Imaginal Cells

Giraffe Hero Chris MalinsChris is an educator and researcher in sustainability issues with a special interest in how today’s separation of people from nature is affecting their ability to cope with conflict, this especially with a view to younger generations. And he has developed methods to remedy this situation by reengaging us with nature. With the help of our ongoing crowd-financing campaign Giraffes fighting for Climate Adaptation, Chris would like to prepare a series of online lectures so as to share his knowledge and experience with a wider audience thus attracting them to actually engage practically for positive change. Furthermore, Chris has profound knowledge about growing and protecting trees, something which will help greatly with the creation of our Bee and Wild Bee Reserve, which is planned to be created high up at the National Park Sierra Nevada. **Keywords:**Climate change, Trees Caterpillar , Holistic Education, Imaginal CellsEducation, Kids, students, natureBees. beekeeping, bee colonies “Giraffes fighting for Climate Adaptation”Giraffes for Ecology and Climate AdaptationBees & Trees Initiative2020 – Resilience against Viruses and Similar HazardsThe Giraffe Heroes Project is soon to become 40 years old. Its mission is to commend and support personalities sticking their necks out and fighting for the social issues that matter: justice, freedom and our environment.For two years the Giraffe Heroes Foundation (GHF), devoted to European and Swiss Giraffes who stick their necks out for the common good, has been active from Basel. Together with the crowd funding platform wemakeit and the Impact Fund 2020/Climate, we are presenting our newest InitiativeGiraffes Fighting for Climate AdaptationBees and Tres Initiative. Giraffe Heroes FoundationBasel 2020Featuring and supporting the Work of Five HeroesEnvironment. Bees, TreesSpain, Belgium, SwitzerlandEducation, ActivismPeople, NetworkA concrete way to make a differenceUsing Film to Inspire and Secure support for Climate actionReforestingBringing the power of nature to reduce Global warmingJoin us, be part of it - Working, learning and contributing wherever you areWho are these Heroes?Louis de Cordier (COSCO), La Alpujarra, SpainCosco has rediscovered the believed lost Labyrinth of Egypt and realized the unbelievable project Biblioteca del Sol, high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains where knowledge is to be stored for a future full of uncertainties. Now he is working to transform that area into a refugium for bees and humans alike. Giraffe Heroes Europe wants to help him with his work for the establishment of the first European Bee Conservatory which will create a refuge for endangered bees as well as for humans working with them. André Wermelinger, Fribourg, SwitzerlandThe conventional way of keeping bees deprives the bees completely of their ability to adapt to environmental changes. As a result, very few natural populations exist anymore. André Wermelinger saw this problem, recognized its global implications, and set up a plan to solve the bee mortality crisis at its roots. Conventional bee-keepers wanted to have nothing of this and tried to ostracize André and his work. That has not stopped him. With his expertise, Cosco will be able to realise his vision for the European Bee Conservatory which will set new standards for healthy bee keeping and demonstrate its efficiency.Hendrik Haers, Bassevelde, BelgiumIn a team with Cosco and André, Hendrik will give strategy workshops to reach out to the population at large. He has given up his career as a veterinarian doctor to study bees and trees. Subsequently, he started on an activist planting spree to help create healthy environments for bees and humans alike. While transforming the village where he lives he gained substantial professional experience and is now engaging in community education. We are looking forward to have him talking to you, with the goal to empower people across Europe to follow his example.Chris Malins, La Alpujarra, Spain.Chris has developed educational perspectives on current conventional global practices that affect bees and address the wider questions of Human Sustainability. His goal is to establish an online platform for his ‘Green Transitions Programm’ to bring his experience and knowledge to all of us. He has chosen to devote his life to work and fight for Human Sustainability through the development and practices of ‘Nature-Based Holistic Education’. Chris participated in the founding and improvement of local schools. Also he has proven, as an academic researcher, that kids who have lost touch with nature will naturally encounter increasing psychological stress.Dimi Dumortier, Rotselaar, BelgiumArtist, Social Worker, Activist…Dimi is a genius in his own right amongst our Giraffe Heroes and for sure one of the most lovable persons you might come to know. He uses his talents, guts and courage for people as well as for bees and the climate crisis. Last ...