Sustainability Action Media (SAM) at 2010 ESTC, the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference organized by TIES, The International Ecotourism Society.

Rick was interviewed and videotaped by Barry Heidt of SAM "in-situ" during the conference in the Hilton Hotel, Portland, Oregon and is positioned as a sustainability thought leader in the EarthSayers.tv, special collection, Eco-Tourism.

Rick discusses the importance of ecotourism and conservation of natural environments as he personally witnesses, as a mountain  climber, the degredation of the wild places. Landscape connectivity is his present focus to making a difference.

This about Utah Prairie Dogs and when the heart opens to love - a Prairie Tale.  Visit Elaine's site to order her books and photographs. Affimals is an uplifting journey into the kind of happiness we can all have in our lives, with affirmations like WILD HORSE: Unbridle your passion, and FIREFLY: Spark imagination.

 A short story about passing the filmmaking torch. Greg and Shaun MacGillivray discuss how having children inspired the large format films they want to share with the world. More original content can be found at OneWorldOcean and on their YouTube channel. http://OneWorldOneOcean.org

Actions speak louder than words: hundreds join to show their support for the oceans. Show your support by asking President Obama to represent our oceans' needs at Rio+20, click here.

A biology pioneer is how the term came to being and Emmet expands upon the term. Each year the bioneers gather in San Rafael, California to renew friendships, exchange views and information, and explore the integration of mind, body and spirit. Emmet Brady of the Insect News Network was interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv, voices of sustainability at the 2011 conference.   Emmet's mission is to educate, inspire and empower people everywhere to care for the natural world, by exploring the world of Cultural Entomology. The Insect News Network (INN)  travels the globe to learn how people think and feel about our 6- and 8-legged friends. Created and hosted by E. Emmet Brady, the I.N.N. is a non-stop multi-media interdisciplinary plunge into the microcosm.

The Leopold Education Project (LEP) is an innovative, interdisciplinary, critical thinking, conservation and environmental education curriculum based on the classic writings of the renowned conservationist, Aldo Leopold.The Leopold Education Project teaches the public about humanity's ties to the natural environment in the effort to conserve and protect the earth's natural resources.

Quote from Aldo Leopold( 1887-1948) Sand County Almanac: 

"Our children are our signature to the roster of history; our land is merely the place our money was made. There is as yet no social stigma in the possession of a gullied farm, a wrecked forest, or a polluted stream, provided the dividends suffice to send the youngsters to college."

A Sand County Almanac; with essays on conservation from Round River

Michael Fishbach narrates his encounter with a humpback whale entangled in a fishing net. Gershon Cohen and he have founded The Great Whale Conservancy to help and protect whales.  Join them in helping to save these magnificent beings. Become a Facebook Fan.

Circle of Life is a series of stand alone but interconnected short films that can be played individually or as a continuous narrative. In their entirety they provide a snapshot of our marine world at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. They are not meant to be definitive, but rather provide a personal account of what I've seen and filmed in HD over the last couple of years. Visit the

CIRCLE OF LIFE

Circle of Life is a series of stand alone but interconnected short films that can be played individually or as a continuous narrative. In their entirety they provide a snapshot of our marine world at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. They are not meant to be definitive, but rather provide a personal account of what I've seen and filmed in HD over the last couple of years. Visit the whitewitchwares to view the series.

Rachel Carson, famed biologist, author and visionary, was a founding member of The Nature Conservancy in Maine. Join Cori Kahn of the Conservancy for a visit to Rachel Carson Wildlife refuge in Wells, Maine, to learn more about a conservation icon. Silent Spring available from Amazon.com.