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Jane Goodall recommends: Lords of the Earth: The Entwined Destiny of Wildlife and Humanity.

Jane Goodall: Why the battle to save Africa’s wildlife must be won

That is why Lords of the Earth is so important. It is a truly magnificent collection of Cyril Christo's and Marie Wilkinson's haunting black and white photographs not only of African elephants, but of Africa's indigenous peoples also.
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Climate-change-polar-bear

Our Last Chance to turn Earth Around

The ongoing train wreck of civilization with its superiority complex has woefully ignored the meek, the animals, the native people of the world, the very soil that grows the world. Its legacy is acidifying oceans and an Amazon that could go into dieback within two years.
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Why we need to save elephants to save ourselves.

An important new movie and book project make a new and urgent case to defend Africa’s wildlife because our own fate depends on it.
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Lion - ©Lysander Christo

Looking for Collectors

We are looking for collectors of our 20 x 24 inch black and white photographs for research in the field on a film on the meaning and importance of the lion to indigenous peoples and humanity as a whole called, Silent Pride - The Last Lions of Africa.
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Warming landscape in Norway. Courtesy Cyril Christo

Earth’s Greatest Predator No Match for Man

CLIMATE CHANGE: Polar bears are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, but they should be classified as endangered — if the ice completely goes, they will disappear forever. A central light, a being of unbelievable strength and grace, a central soul at the top of the world will be no more. A key measure of why we are here on Earth will have vanished.
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Christo-Wilkinson Elephant Photography

Planned Parenthood “Artists for Choice” Benefit at Guild Hall East Hampton – June 15, 2019

PLANNED PARENTHOOD BENEFIT! One of our photographs, “Zambezi Elephants I,” is up for auction. Join us for Artists for Choice, a concert and art auction to benefit PPHP’s health care services, education programs, and advocacy efforts in Suffolk County.
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WALKING THUNDER FILM AT TAOS FILM FESTIVAL

PASATIEMPO: Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson’s Ode to the African Elephant

SEE THE FILM: Walking Thunder: Ode to the African Elephant screens at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, as part of the Taos Environmental Film Festival.
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Christo & Wilkinson Baby Elephants

TAOS ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL AND SATELLITE EXHIBITION AT THE PHILIP BAREISS GALLERY

TAOS ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL AND SATELLITE EXHIBITION AT THE PHILIP BAREISS GALLERY
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Walking Thunder Film opens in Santa Fe

FILM REVIEW: A World without Elephants

FILM REVIEW: Christo and Wilkinson wisely stay in the background for most of the film, letting their son, the people of the land, and the animals themselves tell their story.
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©WALKING THUNDER FILM - Elephant Conservation

WALKING THUNDER FILM: Q & A with filmmakers Cyril Christo & Marie Wilkinson

“Walking Thunder,” a film by Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson, tracks elephants across Africa. The couple’s son, Lysander, guides viewers through his discovery, first of the elephants and peoples of Africa, and then of the threats they face. Christo calls the film a “prayer” for the species.
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