50 Years Ago, This Was a Wasteland. He Changed Everything. May 12, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment Almost 50 years ago, fried chicken tycoon David Bamberger used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land in the Texas Hill Country. Planting grasses to soak in rains and fill hillside aquifers, Bamberger devoted the rest of his life to restoring the degraded landscape. Today, the land has been restored to its original habitat and boasts enormous biodiversity. Bamberger’s model of land stewardship is now being replicated across the region and he is considered to be a visionary in land management and water conservation.
A Boat Made From Plastic Waste is One of Kenya’s Solutions to a Global Problem May 9, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment One group of local fisherman in Kenya are building a boat entirely from plastic waste to raise awareness about marine plastic pollution.