The United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat, in association with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and leading nature filmmakers worldwide, invites filmmakers world-wide to take part in a first-ever global multimedia initiative, to remind us all how vital forests are. Submissions are accepted until December 15th, 2012. For more information visit Forests for People: [...]

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Simon Fraser University – British Columbia, Canada and the Wehea Forest of Borneo PhD student Brent Loken was hoping to capture images of the elusive Bornean clouded leopard when he set up a camera trap in the rainforest. Instead, he made the re-discovery of a lifetime - a rare Borneo monkey called Miller’s grizzled langur, one [...]

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Colors – time lapse, macro and nature’s beauty by D’Alessandro Photography     Tweet

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I have recently developed a burning desire to get more in touch with the California terrestrial landscape and learn how to work with soil – in particular to grow organically and clean up food systems. To fulfill that desire, I spent time at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) in the beginning of September [...]

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American University’s School of Communication, Center for Environmental Filmmaking is offering students a one-week alternative spring break program on the Chesapeake Bay to introduce them to the challenges and fun of environmental filmmaking – Classroom in the Wild: Chesapeake Bay. The program will take place March 11-17, 2012, and is limited to 12 students – [...]

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Due to the state of the economy, January 2010 presented me with a new challenge/adventure: the journey towards a second career. Smitten with cross-cultural exchange and international education through my own travels and education, I began to seek a way to work in this emerging field. I considered going back to school for my masters’ [...]

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Over the past 26 years, Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup has become the world’s largest volunteer effort for the oceans. Nearly nine million volunteers from 152 countries and locations have cleaned 145 million pounds of trash from the shores of lakes, streams, rivers, and the ocean on just one day each year. Everyone Gets into [...]

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I acquired my appreciation for the wealth and beauty Mother Nature has to offer, at a young age. Growing up, my family spent every summer in a simple cottage without electricity and running water on a small island, and designated nature reserve, off the coast of Stockholm, Sweden. My love for the ocean and my [...]

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Many of San Francisco’s wide streets contain zones of wasted space, especially at intersections.  So the city’s “Pavement to Parks” projects is designed to temporarily reclaim these unused areas and quickly and inexpensively turn them into public plazas and parks.  Sometimes even a couple of parking spaces can create a “parklet.” The success of these [...]

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On June 15th Celebrate Global Wind Day! For something that you can’t see, wind is a remarkable source of power, drama and dollars. It also inspires art and personal accomplishment. Here are a few avenues for exploration. Wind – Sculpture Click on Lyman Whittaker’s work to see it in motion. Wind – Most and Fastest [...]

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