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We Are Growing up in Birmingham is not necessarily the ideal background for aspiring rainforest experts, but perhaps no-one told Dave! An early career in breeding tropical moths and butterflies led to his first visit to the rainforests of Costa Rica at the age of 15 - the rest, as they say, is history. Since then, he has travelled frequently to South and Central America, as well as Malaysia, Irian Jaya and Borneo.
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| Sue trained as a plant biologist and more recently
administered a company education department. Since meeting Dave, she has travelled
to South and Central America, Malaysia and Borneo. Together Dave and Sue run the Rainforest Roadshow. |
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| What is the Rainforest Roadshow? Dave set up the Rainforest Roadshow in 1990, initially working in schools with the aim of bringing the rainforest topic to life. He has combined his inimitable sense of humour, extensive knowledge and experience, with genuine products and artefacts, to bring an informative and entertaining glimpse of the rainforest to audiences at schools and public events throughout the UK, with much emphasis on the way of life of indigenous people and their role in the rainforest ecosystem. Sue joined Dave as a full-time Roadshow presenter in 1999. The aim of the Rainforest Roadshow is to share some of the magic and encourage a greater understanding of this fascinating ecosystem, in the hope that we can save it for the indigenous tribal people and for future generations.
The Rainforest Roadshow have undertaken presentations in hundreds of schools and at venues throughout the UK, including the Royal Institution, the Royal Society, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Science Museum London, Museum of Science & Industry Manchester, Warrington Museum, Wakefield Museum, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Chester Zoo, London Zoo, Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, Techniquest and for events such as BAYSdays, Aberdeen Techfest, Derby Sci-Tech, Bourne Science Festival, Wolverhampton LA21's Green & Kickin' and Sheffield Children's Festival. Both Dave and Sue have appeared on BBC's Bitesize series and a video diary from one of Dave's trips to Ecuador is featured on the BBC's science programme, Short Circuit.
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| And ....? On our trips we do lots of photography and filming (our first full length video production for primary schools is featured on the Education Resources page), and bring back a selection of artefacts for our own use with the Roadshow, but often a few extras too. Dave also tries to keep some time available in his diary to give talks to adult groups, both general interest and specialists.
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| Contact us at: | dave@rainforestroadshow.co.uk | |