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Amazing Photos that give a deeper understanding of the tar sands. Keep scrolling to see an updated version of Johnson’s photo essay, which shows the effects of Canadian oil mining — a process in which oil-laden sand is dug from the ground, the fuel separated …
I have noticed the HUGE amount of machine language in our conversations. So I looked up what Machine means: machine (n.) 1540s, “structure of any kind,” from Middle French machine “device, contrivance,” from Latin machina “machine, engine, military machine; device, trick; instrument” (source also of …
A shellfish restoration project in New Zealand weaves together traditional Māori knowledge and marine ecology to foster mussel growth. – by Asher Mullard
Sitting on the seaweed-covered beach of Okahu Bay in New Zealand, a 15-minute drive from Auckland’s bustling port, Richelle Kahui-McConnell stops midsentence and points out over the waves. “Oh my god, look at those fish jumping. Look, look, look,” she says. “When I started working to restore this bay 11 years ago, you’d never see that.”
Once a saltwater pantry filled with green-lipped mussels and flounder, Okahu Bay has suffered the same fate as urban beaches around the world. Fishing trawlers and port dredgers decimated the once-robust ecosystem. A crude sewage system dumped raw human waste into the water for decades, further disrupting marine life and causing typhoid and cholera. Boats still leach toxins and bring invasive foreign species into the waters.
Photo by Richelle Kahui-McConnell
So I saw this National Geographic photo of a stork. The guy who took the picture pulled the bag off the stork. I personally dislike the photo because I feel the image conveys underlying messages that separates humans from the natural world. So I started …
Multi-disciplinary artist Harley Cortez originally created “Tangier” as a painting (pictured below) in anticipation of a trip to Morocco. “Tangier” took life as a song during the aforementioned trip, and soon spawned an entire concept album, painting over the line between art and music. Listen …
