PODAS Palouse Workshop Just Announced!

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In conjunction with Phase One Digital Artists Series (PODAS), Michael Reichmann and I will be leading a much-anticipated workshop to Washington’s Palouse region this summer. The Palouse is a remarkable agricultural area in eastern Washington, and one of my favorites places to photograph in my home state. The landscapes are varied, full of sagelands, wheatfields, empty roads, and deep horizons.

This is a rare opportunity as this is the only field workshop that Michael will be doing this year. And since it is a PODAS workshop, each participant will be provided with a IQ160 60 Megapixel back, a Phase One DF camera body, and a 75– 150mm lens. Other lenses from 28mm – 300mm will be available to participants as well.

You can learn more about the workshop and PODAS here:

http://www.phaseone.com/global/PODAS-Workshops/Palouse.aspx

>>WORKSHOP DETAILS

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HAPPY EARTH DAY 2011!

Happy Earth Day 2011! – Images by Art Wolfe

Every day is Earth Day!

Here are a few suggestions of ways to celebrate all year:

  • Plant a tree
  • Go for a hike
  • Compost and Recycle even more and reduce trash output
  • Take children out to experience nature
  • Develop a global green economy inclusive of women
  • Celebrate environmental artists
  • Volunteer to improve trails and parks and waterways
  • Take your footprint test (very sobering) and pledge your “Act of Green” visit http://www.earthday.org

Earth Day 2011

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iLCPApril Newsletter

Please keep up to speed with all things going on at iLCP.  Let’s not lose our focus on our planet.  Follow the photographers that are keeping an eye on the beauty of the Earth and the atrocities occurring way too frequently .

Read the ILCP newsletter.

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EEAW Award!Planting Seeds

BLOG: Pelly Place – EEAW Award – Images by Art Wolfe

I am very proud to announce that the Urban Forestry Project, created by the Green Seattle Partnership in conjunction with Regalis, has won Environmental Education Association of Washington’s Community Catalyst Award. I worked on and photographed for this wonderful project with the students of Gatewood Elementary School and Chief Sealth International High School in West Seattle, my alma mater.  The catalyst project for the Urban Forestry Project was cleaning up and planting trees in the Pelly Place Natural Area with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai. It was truly inspirational.
• The Green Seattle Partnership (GSP) is composed of Seattle-based entities including the Cascade Land Conservancy and Seattle Parks and Recreation. Under their leadership, grant funds were acquired from the US Forest Service with the stated purpose of creating a compelling program that would model educational learning objectives of the Seattle School District and integrate with Seattle Parks’ Environmental Learning Centers.
• The Urban Forestry Project (UFP) is a groundbreaking program that educates and empowers high school, middle, and elementary school students to explore urban forestry issues on lands adjacent to their schools and improve the health of their forests in a sustainable way. Students participate in real-world science by evaluating the habitat, forming a study hypothesis, designing their study, and implementing field investigations based on their research. The UFP provides significant and innovative opportunities for schools to meet state standards, especially in the STEM disciplines. The Urban Forestry Project incorporates multi-grade teaching that begins with high school students conducting scientific investigations that analyze the health of their local forests.

Web links:

http://eeaw.org/awards
http://www.regalis.biz/home.shtml
http://greenseattle.org/
http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/w.php?id=59
http://www.cascadeland.org/
http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/environment/learning.htm
http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/chiefsealth/
http://www.gatewoodelementary.org/

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