Spain

View from Valdemosa

Last May I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to spend some time in Mallorca, Spain.  It was a year since my feet felt my climbing shoes, so any real deep water soloing mission was out of the question.  I could not bare to look at Es Pontas, Sharma's artistic masterpiece, without at least throwing some shoes on and pretending to climb a tiny piece of it, so I opted to not even take a glance.  Instead, I spent several days wandering through tiny villages paved with cobblestones, visiting a few nude beaches, and taking in a wedding set atop a thousand foot cliff overlooking the Mediterranean; complete with sheep and ringing bells in the background of course.  

Crystal Blue

Mountain Top Removal

A little more than a year after beginning a project on mountain top removal coal mining with students, the short film is finally complete!

Ice Bridge Ruptures in Antarctica

An ice bridge linking a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica to two islands in Antarctica has snapped. Click here to link to the story...

Reflections

The summertime rain fills it all in
The fire and the smoke confusing me again
and it's you
The echo and the breeze floating through the trees
The river and the wind washing through the leaves
and it's you
The cloud and the cave create a secret puzzle
The hollow and the stone
The silence of a bubble
and it's you
The wonder and the dream seeping through the cracks
The laughter and the smiles dripping down my back
and it's you
The ice and the dragon fighting in the dark
The silhouette of birds painted by the sun
and it's you
The street vendors knives, his brilliant display
The shoe polish drips, the tattered rags rip
The nickel falls into solemn hands
and it's you
The engine moves with careful poise
The captain speaks in mumbled noise
The waves crash with grace
and it's you

Inspire Antarctic Expedition 2009 Film

Antarctica

Ushuaia, Argentina

The End of the World

We are all from far away places. We stand at the end of the world. Still, we stare further south, down the Beagle, across the Drake, and into the depths of something entirely unknown. In the chaotic frenzy of our cluttered world, we cling to a constant sense of connectedness, forever investing our time in many things, and in the end failing to truly be a part of any single one of them.

Tomorrow we set sail. Tomorrow we let go. Tomorrow we move forward. Tomorrow we begin to understand what it means to reattach ourselves to everything real. We get to feel our lives.

Tomorrow we begin the journey to Antarctica.

2041: Inspire Antarctic Expedition 2009

The winter months are finally beginning to draw to a close. The weather has been consistently cold this year, affording a few great ski weekends, but making it a little less than appetizing to hit the river in such cold weather conditions. I am leaving in less than two weeks to join Robert Swan and 2041's Inspire Antarctic Expedition 2009. It's hard to believe I am actually going to Antarctica. The expedition runs from March 14th through March 27th. The group departs from Ushuaia, Argentina and will cross the Drake Passage, some of the roughest seas in the world, before beginning exploration of the Antarctic continent. Read below for additional information about the the organization 2041!

Who we are

2041 was founded by polar explorer, environmental leader and public speaker Robert Swan, OBE; the first person in history to walk to both the North and South poles. Swan has dedicated his life to the preservation of Antarctica by the promotion of recycling, renewable energy and sustainability to combat the effects of climate change.

Our Mission

With five years to go until the third ‘World Summit for Sustainable Development’ in 2012, where the existing Kyoto Protocol for the Environment will expire, the threats of climate change has become apparent to us all, nevermore so than after Al Gore’s eye-opening ‘Inconvenient Truth’ helped clarify and focus the issue of climate change to a global audience.
It is our mission to build on this by informing, engaging and inspiring the next generation of leaders to take responsibility, to be sustainable, and to know that now is the time for action in policy development, business generation and future technologies.

Why 2041?

2041 is the year of the review of the Environmental Protocol of the Antarctic Treaty. Our aim is to work towards the protection of this treaty, so there is never a need to exploit the last great continent on Earth for minerals and fossil fuel.

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