J to J Teams up with The Green School in Indonesia

jungletojungle — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:39:50 +0000

Jungle to Jungle is proud to announce its new partnership for 2012 with the Green School in Bali, Indonesia. The Green School is an innovative and inspirational school with students from 25 countries who has a vision of “educating young leaders in global citizenship. Our purpose is to champion a new model of education that connects the timeless lessons from nature to a relevant and effective preparation for a fast-changing future.”

We are extremely excited to collaborate with people who are doing such great work in education.

If you want to learn more about the Green School, check out the TED talk that the founder did here or visit their website here.

To Put a Cheetah to Shame..

jungletojungle — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:50:03 +0000

If we asked you which animal was the fastest in the world, who comes racing into your head?

Well, think again!

The Mantis Shrimp may very well be the most unexpected contender for the prize. Their speeds are so fast, it is a little bit hard to wrap our heads around. In the time it takes a human to blink, this mighty sprite could unleash 90 strikes on its prey.

In fact, it hits so hard, it actually produces heat at the point of contact equivalent to the temperature of the surface sun through a process called cavitation! Whoa!

That’s not all: the acceleration they use to stun their prey is equal to 100,000 Gs! To put it in relative human terms, the space shuttle accelerates at a rate of 3Gs!

And guess what: There’s an even smaller creature that outdoes our Mantis. Watch the video below to find out more.

It’s from one of our favorite radio shows: Science Friday.

Beautiful Human Impact..

jungletojungle — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:57:01 +0000

This is one of many images created by Felix Pharand Deschenes that shows, albeit beautifully, how human behavior affects our planet.

Living deep in the Information Age means making sense of larger and larger sets of data. Luckily, people are getting better at making it easy on the eyes.

Scientists use similar data to understand trends in wealth, energy consumption, and even occasionally to track the spread of disease.

What does it all mean? You alone can decide which route of interpretation you will take: Are you interested in commerce? Anthropology? Bandwidth? Butterflies?

Waking Life

jungletojungle — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:26:32 +0000

Ever 13 years these amazing insects emerge from the ground in droves across the southern united states. Check out the story of the Brood XIX cicadas here.

Many thanks to Kevin Clarke’s BugBlog for the fun tip.

Fish with Impressive Abilities

jungletojungle — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:14:40 +0000

Can you walk on your hands? These fish can!

Check out this photo series of 9 fish that have hands that they use to walk across the ocean here

Also, don’t forget to check out our IndieGoGo campaign here.

Moneygami

jungletojungle — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:17:42 +0000

Presidents, Queens and Koi fish…what can’t they create with a dollar bill? A whimsical collection of art made of money here.

Don’t forget to visit our IndieGoGo campaign here.

Featured Campaign : Ho’ololi: The Environmental Art Garden

jungletojungle — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:18:28 +0000

We love this one and it only has a few days left, so donate now! Make sure you check out Patrick Dougherty’s art. It’s amazing and environmentally friendly!

Campaign
World-renowned environmental sculptor Patrick Dougherty is coming to the Hui for a September 2011 residency. During his 20-day visit, the artist will work directly with the community to develop, plan and create an installation using saplings of invasive tree species. The final sculpture will mark the launch of the Hui No`eau Environmental Art Garden: Ho`ololi, a new public art program which aims to cultivate community and raise awareness about Hawai‘i’s endangered ecosystems by inspiring conversation, encouraging public participation, and creating fellowship between artists and environmentalists. Building bridges between art and social awareness, architecture, accessibility, volunteerism and teamwork, this remarkable opportunity uses the arts as a catalyst for strong community building, guarantees access to a high quality visual arts educational experience, and invites people from all walks of life to create a space for community art.

Very Very Cool. Visit the Kickstarter campaign here.

Don’t forget to check out our very own crowdfunding campaign at IndieGoGo here.
Did we mention there are prizes when you donate?

IndieGoGo Campaign! Jungle to Jungle gets ready for 2011: Ring of Fire

jungletojungle — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:46:12 +0000

Here at Jungle to Jungle we just launched our new fund raising campaign for fall 2011: Ring of Fire.

We are using a relatively new social media platform called Indie GoGo to raise the money. Check it out here. There is a super fun video and lots of incentives!

IndieGoGo is a crowdfunding platform which is a new and fun way to raise the funds for large projects by having a lot of people donate a little bit. In celebration of this great new way, we are going to be featuring other interesting projects on our website that are using crowdfunding to raise their budget. We hope you enjoy it and hope that you feel moved to help out our project and others.