The Real Elephant Collective

✨Last few copies left! Our 2025 Coexistence Calendar – a celebration of the incredible species that share their homes with Asian elephants. Gift your loved ones a vibrant treasure trove of biodiversity and raise awareness about the beauty of coexistence. Let’s kick off the year with a message of harmony! Order your copy today, using the link, and make this year truly wild and wonderful. https://lnkd.in/dnMZGjM2

A stunning herd of elephants from India is now on display at Miami Beach, Florida. These life-size sculptures, created by 200 Indigenous artisans from the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, are made from lantana camara—an invasive weed damaging ecosystems. Designed by Shubhra Nayar, each elephant represents one from the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. This plant, once a threat, is now a symbol of biodiversity restoration, hope, and resilience. The Real Elephant Collective #TheGreatElephantMigration #Sustainability #ArtForChange #Biodiversity Video credit: Supriya Sahu IAS/ Twitter

A stunning herd of elephants from India is now on display at Miami Beach, Florida. These life-size sculptures, created by 200 Indigenous artisans from the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, are made from lantana camara—an invasive weed damaging ecosystems. Designed by Shubhra Nayar, each elephant represents one from the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. This plant, once a threat, is now a symbol of biodiversity restoration, hope, and resilience. The Real Elephant Collective #TheGreatElephantMigration #Sustainability #ArtForChange #Biodiversity Video credit: Supriya Sahu IAS/ Twitter

Our humanity is a simple concept - create more open coexisting opportunities to connect and have common experiences without boundaries and external influences - magic happens. This way of looking at the world is rooted in mutual respect and reciprocity. Thank you to Xerjoff Group S.p.A. and The The Real Elephant Collective for installing this special public art “The Great Elephant Migration” in our beautiful 305 environment. Check it out until December 8th for #ArtWeek2024- day or night at 36th Street and Collins Avenue. Public parking at 40th Street and Collins (or ride share) #SoMiami Check out this listing of Miami Art Week and Art of Black events: https://lnkd.in/eucR9HVy https://lnkd.in/em7UYPsn Powered by Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau

Exciting Opportunity to Join The Real Elephant Collective as a Communications and Outreach Coordinator TREC is a socio-environmental enterprise, dedicated to rekindling the human-nature relationship, focussing on the Asian elephant. We are currently looking to amplify our outreach through strategic storytelling and public engagement, through clear, impactful content. Ideal Candidate: A talented communicator with strong writing skills, digital proficiency, and a keen interest in nature and conservation. Location: Gudalur, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (in-person preferred, with flexible remote options for the right candidate) This role provides a unique chance to contribute to high-impact conservation efforts, taking India's coexistence story to the world. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to connect with you! To apply, send your CV to info@therealelephant.com, and tell us why are you a prefect candidate for this job. For a full job description check out the link below, https://lnkd.in/dRA6APv7 #CommunicationsJobs #WildlifeConservation #AsianElephants #Biodiversity #Hiring #TheRealElephantCollective #EnvironmentalAdvocacy

Coexistence is a beautiful story even if it's not a simple one. Being based in a town at the edge of forests, we are familiar with its nuances both beautiful and challenging, and are constantly enriched by our interactions with what's wild within and without us! Rather than a world split into natural and non-natural, a healthy mosaic of the natural interwoven into the growing world means better health for humans and the environment. This project has been slowly growing its wings for over two years, weaving together intricate stories of Coexistence across the home range of the Asian elephant from the Western Ghats to south East Asia. Stay tuned for more as it grows. Our project takes the story of Coexistence from the obvious spaces shared by humans and wildlife to the balconies of apartments to empty plots in cities, and impenetrable forests rich with biodiversity. Introducing The Coexistence World of All Who Lives With Asian Elephants. #coexistence #asianelephant #artforconservation

Sivakumar from the Nilgiri reserve in Tamil Nadu is a skilled artisan who is using the invasive lantana weed to craft beautiful life-size elephants! 🐘 ✨ Low-cost credit from Rang De social investors enabled him to pursue this artform, helping him conserve the landscape and create days of livelihood for him. ❇ You too can enable artisan like Sivakumar and enable rural communities with your social investment. Visit https://bit.ly/3WUsQWN today, create impact and get repaid with interest! A big thanks to our impact partner The Real Elephant Collective

 Our elephants have moved!  Goodbye and thank you Newport!  Hello, New York! Travelling across the globe from Nilgiris to New York, these elephants represent real wild eles that coexist with people who live near forests. Forests choking with lantana, the invasive weed from which these eles are made! New York, what's your Coexistence Quotient!. Follow us to learn more about our work, we do more than make elephants! 📍9th Avenue in the Meatpacking District , New York  📅 September 7 - October 20, 2024 #therealelephantcollective #asianelephant #indigenous #indianelephants #newyorkelephants #Lantanacamara #thegreatelephantmigration #lantanaElephants