Power Shift 09 Photography and Images

I am sitting here in the Energy Action Headquarters in Washington D.C. All around me the enthusiasm of the PowerShift team is crackling in the air like electricity. It is phenomenal and very very exciting. Over the next four days a conference of 12000 students is going to take place in the Washington Convention center. On Monday, they have scheduled over 300+ meetings with their Congress Reps. Simply put, this conference has the potential to change the world.

And of Course, images are going to be here. CLICK

Cinema Planeta and Cape Farewell Exhibit

My Cape Farewell photography show is going to be in Mexico at the Cinema Planeta Film Festival, from the 11 - 15 of March. I think this is pretty exciting. That means that the images from the Cape Farewell Voyage have been shown in Cairo, London, Ottawa, and now, Cuernavaca, Mexico. So if you are in Mexico, Cuernavaca is apparently 1.5 hours outside of Mexico City, go and check it out.

Site Updates

A few site updates to announce, a new Nunavut page has been added and there have been some more images added to the Panorama page. To top that off, the whole Blog has been re-formated. Enjoy

The Age of Stupid

I saw this video in Poznan during COP 14 at a pre release screening. It is shocking and is set to hit the mainstream movie world in just over a month. Check it out if it hits a city near you. You can also check out the Canadian review here.

Anthony Suau - World Press Photo Winner

The World Press Photo Jury has announced the winner of the World Press 2009 competition. Anthony Suau's image of a eviction proceeding in Ohio was chosen as the image that, according to the jury, best represented the most important story in the world today, the collapsing global financial system.

I disagree with the jury of course and would strongly argue that Climate Change and the impending collapse of the planet is slightly more important then the global economy. After all, without a sustainable planet, the other won't exist. But, our differences aside, Suau's image is beautiful and I recommend that you check out all the winners. As always, some amazing and shocking imagery.

Winterlude and Cape Farewell

This weekend several of the voyagers from the Cape Farewell Youth Expedition will be giving presentations during the wonderful Winterlude Festival in Ottawa. Although, according to the Winterlude website, "Due to weather conditions, the Sun Life Snowflake Kingdom is closed." I am not to sure what that means, but alas, it sounded like fun!

So instead of venturing into the Kingdom go to the 'Cape Farewell Young Explorers' Held at: Confederation Park (Rogers Crystal Garden) on Saturday and Sunday, February 14 and 15, noon and 2:30 pm
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4 of the images from the expedition are also on display in the Crystal Garden. Less then two weeks after being in the capital of England, the show and voyagers are now in the capital of Canada! AND, there are plans for more exhibits and presentations to come throughout the year.....

If you are in the area, you have to go to Ottawa, skate on the canal, eat a beaver tail and say hello to the voyagers.

Beware Pigeons!!!

I especially like the exclamation mark.

Natural History Museum Photography

An image from the Incredible Natural History Museum in London.

British Council Arctic Photography Exhibit

The exhibit at the British Council headquarters in London featuring images from the Cape Farewell Youth Expedition was a resounding success.

Over 150 people, including politicians, diplomats, climate scientists, climate activists, and interested individuals, showed up to see the images. They were given the opportunity to meet some of the voyagers, the staff members of the expedition, and the British Council employees that made this possible.

A huge thanks goes out to Eleanor Land from the British Council. She and I spent hours looking at images, asking for opinions, and choosing. Then I spent many hours in front of a computer to make these images ready. Currently their are 10 images at the address on Spring Garden road. The exhibit launched a multimedia presentation that will now tour over 100 Council offices around the world. The Council has recently made Climate Change one of its' big three priorities and this exhibition will serve as an example and launching pad for hopefully many more exciting projects from the British Council.

Among those in attendance during the evening was the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Mr. Ed Milliband. Mr. Milliband graciously gave his time for a discussion with the voyagers regarding the UK position and the state of Climate Change negotiations. Although it was disappointing to hear Mr. Milliband talk so much about Obama, Obama, Obama, when he is the leading man for the United Kingdom.

Also attending was Mr. Neil Kinnock, famous British Politician and current Chair of the British Council. Mr. Kinnock made wonderful comments on the current need for political and civil society action on climate change and, several comments on my hat, mentioning that he couldn't understand why those with hair wore hats but that he was envious of my style.

The exhibit will be up for a month and from there will hopefully tour to other locations. If you have a suggestion for a location and would like to see this show near you, please drop me a line.

Cape Farewell Photography - London Exhibition

This Wednesday, Feb 4th at the British Council head quarters in London a launch of an exhibition of my Arctic photography from British Council Canada’s Cape Farewell Youth Expedition 2008.

Last September British Council Canada took 28 high school students on a voyage from Iceland, round the tip of Greenland, to Baffin Island in Canada to witness the effects of climate change firsthand. They worked on board with both artists and scientists to understand the fragility of the environment they were in and develop a new, creative language of communication.