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🐘 Unfinished infrastructure, wasted public funds: Colombia's 'white elephants' exposed
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-observers/20251106-colombia-white-elephants-unfinished-infra…

The Observers - Unfinished infrastructure, wasted public funds: Colombia's 'white elephants' exposed
In Colombia, an Instagram account called "White Elephant" exposes unfinished infrastructure (often referred to as “white elephants”), the waste of public funds and irregularities surrounding certain toll booths. The account visits the sites, then posts videos and files complaints to pressure officials and companies. The Observers team spoke to the individual behind this account followed by more than 300,000 people.

Bangladesh to reintroduce captive elephants to the wild https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/bangladesh-to-reintroduce-captive-elephants-to-the-wild/

Bangladesh to reintroduce captive elephants to the wild
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Bangladesh has embarked on an ambitious plan to end the centuries-old practice of keeping elephants in captivity. The government has begun retrieving privately owned elephants and aims to rehabilitate them in the wild. The initiative follows a 2024 […]

Some guy plays “Cavatina” on a piano for two elephants. They join in. Just what it says on the tin. https://youtu.be/_qsqNU4frAA?si=OKCUWHcQPeK12pwS

🐘 Drones: An ally in the sky to help save elephants
#animals

Drones: An ally in the sky to help save elephants
They say an elephant never forgets—and it turns out they can learn to adapt to drones. Once seen as a source of alarm, drones are now proving to be surprisingly elephant-friendly and a valuable research tool. Previously, the use of drones in elephant conservation has mostly relied on their power to disturb: elephants reliably run from them, making them a useful tool to drive elephants from croplands.

Sharing my findings from a recent workshop with the Climate Psychology Alliance: https://www.brichapman.com/p/what-is-emerging-what-is-in-the-way?r=1o5n19&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

The Elephants Remember: On Activism, Memory, and Holding the World Steady
Not all activism is about pushing forward. Sometimes it’s about remembering, holding, and steadying what’s worth saving. A reflection on emergence, tenderness, and what the elephants can teach us about endurance.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Rochelle Jordan:
🎵 DANCING ELEPHANTS
#RochelleJordan
https://furozh.bandcamp.com/track/rochelle-jordan-dancing-elephants-x-mutt-furozh-edition
https://open.spotify.com/track/0HiS65pePN8wDgCR6iypZu

Quite some #art in #Hamm, paintings, colored elephants, and a statue. And... a Persil post. And a cool Merry X-Mas graffiti.

Help Stop Cruel Sports Events at the Chitwan Elephant "Festival" #AnimalRights

Help Stop Cruel Sports Events at the Chitwan Elephant Festival
Please send an urgent letter to representatives of Nepal's Ministry of Forests and Environment urging them not to provide government elephants for the Chitwan Elephant Festival’s cruel sports events like polo and football.

this 1914 photo of an american gunner atop an elephant in sri lanka exists despite the fact elephants were never sent to battle, only used by militaries to replace vehicles in terrain they couldnt cross

Drawing from a training with the Climate Psychology Alliance, I've been reflecting on the role of changemakers in our world.
Before, I saw activists as Sisyphus, straining to push the world uphill.
But what if we saw them as keeping the world steady?
https://www.brichapman.com/p/what-is-…

The Elephants Remember: On Activism, Memory, and Holding the World Steady
Not all activism is about pushing forward. Sometimes it’s about remembering, holding, and steadying what’s worth saving. A reflection on emergence, tenderness, and what the elephants can teach us about endurance.