This year marks 50 years since OFI President and Founder Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas made camp in the jungles of Borneo to begin her pioneering study of orangutans, one of humankind’s closest living relatives. This year we are celebrating this momentous anniversary to honor Dr. Biruté for dedicating her life to the conservation of orangutans […]

Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas has been awarded the Chris Dagg Award for Impact in International Sustainable Development for 2021.  Our President, founder, and the world’s leading authority on orangutans is being recognized by Simon Fraser University for her contributions to international sustainable development. Having spent more than 50 years in the forests of Borneo she […]

I personally was pretty shocked at what I read when a friend of the family sent along this article published in the globe and mail on February 20th asking “Is your butter not as soft as it used to be?”. So much so that I felt compelled to share it with all of you, our […]