What the astronauts felt when they saw Earth from space changed them forever. Author and artist Benjamin Grant aims to provoke this same feeling of overwhelming scale and beauty in each of us through a series of stunning satellite images that show the effects human beings are having on the planet. “If we can adopt a more expansive perspective, embrace the truth of what is going on and contemplate the long-term health of our planet, we will create a better, safer and smarter future for our one and only home,” Grant says.
Category: Conservation
I think it’s time for people to start reconnecting to what is true. We have been ignorant of the price we going pay, our children are going to pay, our grand children are going to pay and it will be gone for ever when it does go. Our lives will be different. — Carlos Eyles, Freediver http://youtu.be/ZlgXZiBijM8
Read more about light pollution and how you can help: darksky.org Dark Skies of Utah – a Timelapseworkshops.com Collaborative Film from Ron Risman on Vimeo. “Dark Skies of Utah” was captured by 11 photographers that attended one of two Timelapse Moab Workshops that took place last month in southeastern Utah. What is even more amazing is that most of these photographers had never shot or processed timelapse before this workshop, and many of these timelapses were actually captured after just 1 or 2 days of instruction. Two of the workshop…
Cross post from my work blog, please click here to read and help. September 19, the Russian Coast Guard illegally boarded the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise while in international waters. All 30 members of the crew were held under armed guard for 5 days as the ship was towed to the port of Murmansk. Upon arrival, the activists were taken from the ship and held by authorities on land.
The owl box is up! So pleased with it and here’s hoping a lovely owl will do us the pleasure of moving in sharpish! Owls are fantastic for pest control (read rats) and are just nice birds to have around too. I love hearing their call at night. Owls, like many birds and especially birds of prey are really struggling because we have destroyed their habits. So putting up owl boxes and giving them a place to nest is a big help. Attached the plans I found, they easy to…