MCLUS raises money “to support the conservation, preservation and rehabilitation of tropical ecosystems and their biodiversity” by communicating the forests’ needs to foundations and individuals. All monies are donated to projects and programs in the tropics.

Talks
You may schedule a slide talk by Rachel Crandell for your class/organization on any of the following topics for $200 plus transportation. If your school or organization is doing a fundraiser for the BEN/Children’s Eternal Rain Forest, the slide talk is FREE.

1. May the Forest Be with You: an Introduction to Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem
2. Good Things are Going on in the Rain Forest: Positive Actions to Celebrate
3. Maya Indian Village Life: Rachel’s Sabbatical Living with her Maya Friends in Belize
4. Texaco and Oil in Ecuador: Devastation of Indigenous Lands in the Amazon
5. Costa Rica’s Incredible Biodiversity and Its Future
6. Sabbatical Adventure in Costa Rica as Environmental Coordinator
7. The Embera: People of Panama’s Darien Forest
8. Papua New Guinea: Culture and Conservation
9. The Himba: People of Kaokoland, Namibia

Trips
You may book a customized eco-tourism trip for your family or group with Rachel and Dwight to: Costa Rica, Belize, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Namibia or Borneo

The next scheduled trips are:

Namibia - October 9-22, 2007

Costa Rica - July 14-27, 2008 co-sponsored by MCLUS and the St. Louis Zoo

To contact Rachel for slide talk or trip, email info@mclus.org