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Limited Edition EIP T-Shirts Now Available!

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Limited-edition¬†Looptworks t-shirts are now available to the world! These babies made their world premiere at our¬†fundraising¬†bash in Portland, where they were a huge hit. ¬†We’ve got a few left though, so we wanted to make them available to everyone. ¬†They’re made totally out of upcycled excess materials and printed right here in PDX.

What we have left:

Women’s–M & L

Mens’–M, L, XL

How to get yours:

1.  Make a $20 donation to the Elephant Ivory Project.  Your donation helps to make our field work in Congo possible!

2.  Send an email to and mention that you made a donation.  Please include your shirt size and a shipping address.

Thanks!!!

The EIP Team

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Portland Fashion Show Raises Funds + Support For Elephant Ivory Project

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

EP's Trip Jennings and Andy Maser pose with Portland models + elephant advocates.

The Elephant Ivory Project team got some homegrown support last Friday at Go Wild: A Night of Fashion + Celebration to Save Elephants. Portland’s fashion community joined forces with conservation groups and advocates to organize a wild couture fashion show featuring local, eco designers in an effort to save wild African elephants from the illegal ivory trade.

National Geographic Explorers Andy Maser and Trip Jennings (pictured above) of EP Films, a Portland-based production company, are embarking on a forensic biology expedition to the remote jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo to help the Center for Conservation Biology complete their elephant DNA map of Africa. The goal: send resources to poaching hot

Congo + Elephant necklace -- Elfenben by Annale

spots and save wild elephants from the illegal ivory trade and capture provocative media to bring this important issue home.

“Conservation, and spreading awareness, for the well being of our planet and the lives on it comes in all forms,” said Jillian Rabe, Fashion Show Producer. She said it was “a privilege to be able to join forces with this team and create an avenue for the fashion community to help support the cause.”

Poachers are killing elephants for their ivory at a rate of 10 percent per year ‚Äî that means that in just a few years, wild elephant populations may not exist anymore. But 20 years ago, with a global upwelling of support, the ivory trade was stopped — nearly overnight. We can do that again. And this event brought us one step closer to doing so.

Learn more here: https://elephantivoryproject.org/

Huge thanks to Under Solen Media, Jillian Rabe, RM Photo, Boothster, Looptworks, Full Sail, Bota Box, Guayaki, B-Line and Wend Magazine for making this whole night happen! And more thanks to the designers and our raffle gear sponsors!

All photos courtesy the amazing Rachel Meyer. Check out the rest of the photos here: http://rmphoto.zenfolio.com/gowildparty All proceeds from photos purchased benefit Elephant Ivory Project.

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Go Wild! A Night of Fashion + Celebration to Save Elephants

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Ready to get wild this holiday season? Well, look no further. Break out your uber-hawt jungle safari costumes and boogie on down for a night of fashion and celebration to save elephants.

Portland’s fashion elite have joined forces with the conservation community to throw a wild couture fashion show featuring local, eco designers in an effort to save wild African elephants from the illegal ivory trade. So, paint yourself up like a zebra, grab some cash money for a hot limited-edition Looptworks elephant t-shirt and make your way to Boothster on 521 NE Davis for the party of the season.

Who: Elephant Ivory Project — fueled by EP Films

What: Go Wild! A Night of Fashion and Celebration to Save Elephants! Here’s the gist: Elephants are being killed by poachers at a rate of 10 percent per year. That means that in just a few years wild elephant populations may not exist anymore. So, in January, EP Films is embarking on¬†a forensic biology expedition to the remote jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo with the goal of saving wild elephants from the illegal ivory trade.¬†You can learn more here. And do your part ‚Äî come to the party!

$10 gets you a cup and beer for the night or 3 glasses of wine

$15 gets you a sweet limited-edition Looptworks elephant t-shirt

$5 gets you 3 raffle tix for great prizes from Sierra Designs, SPOT Messenger, NAU and more!

Photo booth — strike a pose and get wild for photos by RM Photo! All images will be uploaded to Flickr and Facebook the next day for free download.

Costume contest! That’s right, we know you like to dress up. So find your inner animal and do it up right. Best contest gets a fabulous prize!

When: December 10 – Doors – 8pm, Fashion Show – 930pm, Party – All the time!

Where: Boothster – 521 NE Davis in PDX

Why: Hawt fashion, drinks, dance party, safari costumes, photo booth… All in the name of a good cause. Need I say more?

Huge thanks to participating designers and gear sponsors of the raffle!

Designers


Gear Sponsors

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Is There Such a Thing as “Ethical Ivory?”

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

We’ve previously written about the need to not only deal with the supply side of the illegal ivory issue, but also the demand side. In fact, the U.S. is the second largest consumer of illegal ivory. If the demand continues to exist then so will the supply. Our goal is to not only help arm those focusing on protecting elephant herds with the genetic evidence to track poaching, but also bridge the educational gap here in the U.S. between purchasing ivory and driving elephants to extinction.

Which is why our attention was drawn to an article in today’s Guardian, entitled “Does mammoth ivory make ethical jewellry?”

You never thought you’d see the day, but ivory is back in¬†fashion ‚Äì mammoth ivory, that is. According to the International Union for¬†Conservation of Nature, mammoth-mining is big business in Russia. Tusks from the long-gone species are being reclaimed from their mass graveyard in the Siberian tundra, and each year 60 tonnes are exported to China, home to the world’s largest ivory market.

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Support Elephants: Donate!

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

There was an intriguing piece over on Planet Green today that discussed the importance of not only addressing supply-side issues when it comes to the all kinds of illegal poaching, but also demand.

Targeting supply-side only ignores the fact that demand by consumers effectively creates incentive for people, especially in poor countries, to bypass rules.

Part of starting to address those demand issues is tracing illegal ivory trade routes so that the public and governments around the world can be educated about making responsible decisions regarding elephant conservation funding and policy. That’s where our project comes in!

We’re working in conjunction with the Center for Conservation Biology to do just that; complete the DNA map of African Elephants, trace illegal trade routes and produce television, print and online media to educate the public about the current elephant poaching epidemic and international ivory trade. We have to start educating people that we MUST decrease the demand for these elephants, and being more informed about the illegal ivory trade is a key step to doing so.

How can you help? Donate! An expedition inevitably has a lot of costs, and this one is no different. Check out what your donation goes to by clicking here.

Image: Telegraph

Here’s some extra incentive: if your donation is received by this Friday, September 17th, it will be fully matched! So scrounge up your pocket change (or more!) and put it to a good cause.

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