EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF NATURE IN the Wild and on PBS
About Us
History
- 2006 - Erik Callender graduates from Stony Brook University. Erik’s Reptile Edventures launches and soon grows to 400 shows for up to 30,000 children per year. World travel begins! We visit Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Malaysia.
- 2011 - We launch first Skype session with Madagascar LIVE, a humanitarian mission to purchase school supplies for children.
- 2012 - Establish non-profit 501c3, Wildlife Kids Club International.
- 2014 - TedX Stony Brook Talk: Follow Your Dreams
- 2015 - Seven country missions over three months to connect children to nature through the distribution of 650 copies of Erik’s first book, Madagascar Live: Volume 1. Chris Ware wins NY Emmy in Environment and Cinematography categories for documentary about Erik entitled, “Follow Your Dreams.”
- 2016 - Wildlife Kids Club International builds Nature Center in Ranomafana, Madagascar.
- April 2017 - PBS Documentary on Erik, “Doing the Reptile Rumba,” airs in 39 states.
- April 2018 - The first Nature Now magazine was created.
- May 2019 - The first issue of Nature Now Magazine was distributed to Green Chimneys and South Fork Natural History Museum as well as many schools in the New York Tri-state area.
- June 2020 - Kickstarter campaign to create a second issue of Nature Now, which soon transformed into Nature Now 360.
- December 2020 - Distribution of Nature Now 360 begins
- January 2021 - “A Million Magazines For a Million Dreams” Project begins, sending free issues to children in developing countries
Bringing Classrooms into The Wild since 2011
Since July 22, 2017 Erik's Reptile Edventures has (officially) moved from bringing LIVE animals into the classrooms to bringing classrooms nationwide into the wild!
This experience has been taking place since 2011 and now is taking root in school systems through the North America and abroad.
From Madagascar to Borneo; from the Everglades in Florida to the wetlands of New York, you can now join Erik online in real time via Skype or Zoom to see and learn about animals in their native habitats.
Be part of this Mission to share nature
It is our mission to inspire children and adults to enjoy and respect nature