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What is There to See in the Lake

Apr 13, 2017

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in Diving, environmental, spain, summer holidays, travel, Uncategorized

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is there to see in the lake is a question that people have frequently asked me. For at least two years I would go diving nearly every weekend. I would dive in the Lac LÃ©man, the Lac de Bourget, the Gouille Du Duzillet. I also dived the English channel in November.…

Learning about Tiny Houses

Dec 5, 2016

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in environmental, environmentalism, fun, observation, random, summer holidays, tech related, travel

Reading Time: 2 minutesLearning about Tiny Houses is interesting. There are a number of features/documentaries online where people build their own tinyhouses either from shipping containers, trailers or other structures. The aim of these tinyhouses is to maximise space and reduce costs. Some of these homes are entirely off the grid. They collect rain water…

A Rock Crawler and Wildlife Film Making

Jul 8, 2016

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in Documentary, environmental, environmentalism, observation

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Gordon Buchanan was following bears in the United States we watched the resulting documentaries on television. We have seen him a number of times in episodes of countryfile as well. Now he is working on getting footage of wolves in the wild. For this project he is staying out in the…

Flowing water – a visual experiment

Jun 26, 2016

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in Documentary, environmental, short film, Switzerland, Video, youtube

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFlowing Water – A visual experiment is a simple one minute video. The first images were filmed at the Arboretum in the Jura and the timelapses show clouds playing above the Jura near La DÃ´le. La DÃ´le is where the doppler radar is located. That radar shows rainfall and precipitation so…

Watching clouds form as a 360 timelapse

Jun 22, 2016

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in environmental, observation, strange, Switzerland, tech related, virtual reality

Reading Time: 2 minutesTime-lapse videos are fun because we can see something happen faster or slower than real time. By watching this content we gain a better understanding of the world and how it works. For years I have been filming time-lapses and the results can be fun. In some cases we record time-lapses with…

Sharkwater – a documentary worth watching

Apr 17, 2016

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in Documentary, environmental, environmentalism, reviews, social conscience, travel, Video, youtube

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSharkwater – A documentary worth watching. If you have one and a half hours of free time I recommend watching this documentary. It discusses the anti-whaling work by the Sea Shepherd, the work it did to combat long lining around the Galapagos and it touches on the shark finning mafia and…

Childhood and environmental conscience in Switzerland

Oct 8, 2015

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in environmental, social conscience

Reading Time: 2 minutesI attended the Green Cross International event in Geneva and took pages and pages of notes. There was a lot of information and a focus to provide COP21 in Paris with a message from Geneva, Humanitarian city to Paris and the leaders present for that conference. Dr. Somthai Wongcharoen â€“ Founder, Wongpanit…

Category: environmental

What is There to See in the Lake

Learning about Tiny Houses

A Rock Crawler and Wildlife Film Making

Flowing water – a visual experiment

Watching clouds form as a 360 timelapse

Sharkwater – a documentary worth watching

Childhood and environmental conscience in Switzerland