Go for Net Positive Part 1 with the Giant Tortoise

• Giant tortoises play a crucial role in their ecosystems.
• Conservation efforts have successfully increased tortoise populations.
• The giant tortoise serves as a model for regenerative living.
• Giant tortoises are the longest living land animals that we know of.

Resilience Takeaways:

• Every action we take can have a net positive or negative impact. 
• Being net positive means actively contributing to the well-being of others and the environment.
• Small, positive actions can lead to significant ecological benefits.
• Awareness of our impact is the first step towards change. 
• You get to choose if you want to be net positive or net negative.
• Engaging with conservation can create lasting connections to nature.
• Living sustainably is essential for future generations.
• We can all contribute to a healthier planet through simple actions.

• Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take by Paul Polman and Andrew Winston
• Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
• https://www.amazon.com/Net-Positive-Courageous-Companies-Thrive/dp/1647821304
• Net Positive by Paul Polman: 8 Minute Summary
• Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take - Paul Polman
• The Net Positive Manifesto
• Net Positive by Paul Polman, Andrew Winston

Jonathan the giant tortoise

• https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEXpGdQiZeq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
• Happy 191st (or so) birthday to the world’s oldest living land animal
• https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/oldest-tortoise-jonathan-scli-intl-scn/index.html

Mommy tortoise has first babies at 99 - oldest first time mom of species

• Philadelphia Zoo welcomes baby tortoises born to 100 year-old parents
• https://www.nbcnews.com/video/philadelphia-zoo-welcomes-baby-tortoise-born-to-100-year-old-parents-236643909528
• At 97, Endangered Tortoise Becomes Oldest First-Time Mom of Her Species With Four New Hatchlings—and Potentially More on the Way
• An Endangered Galápagos Tortoise Is a First-Time Mother at 100
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrvlk8lnymo
• 97-Year-Old Reptile Hatches 4 Babies and Becomes Oldest First-Time Mom of Her Species

Keywords

resilience, giant tortoises, conservation, net positive, ecological impact, Aldabra Atoll, Diego, Jonathan, sustainability, nature

Helping Giant Tortoises to Thrive

Galapagos

• Giant Tortoise Restoration in the Galápagos Islands | Galápagos Conservancy
• Giant tortoise conservation - Charles Darwin Foundation
• Galapagos Tortoise Conservation in the Galapagos
• Breeding Galápagos tortoises - Part 1
• HOW Did GIANT TORTOISES Get To The GALÁPAGOS Islands!?
• March 22 - Galapagos Tortoises

Deigo

• Living Life Fully in Retirement - An Update on Diego | Galápagos Conservancy
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/galapagos-tortoise-breeding-program-ends-after-meeting-conservation-goals-180973952/
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/galapagos-tortoise-breeding-program-ends-after-meeting-conservation-goals-180973952/
• Diego, the 100-Year-Old Tortoise Who Fathered 900 Babies, Returns to the Wild
• Meet Diego, the amorous tortoise that saved his species from extinction!
• "Super Diego" the Galapagos Tortoise Helped Save His Species

Aldabra Tortoise

• https://www.sif.sc/ (Seychelles Islands Foundation - help save Aldabra)
• Aldabra tortoise
• Aldabra Tortoise Fact Sheet | Blog | Nature | PBS
• Madagascar: giant tortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out
• Surviving against the Odds: The Giant Tortoises of Aldabra Atoll

Cleveland Zoo

• Aldabra Giant Tortoise - Zoo Resource Library
• Cleveland zoo realizes after 50 years that Mary the giant tortoise is a boy

Adopt a Giant Galapagos Tortoise

• Adopt a Galapagos Giant Tortoise - Charles Darwin Foundation
• Adopt a Giant Tortoise | Symbolic Adoptions from WWF
• Adopts Archive | Galápagos Conservancy

Sound Bites

• "We are all deeply connected."
• "The goal is to be less net negative and strive for net positive"