bee rescue

a bee had gotten stuck in a bucket of rainwater....will be looking at any uncovered to make sure there is escape....the bee spent a fairly long time on the stone... i wandered off and came back and it was gone....

a moment with recovering bee

must see movie!!

i went to a screening and was blown away.....

i rarely eat meat but i use butter. cheese and eggs and now i will begin to really examine my footprint.....i had no idea of the magnitude of this problem. as a certified tree hugger earthiest how did i not know what the greatest threat to the environment is.????

 seems to me we are totally not willing to even look....not even environmental groups!!! there is hardly anyone out there who is willing to have this conversation....i have to say this movie has started me on a new obsession....



 

more from Dr Richard Oppenlander here

DamNation

this film is amazing....i learned so much about where we find ourselves, how we got here and just when i thought new lows had been reached (it will be hard to rival this film for best bad news documentary i saw this year) i was treated to some amazing stories of hard work over years finally paying off and a MEGADOSE of hope...wow this film was so well done!!! and speaking as a representative of the invasive species i ask myself .... if given the choice....fish or electricity? i enthusiastically choose fish.......



i have been to the Elwha 2 times since the dams came out (first time after lower out and upper still in ) i was lured to the Elwha when i heard the moviemakers of this great movie on the Joe Show ... RETURN of the RIVER

TINY a story about living small

came across this movie browsing on netflix......it was fun and inspiring.  i loved it when he proposed the idea of "a new model we can take with us into the future"......this movie was perfect on the last day of 2015 .....

Plastic Paradise...a film that needs to be seen

just heard about this film and it was on Netflix so i watched....i think it's my pick for best bad news of my year!!!  (i think this film came out in 2013)    very well done and describes in detail where we find ourselves.....i will be looking for any and every way to change my behavior......

"Thousands of miles away from civilization, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote places on earth. And yet its become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. In this independent documentary film, journalist/filmmaker Angela Sun travels on a personal journey of discovery to uncover this mysterious phenomenon. Along the way she meets scientists, researchers, influencers, and volunteers who shed light on the effects of our rabid plastic consumption and learns the problem is more insidious than we could have ever imagined."

Paul Palank

i was so horrified by this tragedy when i first heard ....i often drew a picture for myself and this one i call  "who thinks like this?"Angel continues her good work...thank you Angel !!!

and in 2015 the battle continues

Maria Gunnoe

I first saw Maria in the film Burning the future  2008

here are a few posts related to the myth of clean coal

barbaric  extraction on steroids  THE LAST MOUNTAIN

If you want to end mountaintop removal,  you are a Friend of the Mountains.