Bering Sea Expeditions
Tag along to see some of the logistics, some of the science, and assorted highlights of doing fieldwork in an environment that most people never get to see, the Bering Sea.
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.
Recent Media Articles
Ian’s Ride
In Ian’s Ride, Karen Polinsky tells an inspiring story of Ian Mackay learning ways to approach life after he had been paralyzed from the neck down. One of the things I especially liked about the story was how it focused on the process of finding solutions rather than dramatizing a negative view of the situation.
Our Oceans
A five-episode series, each one about a different ocean. The underwater video is stunning, and it does a good job of pointing out ecosystem interconnections.
The Accidental Ecosystem
Cities do, indeed, have their own ecosystems. These have developed over centuries of city growth, suburb growth, and other human impacts on the lands. This book added a new dimension to my understanding of how we are impacting nature.
Earth For All
Earth for All was published in 2022 as a report to The Club of Rome. As I read it, I realized that it was part of a “new wave” of literature about addressing our current global problems — a wave that was based on systems thinking.
Homewaters
I highly recommend Homewaters — for the way it introduces the components of the Puget Sound ecosystem, but especially for how it weaves the various parts together.