TOMORROW, MAY 7! Friends in D.C, I hope you’ll join me at the Kennedy Center in Washington

TOMORROW, MAY 7! Friends in D.C, I hope you’ll join me at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. at the @FinancialTimes Weekend Festival. There will be a host of illustrious writers and thinkers — including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi — as part of the day-long event. A handful of both in-person and virtual tickets are still available. Get yours at the link in my profile.

In this photo, keeper Jerison Lengonyekie feeds an orphaned baby elephant at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary (@r.e.s.c.u.e) in northern Kenya. The sanctuary turned a pandemic challenge into a win—for the calves, the community, and the land. For years, baby elephants lived off powdered milk formula, the same used for infant humans. But when global supply chains were severely disrupted by the pandemic, the sanctuary had to find a more dependable source of food for its calves, who had been either orphaned or abandoned.

Fortunately, the answer was right in their backyard. The sanctuary experimented using local goat’s milk instead of the expensive formula shipped from far away. After studying the formula and extensive research, they put the new formula to the test and fed the baby elephants the goat’s milk. Reteti’s elephant keepers quickly noticed that the young elephants were getting healthier.

It also brought about a shift in the relationships between the community members and the calves. Not only is it more nutritious for the elephants, it is also more sustainable for the planet and it is empowering the women in the community who are benefitting from this new source of income.

Learn more, including how to help by following @r.e.s.c.u.e and @sararafoundation

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