House of Divinity’ Growing up in Maseru, Lesotho with her mother and step-father, Boitshoko Kebakile recognized from a young age her affinity for craft and design. In dealing with an abusive home situation,...
To the people of the Northwest Territories, the land and wildlife are closely connected with their culture and values. Located just 200 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, the land around the Ekati Diamond Mine is strewn with boulder fields, tundra, wetlands and...
