Greg Cummings
@gorillagreg.bsky.social
Gorilla man, writer, fundraiser and safari guide, living my life imaginatively
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In the heart of Rio de Janeiro’s Rocinha favela, the largest in Brazil, a chance discovery led a resident creating a project to turn improperly discarded cooking oil into sustainable soaps and cleaning products.
In Rio’s largest favela, used oil becomes soap and social change
Rocinha, in the south of Rio de Janeiro, is, according to official data, the largest of Brazil’s more than 12,000 favelas, or inner-city communities. It has a population of just over 72,000, and the…
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November 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In the heart of Rio de Janeiro’s Rocinha favela, the largest in Brazil, a chance discovery led a resident creating a project to turn improperly discarded cooking oil into sustainable soaps and cleaning products.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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When I was a boy
September 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
When I was a boy
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Meet Sarafina, Sharon and Sylvia — three incredible female conservationists from Kenya! 💪🏽
Read the article: https://worldelephantday.org/matriarchs-in-the-making-women-protecting-the-elephants-of-the-maasai-mara/
Donate today: https://givebutter.com/WED2025
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#WorldElephantDay2025
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Donate today: https://givebutter.com/WED2025
📸 @MaraElephant
#WorldElephantDay2025
July 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Meet Sarafina, Sharon and Sylvia — three incredible female conservationists from Kenya! 💪🏽
Read the article: https://worldelephantday.org/matriarchs-in-the-making-women-protecting-the-elephants-of-the-maasai-mara/
Donate today: https://givebutter.com/WED2025
📸 @MaraElephant
#WorldElephantDay2025
Read the article: https://worldelephantday.org/matriarchs-in-the-making-women-protecting-the-elephants-of-the-maasai-mara/
Donate today: https://givebutter.com/WED2025
📸 @MaraElephant
#WorldElephantDay2025
Check out this AI-generated podcast about my memoir.
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August 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Check out this AI-generated podcast about my memoir.
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Get ready... 🌀🤸🏽♀️💚
In anticipation of World Elephant Day on August 12, When Elephants Were Young will be available on our youtube channel FOR FREE — starting August 1! 🥳
🫶🏻 Bring your friends together to celebrate!
💸 Donate: https://givebutter.com/WED2025
#WorldElephantDay2025 #ElephantSky
In anticipation of World Elephant Day on August 12, When Elephants Were Young will be available on our youtube channel FOR FREE — starting August 1! 🥳
🫶🏻 Bring your friends together to celebrate!
💸 Donate: https://givebutter.com/WED2025
#WorldElephantDay2025 #ElephantSky
July 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Get ready... 🌀🤸🏽♀️💚
In anticipation of World Elephant Day on August 12, When Elephants Were Young will be available on our youtube channel FOR FREE — starting August 1! 🥳
🫶🏻 Bring your friends together to celebrate!
💸 Donate: https://givebutter.com/WED2025
#WorldElephantDay2025 #ElephantSky
In anticipation of World Elephant Day on August 12, When Elephants Were Young will be available on our youtube channel FOR FREE — starting August 1! 🥳
🫶🏻 Bring your friends together to celebrate!
💸 Donate: https://givebutter.com/WED2025
#WorldElephantDay2025 #ElephantSky
Very proud of this little production. Made in three weeks for zero cost... Please share youtu.be/-R_FVsAOTTw?...
World Elephant Day 2025: Matriarchs and Memories
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June 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Very proud of this little production. Made in three weeks for zero cost... Please share youtu.be/-R_FVsAOTTw?...
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So proud to support this World Elephant Day Campaign!!
love & let live 🐘
☮️
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love & let live 🐘
☮️
youtu.be/-R_FVsAOTTw?...
World Elephant Day 2025: Matriarchs and Memories
YouTube video by World Elephant Day
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June 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
So proud to support this World Elephant Day Campaign!!
love & let live 🐘
☮️
youtu.be/-R_FVsAOTTw?...
love & let live 🐘
☮️
youtu.be/-R_FVsAOTTw?...
May 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
There is an exchange of thought and emotion that few beasts share. It feels like you’ve travelled back in time.
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Apres Gorilla Bliss
The thrill of meeting gorillas in the wild
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May 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
There is an exchange of thought and emotion that few beasts share. It feels like you’ve travelled back in time.
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🦍 The Last Sentinels What gorillas teach us about kinship, power, and our place in the living world open.substack.com/pub/gorillag...
🦍 The Last Sentinels
What gorillas teach us about kinship, power, and our place in the living world
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May 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🦍 The Last Sentinels What gorillas teach us about kinship, power, and our place in the living world open.substack.com/pub/gorillag...
Actively seeking lasting career opportunities to build on my 30+ years in conservation, and would welcome the opportunity to exchange professional ideas with anyone whose vision resonates with the new directions that I've outlined here bluegorillagiving.ca/new-directio...
