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- Do the Palm Oil Conga!Ashley’s new commission for Chester Zoo, “The Palm Oil Conga”, is live! Her new song celebrates a commitment to sustainable palm oil, and details how the unsustainable production of palm oil is one of the biggest threats facing the forests and wildlife of Borneo and Sumatra. For more information on the Palm Oil Challenge, visit https://www.chesterzoo.org/support-us/palm-oil.
- Czech Republic Sings for SongbirdsAs part of the European Association for Zoos and Aquria (EAZA’s) Silent Forest Campaign, children across the Czech Republic have been rewriting and performing Ashley’s original song “Sing for Songirds” in Czech! Songbirds in Asia are threatened with extinction due to excessive and strongly cultural rooted consumption of wild songbirds for trade, songbird competitions, pets,…
- AmaSing performance at Chester’s StoryhouseAshley’s song “Sing for Songbirds” was performed as part of AmaSing’s 2018’s concert at Chester’s Storyhouse. The song, commissioned by Chester Zoo, was written to raise awareness of the plight of Asian songbirds, including that of the Black Winged Starling. The song was performed by over a thousand children. AmaSing works collaboratively with educational establishments…