Tag Archives for Movies
Tracy & Felt
Tracy & Felt: a new web series that uses fun and humor to explore “the magical and not-to-distant world of science and nature.”
A Very Sticky Fish…
A movie about a fish that really sucks was a 1st Place winner in the 2016 Ocean 180 Video Challenge.
Call for photos/videos
This will be the kind of field guide that paper can’t deliver, a guide that will show you behavior of creatures (video), interactions between creatures instead of a separate page for each one, and so you can keep looking at cool stuff while learning, it can read to you! And the content won’t be just science-y stuff, it’ll also include cultural interpretations: poetry, art, stories, etc.
Is This Where Puget Sound Starts?
Three short (4 minute) videos take the viewer on a tour of streams in Kitsap County…streams that are mainly invisible: underground or hidden by trees. Even more importantly, we see interactions between the streams, the ecosystem, and the communities they flow through.
Animated Salmon Habitat
Art and science work together to produce an animated look at salmon in different nearshore habitats.
The Deep
The way they move is … uncanny! Animated underwater creatures created from household items interact with each other in this short film.
Underwater Dust Mop
Giant California sea cucumber in action, eating off the floor, the seafloor. See its wild tentacles in action in this video.
Return of the Plankton
Who eats whom?
Whose dads are guarding eggs?
What happens when a crab hides in an octopus den?
Recent Media Articles
Blue Hope
I found myself excitedly telling my friends about this book, saying: “It’s such a great coffee table book that it almost makes me want to buy a coffee table.” Joking aside, I’ve long been a fan of Sylvia Earle. I even had a chance to sit down and chat with her quite some years ago
Baseline, What Baseline?
Preserving and restoring nature are key items on our global agenda. But it’s complicated. What do we preserve? What are the goal posts for our restoration efforts? J.B. MacKinnon takes a hard look at these issues and at getting one’s mind around nature in general. His 2013 book, The Once and Future World, is written
Are Herring Runs Rebounding
David Albright put together a very good short video about Spring 2023 herring spawning, including some underwater footage by our friend Laura James and some of the cultural connections.
Importance of parasites
One of the things that caught my attention about this radio story was that it was aimed at broadening our notions of what an ecosystem is. While much of the media’s attention is still on the charismatic megafauna, other less obvious and less beloved elements are also of vital importance. When was the last time
Future Ecologies
A broad-spectrum collection of invitations to see your world in a new light – set to original music & immersive soundscapes, and weaving together interviews with expert knowledge holders.