Part surfing documentary and part environmental journalism, Tipping Barrels: Journey Into the Great Bear… Read the rest is a 20-minute short that’s worth the watch. Surfers and brothers Arran and Reid Jackson venture through Central and North Coast, B.C., wherein lies one of the unspoiled rainforests in the world—a home to wolves, grizzlies,
In an effort to grow black rhino populations as part of the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project, the seventh of these critically endangered species was recently translocated 1,500 kilometers from the Eastern Cape to a new location in the Limpopo Province. Though it’s difficult to believe, carrying the rhinos… Read the rest
Every year around this time, roughly 1,000 polar bears hang out by the Canadian town of Churchill, Manitoba waiting for the Hudson Bay to freeze. And every year, like clockwork, tourists head to the area hoping to catch a glimpse of one of these beloved, endangered bears.
Can’t make… Read the rest
Maybe it’s the sweet sounds of the string instruments or the incredible paper-cutout animation, but this video certainly makes the death and decomposition of a whale seem a bit romantic.… Read the rest
Friend of WEND… Read the rest and photo contributor Andy Maser (you can check it out his photos for Field Report in the current issue by signing up for our free digital edition) is hard at work on a new film project for American Rivers and American Whitewater. American Rivers dubbed 2011 the
Now this is a cool company with a great project. When Eli Marmar and Martin Kim set out to start their own footwear company just over a year ago, they ended up creating more than just awesome sandals.
“At the end of a 14-hour work day, would designing cool products… Read the rest
If you happen to be in Oregon this weekend, don’t miss out on the opportunity to be part of the Great Willamette Clean Up 2011.
The 187-mile effort to clean up a river essential to life in Oregon takes place both on land (by foot and by bike) and water… Read the rest
The aurora borealis explained, courtesy of forskning.no in collaboration with the Department of Physics at the University of Oslo.… Read the rest
We’re a little late in the game on posting this, but—in case you didn’t know—today is international PARK(ing) Day. Meaning: today, all over the world, make-shift parks are popping up in parking spaces. As the official PARK(ing) website says, they’re “providing temporary public open space… one parking spot at at… Read the rest
Al Gore has one thing to say about the flooding, fires and drought this summer: you better get used to it. Starting today, he’ll be delivering the message to every time zone in the world for 24 straight hours through his Climate Reality Project. An update to An Inconvenient Truth… Read the rest
