Wildlife - Professional

Wakoda

Guy Brooksbank
USA

Nominee

"Wakoda"
Egret, Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida USA

Biography: Guy's media production career began in public television decades ago, working alongside Paul Lally (dir. Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood). Not surprisingly, working with Lally introduced Guy to the power of media advocacy. Guy went on to create workshops for the monks of Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala, India, to shoot, edit, and preserve the teachings of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet. Recognizing that education and representation are profound agents of social change, Guy went on to found Handheld Stories, a non-profit organization providing communities confronting critical social...

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