Ebb and Flow – A Japanese family and an Oyster
“Ebb and Flow” is a story about the Yamashitas, a three-generation family, known and loved as pioneers in the Washington’s shellfish industry.
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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.
Neo-Naturalists at the Museum of Northwest Art
Gallery show of a group of talented artists whose work honors the natural world and responds to environmental predicaments
Animated Salmon Habitat
Art and science work together to produce an animated look at salmon in different nearshore habitats.
Seashore Life of the Northern Pacific Coast
In this keystone tome, zoologist Eugene Kozloff describes the common plants and animals that inhabit rocky shores, sandy beaches, and quiet bays and estuaries from Monterey to northern British Columbia.
Amazing Underwater Photos
Collections of high quality glimpses at our underwater world can be found in Pacific Northwest Diver, a bi-monthoy e-Magazine that offers peeks below the surface that leap right off the screen.
Return of the Plankton
Who eats whom?
Whose dads are guarding eggs?
What happens when a crab hides in an octopus den?
Our Watershed — Two Self-directed Water Discussion Courses
With miles of coastline, countless rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands, water is the link that connects our communities. Two free courses offer a chance for small groups to become familiar with issues related to our waters.
Kelp and Critters
Stretching from Oregon all the way to Alaska, the waters that border the Pacific Northwest house an amazing array of life. This DVD takes you on a journey through 4 seasons of marine life in the Pacific Northwest introducing you do many of its underwater inhabitants and discovering their lives.
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.