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HRL EXCLUSIVE: The Future has a Face and a Name
By Greta Matos, HRL Guest Author Greta and Alejandro Matos became members of the Long Riders’ Guild, the international association of equestrian explorers, when they rode across Chile. When they set off across Northern Patagonia in 2022, their daughter Sofía Alegría joined them. Upon the completion of the journey Sofía...
Seen From The Saddle: A Long Rider Eyewitness to Climate Change
By Sabine Keller, HRL Guest AuthorGerman Long Rider Sabine Keller has ridden more than 40,000 miles. In a special report created for HRL’s environmental edition, Sabine describes the many alarming changes she witnessed during her latest equestrian journey across Europe. Being on the road with horses has always fascinated me, and I...
A Long Rider’s View of the Eco Apocalypse
By Cuchullaine O’Reilly FRGS Humanity has inhabited the planet for centuries but in the space of a few generations it has become a locust-like infestation that has devoured the Earth because of collective greed, corporate exploitation and individual neglect. As billion-dollar weather disasters continue to dominate the news, we should ask ourselves if humanity...
Heat, Horses & Anhidrosis: A Summer Nightmare
Publisher ForewordIn researching equine issues with heat, I contacted the University of Florida for any information they could offer regarding the current crisis of unprecedented rise in temps.After all, this is the Sunshine State! A tourist attraction especially in winter, the Florida sun has been a marketing tool for decades. However,...
HRL EXCLUSIVE: Heat & Horses – A Survival Guide
By CuChullaine O’Reilly FRGS Rising temperatures around the planet present a danger to millions of equine lives. Yet the vital facts of how heat can injure or kill horses is not widely known or understood. The most extensive international study of this threat is contained in the Encyclopaedia of Equestrian Exploration, written by CuChullaine O’Reilly,...
Climate Change Resources
By Greta Matos, HRL Guest Author Song of Shambhala Russian Long Rider Nicholas Roerich, who explored the Himalayan Mountains of Tibet, painted Song of Shambhala.“My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyedI have to cast my lot with those who...
Ticks and Lyme Disease – 300% Increase due to Climate Change
By Lucy Leaf, HRL Guest AuthoR Lucy Leaf overcame a great many challenges during her 7,000 mile ride through the United States. Ironically her life was put at its greatest risk after she stepped down from the saddle. Like other Long Riders in Europe and the USA Lucy became a...
Publisher Survives Lyme Disease – A Personal Story
Tick insect warning sign in infected forest. Lyme disease and meningitis transmitter. The best defense is a good offense regarding some health issues…Lyme disease is preventable with precautions! I was amazed to read the story by Lucy Leaf, as I too, was diagnosed with Lyme Disease...
Harmony, the book written by HRH Prince Charles that predicted the Environmental Emergency
By Bonnie Folkins, HRL Guest Author More than a decade before today’s environmental crisis, in his passionately written book, Harmony, Prince Charles issued a prophetic warning about the future. The Prince cautioned humanity that the great juggernaut of industrialization was endangering our planet and all life on it. During her equestrian journey across Mongolia,...
Dancing With Horses: Environmental Stewardship
By Joanna Mendl Shaw, HRL Guest Author (Previously published by Arts Climate Initiative) October 2021. It is a bright, sunny, crisp October morning, and the cast of our documentary film IMPRINTED – two dancers, two equestrians, our sound man, second camera, and filmmaker Stefan Morel – are on a forest...
Refresh Yourself With a Ranch Water Cocktail!
While variations on the carbonated water exist, authentic Texan Ranch Water is made with Topo Chico…if you can find it in the supply shortage! What better way to celebrate water, the cornerstone of life, than a tasty cocktail made…from water?When most of us hear the term “ranch water”, we think...
How Horses and Humans Can Impact the Environment
Despite profit-driven misinformation, wild horses and burros are good for the environment – and their capture by BLM is doing real harm to the ongoing climate crisis that impacts us all. These are simple but powerful actions we can all make to make a difference for the planet…whether you own...