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Amazon Pilgrim, The Trans-Amazon Cycling Expedition

Amazon Pilgrim, The Trans-Amazon Cycling Expedition

I, greenUPGRADER’s own Doug Gunzelmann, will be embarking on a cycling trip that will take me across Brazil through the heart of the Amazon Jungle. Originally the Transamazonica was built to open up the interior of the Amazon for settlment. The project was left infinished a few years after construction began in 1973. By returning [...]

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Daniel Beltra’s New Photos Show Amazon’s Glory and Destruction

Daniel Beltra’s New Photos Show Amazon’s Glory and Destruction

Daniel Beltra, a Spanish photographer, is traveling the world to capture the world’s three major rainforest regions. We have some of his amazing shots from the first leg of the trip… the Amazon! From cattle men in the deforested Mato Grasso region of Brazil to smiling native Indian children pointing down the barrel of his [...]

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Yasuní Green Gold Campaign to Save a People and Place

Yasuní Green Gold Campaign to Save a People and Place

Located in some of the last untouched wildernesses in the world, the Yasuní region of Ecuador is threatened by demand for its riches. This December the Ecuadorian government will vote to determine the fate of this land and its non-contact inhabitants.

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Let’s Get It On (& Protect the Amazon While We’re at It)

Let’s Get It On (& Protect the Amazon While We’re at It)

While condoms might be one of the most dangerous species in the Mediterranean, we all know safety in the sack is important. Now there’s a way to not only get some good lovin’, but a way to protect yourself, the Amazon and help the local economy of a remote Brazilian town (feels good on so [...]

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Follow Up: Uncontacted Tribe Photo’d in Amazon Jungle

Follow Up: Uncontacted Tribe Photo’d in Amazon Jungle

To follow up on our recent post regarding the photographs of the uncontacted tribe located deep within the Amazon we wanted to bring forth some updates due to the discussion as to how this situation should be handled. As previously mentioned illegal logging activity has caused pressure on indigenous peoples of Amazonia in Brazil and [...]

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