New Directions
Greg Cummings is an award-winning conservationist, storyteller, and author of Gorilla Tactics. For over three decades, he has lived and worked at the wild edges of our world — from the deep forests…
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April 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Actively seeking lasting career opportunities to build on my 30+ years in conservation, and would welcome the opportunity to exchange professional ideas with anyone whose vision resonates with the new directions that I've outlined here bluegorillagiving.ca/new-directio...
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“I didn’t set out to be a gorilla man; I just wanted to get back to Africa. But whenever I spend time with them, I quickly fall under their spell.” - Greg Cummings ‘Gorilla Tactics: How to Save a Species’
www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Tact... #gorillas #wildlife #conservation #memoir #african
www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Tact... #gorillas #wildlife #conservation #memoir #african
March 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“I didn’t set out to be a gorilla man; I just wanted to get back to Africa. But whenever I spend time with them, I quickly fall under their spell.” - Greg Cummings ‘Gorilla Tactics: How to Save a Species’
www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Tact... #gorillas #wildlife #conservation #memoir #african
www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Tact... #gorillas #wildlife #conservation #memoir #african
“I didn’t set out to be a gorilla man; I just wanted to get back to Africa. But whenever I spend time with them, I quickly fall under their spell.” - Greg Cummings ‘Gorilla Tactics: How to Save a Species’
www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Tact... #gorillas #wildlife #conservation #memoir #african
www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Tact... #gorillas #wildlife #conservation #memoir #african
March 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“I didn’t set out to be a gorilla man; I just wanted to get back to Africa. But whenever I spend time with them, I quickly fall under their spell.” - Greg Cummings ‘Gorilla Tactics: How to Save a Species’
www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Tact... #gorillas #wildlife #conservation #memoir #african
www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Tact... #gorillas #wildlife #conservation #memoir #african
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A newspaper in Germany…
January 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A newspaper in Germany…
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
The only reason we ever tolerated American stupidity was that it was wrapped in a libertarian bow. Now that that’s gone, fuck ‘em.
January 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The only reason we ever tolerated American stupidity was that it was wrapped in a libertarian bow. Now that that’s gone, fuck ‘em.
I’m uprooting again in a week, mentally tilling the soil of my next destination, while carefully unearthing the roots I’ve put down here in Sicily. It’s a unique, bittersweet moment on the threshold of liminality where dreams and memories blend in a kaleidoscope of emotions. I know the feeling well.
January 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I’m uprooting again in a week, mentally tilling the soil of my next destination, while carefully unearthing the roots I’ve put down here in Sicily. It’s a unique, bittersweet moment on the threshold of liminality where dreams and memories blend in a kaleidoscope of emotions. I know the feeling well.
Systems change is a powerful new transformative tool for tackling our greatest challenges. bluegorillagiving.ca/2025/01/25/s...
Systems Change: The Funders’ Perspective
Systems Change: The Funders’ Perspective In recent years, a growing number of funders in Europe and North America have begun to invest in systems change. This briefing paper — derived primarily fro…
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January 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Systems change is a powerful new transformative tool for tackling our greatest challenges. bluegorillagiving.ca/2025/01/25/s...
It's time to dismantle Fortress Conservation
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January 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
It's time to dismantle Fortress Conservation
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My new calling is the dismantling of fortress conservation, the decolonization of protected areas and the empowerment of Indigenous people and local communities to protect their own threatened habitats. It's the new way, brother. 🐘🦅🐢🦬🦧🦍🐝🦏🐅
January 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My new calling is the dismantling of fortress conservation, the decolonization of protected areas and the empowerment of Indigenous people and local communities to protect their own threatened habitats. It's the new way, brother. 🐘🦅🐢🦬🦧🦍🐝🦏🐅
A middle-aged guy shaped like a stubbed-out cigar is standing outside our garden gate screaming into his phone at his wife, telling her (in between “minchia”s) that he’s going to his lover’s house. WTF?
January 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A middle-aged guy shaped like a stubbed-out cigar is standing outside our garden gate screaming into his phone at his wife, telling her (in between “minchia”s) that he’s going to his lover’s house. WTF?
Join me on a gorilla safari in Africa. It's a walk in the park
You Read the Book...
Join Gorillaland Safaris in the lair of the mountain king and get up close and personal with the greatest of the great apes in Africa.
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January 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Join me on a gorilla safari in Africa. It's a walk in the park
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Imagine if we get a bird flu pandemic and RFK Jr. is the heath secretary 🤦🏽♂️😡
Bird flu mutations in the US's first severe H5N1 case may boost the virus's ability to infect humans
The CDC says the risk posed to the general public has not changed and is still low
qz.com
December 27, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Imagine if we get a bird flu pandemic and RFK Jr. is the heath secretary 🤦🏽♂️😡