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.
Tag Archives for Salish Sea
Traveling at the Speed of Worm
Giant pile worms or sea nymphs rise from their burrow when the moon and tides are right. They swim vigorously with the males following the females, eggs or sperm pouring out of each
Colors of Cold
What color are the cold Pacific Northwest waters when you get below the surface? This movie answers that question in spades!
The Reason You Can’t See to the Bottom . . . .
This short movie will shatter the perception that — because you can’t see to the bottom — there must not be much life in the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, 2011
Not your father’s science conference. In addition to the usual, this one featured a gallery art show and a film festival.
Voices of the Strait
Funded by the Puget Sound Partnership, Voices of the Strait documents life on the Strait of Juan de Fuca over the last 80 years.
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.