Peggy:

I absolutely agree.  All environmental and most social issues spring from that, and everything else we do is just damage control. 

But this particular issue isn't even about population pressure, at least in the short term: the road is not about settling humans in the Serengeti, it's about providing easy truck transport for the soda ash they want to extract from Lake Natron (which will destroy the only breeding ground of the flamingo) and all the other unexploited "natural resources" of the interior, i.e. lumber, and most likely gold and rare earths.

Trudy:

That's one of the reasons we're doing this: because we can aggregate all the donations and minimize the cost of the transfer to the WCST.

Note that Serengeti Watch and their Legal Defense Fund should take credit cards and Paypal, so you can always donate through them.  That's probably your easiest route.

If you're not in the USA but still want to send a donation to the WCST, contact 100 Watt Press: they may be able to help.  The reason we don't offer the book promotion outside the USA is that shipping costs are very high: $9 or more to much of the world.

JS

Kate:

Thank you for the update!  We raised $400 for the WCST last year via the 100 Watt Press fundraiser, and we encourage people to donate to the ANAW legal challenge.

JS