Comments on: Willie Smits is saving Borneo, one orangutan at a time

By: william bradford

william bradford — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:03:37 +0000

Damn, good for him. This makes me very, very optimistic, which is can be a very frightening thing to do. Seems he’s essentially created a “trap” in which the forest depends on local jobs, and the jobs depend on the forest.

Since last fall I’ve made an effort to try and minimize how much palm oil I eat, if not entirely remove it from my diet. It’s kinda gross, anyway, or maybe that’s just cause I haven’t had it in a while…

By: ravikumar

ravikumar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:44:27 +0000

Its an eye opener for everyone what willie has done.

I am guilty of not doing anything.

I will make the best effort.

By: Tami Koestomo

Tami Koestomo — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:46:45 +0000

Dear Mr.Zuckerman,
I just read the above on June 18, 2009, but it’s never to late to read – and praise! – a wonderful article about a wonderful man. This I believe! Thank you very much for your excellent description about Willie Smits and all he stands for.As an Indonesian, I am grateful to Willie that he chose Indonesian citizenship, and proud of him. And as one who can be justifiably decribed as a primate, I thank him for his gallant and unceasing efforts to save our fellow primates, the Orangutans! God bless Willie Smits and all of you who help save this planet earth.

Tami Koestomo, Bogor, Indonesia.

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By: Deborah Scranton

Deborah Scranton — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:20:15 +0000

Dear Ethan,

Thank you so much for writing about Willie and his amazing, pathfinding,inspiring work in Borneo!

His talk was one of my top 3 favorites at TED this year, and I’ve been forwarding this blog of yours to EVERYONE I know. Willie proves in concrete terms that one person really can make a difference in the world in a very huge and concrete way. He is my new hero!

Thanks again (and great writing as always).

all the best,
Deborah
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Deborah Scranton
Director/Producer

Clover & a Bee Films

UNTITLED RWANDA PROJECT (2010) — BAD VOODOO’S WAR (2008) — THE WAR TAPES (2006)

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Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:06:12 +0000

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By: Richard Zimmerman

Richard Zimmerman — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:38:47 +0000

Hi Ethan, Thanks so much for blogging about Willie and his amazing work saving orangutans and reforesting Borneo. As you learned in his TED talk, orangutans are critically endangered. To learn more about them and see how you can help protect them, I invite you and your readers to visit the Orangutan Outreach website. We work directly with Willie and are doing everything we can to spread the word on his remarkable achievements in Samboja. Keep up the great work! Richard Zimmerman Director, Orangutan Outreach http://redapes.org Reach out and save the orangutans! Join our Facebook Cause: http://causes.com/redapes

By: broadstuff

broadstuff — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:28:29 +0000

TED2009 Part IV – If you do nothing else with your life this year, watch these guys…

Willie Smits, who talked about how he designed an entire ecosystem to reforest parts of Borneo, and in the process he has designed a framework that anyone can – and should use. On Day 1 he was the first guy I met as I walked in, jetlagged. On Day 3 I w…