A rich opportunity…the Ark story, retold, thousands of years old, revisited as a base of dialogue among scientists and people of faith.

All of life sampled in one ship. One ship, with no apparent means of moving about. No sails. No engine. Only its own surface area, being pushed around by wind and water. All of life aboard, including humanity. Each trying to protect itself, carve out a niche. Some stronger than others. Some louder. Some more persistent. Others more patient. Some visible. Most not.

We focus on this ship. Why was it built? What runs it? Where has it come from? Where is it going? Can a steady course be steered long enough to avoid the common shoals ahead? Or is it there that we will rest, while the water recedes, life jumps ship, and we wait for the seas to rise again?

Posted on May 12th, 2010 in Christians, Environmentalists

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Considering the workings of dialogue among those people who work with the new biology and those of faith, while preparing the soil for this season’s family vegetable garden. Last year, a blight took out the tomato crop. This year I imagine the sungolds from years past.

Posted on April 29th, 2010 in Christians, Environmentalists, Scientists

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This morning I found myself thinking about the root causes for why people find it so difficult to address the degradation of the planet. A frequent thought. I remembered my trip to Copenhagen last December, during the UN Climate Change Talks. We were producing a focus piece on the OCEANS and CLIMATE CHANGE.

People had come from all corners of the earth to see what could be done in the face of a climate changed by us. Many looked to the leaders of two countries, China and America, for big strides. Instead, these countries shuffled. These leaders shuffled because their people are shuffling. Why are Americans shuffling?

Wandering through one of the peaceful protests on Copenhagen’s, I smiled to see a model of earth held in the arms of youthful spirits.

Posted on March 19th, 2010 in

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I will be screening clips and speaking about this work-in-progress BEHOLD THE EARTH on Sunday at 2:45pm, at the Baird Auditorium of the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History. Please come if you are in the Washington area this weekend and curious to learn what the production is all about.

The talk and screening is part of the US Environmental Film Festival, in its 18th year. For those of you who are enthusiasts for films about the people/nature connection, there are 155 diverse films screening between March 16th and 28th. Special programs exist for children and are marked by a family-friendly symbol in the festival program.

Posted on March 16th, 2010 in Christians, Educators, Environmentalists, Indie Film, Neo-Traditional Music, Parents, Scientists, Uncategorized

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I’ve been in Tierra del Fuego these past two weeks, the “land of fire,” with the opportunity to capture time-lapse footage. Each day amidst moody and wind-whipped clouds, the sun moves slowly across the sky. If those clouds were not so constantly spitting water, this place is one where you could lie on your back and look up and about forever, like Ishmael strapped to the masthead. Instead, you savor the sun when it shows, wipe the lens that is measuring all this light, and dry out later near the fire in the company of friends. More on time-lapse in the next post. In the 1800’s nearby Cape Horn was the mid-point on the long arc of a sea voyage from America’s east coast to its west coast.

Posted on February 24th, 2010 in

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