Pete Land's Blog (10)

Across the USA, many of us now take for granted our ability to cover long distances in short periods of time. I routinely schedule weekend trips to places over 100 miles away from my home and I'll do the 20-mile round trip to my parents' house for a cup of coffee. Environmentalists have given plenty of attention to our cultural addiction to cars. The focus has been on fossil fuel consumption and the associated pollution that contributes to smog, acid rain, and (of course) climate change. The m… Continue

Back in August 2002, as a Wild Gift pilot recipient, I spent three weeks living on the banks of the Yukon River with a homesteader named Andy Bassich. We hunted and fished, laid the foundation for his cabin, and cared for his 24 sled dogs. Last week, Andy was in the news when the icy river rose dramatically and nearly swept him, his girlfriend, and the dogs away. Newspaper and radio coverage: Anchorage Daily News… Continue

I saw a story about this on CNN.com this morning while I waited to board a flight to our Wild Gift board meeting. A cool project that sounds very Wild Gift-esque! Wine to Water Continue

Yep, you read that correctly. Our outgoing president isn't exactly known as a conservation advocate, but today the White House announced that he will protect 195,280 square miles of wilderness -- at sea. Covering nine sites over three areas in the Pacific Ocean, it will be the largest marine protected area in the world. Sportfishermen are enraged and we're already hearing "Yeah, but..." from environmentalists who have spent the past eight years feeling oppressed by his policies. My gut reacti… Continue

This sign was spotted by my friend Evangeline in New York City...

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Those who were on the Middle Fork float last week will remember meeting Quentin, a laid back guy from Philly with a braided beard he's been growing for nine years. He gave me his website address and I just checked it out... awesome! He reminds me of Jim Henson. Be sure to click the white box on the home page to watch video clips of his performances... http://www.quentini.com/ Continue

If you haven't seen the Story of Stuff, I encourage you to take 20 minutes right now! http://storyofstuff.com/ On a similar note, I've been trying to make more music this year and my latest song is on the subject of consumerism and sustainability. It's also kind of a weird dance song with explicit lyrics. Not sure how that happened, it just came out that way. =) http://www.myspace.com/petelandmusic Continue

Bob and Sarah are headed on their Himalayan Odyssey in just a few hours. Hard to believe we'll be running his show without him. He'll be back, though, and in the meantime -- you can follow his adventures through his blog site, which he'll be updating via satellite phone... Bob and Sarah's Nepal/Himalaya Traverse Continue

Last year, Bill (my biz partner at Tamarack) and I made six short videos on climate change solutions for the "Convenient Truths" contest sponsored by Seventh Generation and TreeHugger.com. Two of our videos were voted into the top ten with "Change a Lightbulb" finishing third.



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I was a Pilot Wild Gift recipient in 2003, when the project component was not yet part of the program. But WG did inspire me to co-found Tamarack Media with my good friend Bill Finnegan. We recently passed the four-year mark of producing websites, videos, and print materials for environmental… Continue