Posts Tagged ‘Good Nature’

Changing Minds with “Chasing Ice”

Not since Al Gore’s 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth has such a powerful documentary feature film come out about the Earth’s changing climate. In the recently released Chasing Ice, National Geographic photographer James Balog trains revolutionary, time-lapse cameras on glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, and Glacier National Park in order to capture a multiyear, undeniable [...]

The Right Whale Encounter

The most rare of all large whales, right whales were given their common name by whalers, who identified them as the “right whales” to kill. At fifty feet long and weighing seventy tons, right whales were hunted for their plentiful oil and baleen, which could be made into corsets, buggy whips, and parasol ribs. During [...]

Want to Be More Productive? Look at Cute Baby Animal Photos

A highlight of any nature travel experience is seeing baby animals: fuzzy and clumsy Churchill polar bear cubs, just emerged from the den; young Yellowstone wolves tumbling and rolling as they “play” fight; or inexperienced lion offspring, learning how to stalk and hunt. We all know that babies — of almost any species — are [...]

Defining The Wilderness Act

It’s fall in Wisconsin where I live; and during these moody, gray November days, the white-tailed deer “begin to run,” as we say. It’s the time of year when I see them the most. The sight of them reminds me that although we usually think of the wolf or the grizzly bear as the ultimate [...]

“Geography of Hope”: The Wilderness Act Turns Fifty in 2014

Today, November 6, 2012, is Election Day in the United States. This is the day when the American people decide who will become their next president. It also denotes the end of ubiquitous, annoying, and often bitter political campaign ads — at least for a while. So, on this day, it’s especially appropriate to point [...]

Comeback Country: A Climate-Changed Churchill?

The lands that we come from are certainly a big part of who we are. When people ask at first meeting, “Where are you from?,” they’re trying to get a sense of who you are in a shorthand way — what influences have shaped your thinking and which issues are important to you. But I [...]