Explorers

Wen Bo

Program Director

温波 (摄影）

Wen Bo graduated from Zhongnan University in 1994, earned his second B.A. at China School of Journalism in 1996, and later his master's degree in international relations at KDI School of International Policy and Management in South Korea. He was a journalist at China Environment News from 1996 to 1998, and studied for certificate courses at the Center for Environment Education in India and United Nations University in Japan. He attended a six-month visiting program with National Committee on US-China Relations in the U.S. in 1998. In 2000, he helped set up a Greenpeace office in Beijing, and has served as China Coodinator for the Global Greengrants Fund and as China Program Director at Pacific Environment.

Wen Bo was an Asia 21 Young Leaders Fellow from 2007-2008 he was awarded a PEW Fellow in Marine Conservation from 2009-2011, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader Honoree 2009. Currently he is a member of the China Advisory Board of the Global Greengrants Fund.

Out of Eden Walk

Where will Paul Salopek walk on his seven-year adventure? Find out as he updates us from the field.
Mongolia Wolverine Expedition

Follow along as Gregg Treinish skis roughly 400 miles to survey wildlife, with a focus on wolverine.
Desventuradas Expedition

Follow Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala as he sets off on his first big expedition of the year: to explore the remote islands of Desventuradas, hundreds of miles off the coast of Chile.
A Thousand Miles Across the Ice Age Trail

Sally Younger is undertaking a winter transect of Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail to interpret the land's worth and change.
Omagination

Young Explorer Kelsy Wilson's project provides cameras to Omani women artisans in order to see the evolution of their living craft heritage "through their eyes and in their hands."

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Celebrating 125 Years National Geographic

Jane Goodall

Over the course of 50 years Jane has witnessed the lives of three generations of chimpanzees.
Explorer Moment

Ed Viesturs shares an early morning view from Everest.

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