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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Backyard Naturalists is Born! CB
For some time now, Niall and I have been discussing how we might develop a children’s program for Meet Your Neighbours. We’ve had several requests from organizations who have recognized that our message “Biodiversity Begins at Home” is a valuable … Continue reading
Recognising opportunity. NB
A few decades ago – although everyone swears it was no more than a dozen years past, so deep an impression it made on us – the minister of a parish overlooking the great tidal lagoon that is Montrose Basin, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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2020VISION concept pictures. NB
Part of my brief for the 2020VISION project involves producing 10 conceptual images about the different habitats, the restoration of which the initiative is advocating. These images all feature words too, sometimes as a part of the picture (such as … Continue reading
Posted in 2020Vision
Tagged 2020vision, bleak, conceptual images of nature; concept; ash tree, lonely, single, woodland restoration
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Publishers Beware: here comes Lightroom 4′s Book Module. PHD
Just a few days ago I was talking with my brother about that uncanny way in which you might mention a person and then, days later they appear on the scene. It might be those multiple universes that modern physics … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Creativity
Tagged Adobe Lightroom3 Lightroom 4, books, ebooks, Julieanne Kost, quality, self-publishing
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A Little Love Goes a Long Way. CB
Following up on my last post, this video, which was created for the IUCN in partnership with the communications agency Futerra and Wildscreen, really drives home the point that a new approach to selling the idea of biodiversity needs to … Continue reading
Posted in Comment, Conservation
Tagged conservation, doom and gloom, futerra, iucn, love, new approach, old messaging, wildscreen
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We’re Deaf to Doom & Gloom. CB
A recent post on the Scientific American Blog EvoEcoLab really stuck a chord with me. The article is entitled The (Mis)use of Messaging in Biodiversity Loss Prevention. The crux of the essay is that the typical environmental messaging of species … Continue reading
Posted in Comment, Uncategorized
Tagged biodiversity, Clay Bolt, ethics, evoecolab, guilt, monetary conservation, pressure, protection, scientific american
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More on Valuing Nature. CB.
In light of the recent conversation that several of us have been contributing to on the importance of “valuing” nature, I wanted to share this video that I came across this morning thanks to the IUCN. I have enjoyed the … Continue reading →