Founders Note

Hermis Haridas & Nisha Purushothaman

The PawsTrails weekend workshops on bird photography was started in Dubai with an aim to encourage more and more people to spend time with nature and experience first-hand the joys of spending time with wildlife. We have always believed that the way to protect nature is by encouraging people to experience it and thereby fall in love with nature. We are seeing this process working, firsthand now. We have a great percentage of recurring participants, and what is more encouraging is the number of new people who sign up after seeing and getting inspired by the photographs.

This is making us the see the enormous power of art and photography. This power if channeled in the right way can be the best way to bring people closer to nature. We at PawsTrails have put our collective thoughts together on harnessing the power of this great opportunity. We see it as a win-win: bring people closer to nature, while at the same time contributing to the development of photography & art. The more the number of passionate nature photographers and artists, the more the number of photographs and artistic creations reaching the common public, leading to more awareness on nature and conservation.

To this end, PawsTrails is planning on bringing a more formal structure around the workshops that we run. The finer details are still being worked out, but expect some good news from us soon!

Community photography is inspiring and you can do your bit for nature. Why not join PawsTrails for one of our many programs or partner with us in some of our many endeavors.

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Hermis Haridas & Nisha Purushothaman
Founders – PT Explorers