As we continue to research the subject of Climate Change and it’s effects on the Pacific Island Nations for the upcoming shoot in the Marshall Islands, almost every step of the way I coming across undeniable examples of how severe their situation is, and how close these nations are to reaching a point of no [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
How bad can 10 years of erosion be?
October 26, 2009
I just came across this post from themarshallislandsjournal.com Pretty incredible how much the landscape has changed in ten years.
UN’s Seal The Deal
October 22, 2009
This is a UN petition initiative aimed at boosting awareness and action to stop global warming. Interestingly enough the first profile is of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives who is concerned for his nation, who like the Marshall Islands is under severe threat of being permanently overtaken by the rising tides – fueled by [...]
Some photos of Arno | Sea Cucumber Farming
October 21, 2009
Here are some photos of Arno Atoll sent through by Biorock project manager Erik Hagberg. These are pics from around Arno, the last (above) is of one of the locations of the Biorock installation Erik has been working with the people of Arno to develop a sustainable sea cucumber farming industry on the islands. His [...]
Copenhagen: UN Climate Change Conference 12-09
October 16, 2009
COP 15 UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE 2009 December 7 – 18, 2009 The more time you spend looking into the anticipation of this event, the more you start to get the feeling that this summit could quite possibly mark the point in history where the world came together, put their differences aside, and started to [...]
Accessing the Internet with a Canoe (how CDN)
October 14, 2009
We are going to be undertaking a pretty big challenge on this trip. Aside from producing this episode from arguably one of the most remote places on the planet, we are going to be uploading regular video posts from the production front line to show viewers what is going down on Arno on a day-by-day [...]
In Our Kids Lifetime…
As we continue to research for this upcoming shoot, it becomes more and more undeniable that the children born today will grow up and undoubtedly witness the true effects of Climate Change. It is astounding to think that my kids could potentially watch entire nations (like the Republic of the Marshall Islands), be overtaken by [...]
100 Places to Remember
October 10, 2009
This is a outdoor exhibit that just opened in Copenhagen: a lead up to the UN Climate Change Summit in December. It is a collection of photos from some of the worlds best photographers documenting endangered places across the globe effected by Climate Change. It is also being published as a ‘certified green’ coffee table [...]
A Simple Recipe – Willie Smits
Willie Smits | TED Talk : The focus of one of our next episodes and personally an initial source of inspiration for this project on the whole. This is one of the first resources I came across while I was researching Willie Smits and his progressive work in the Rain Forests of Borneo. Thankfully no [...]
The Unreal Potential
“…if less than 0.1% of the renewable energy in the oceans could be converted to electricity, it would satisfy the present world demand for energy five times over.” Marine Foresight Panel Report, House of Commons London. Office of Science and Technology. May 1999 – From the Natural Currents Website – Two of the Green Energy [...]