Nature & Environment

Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics: Speaking Peak

Outdoor Ed — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:11:34 GMT

Sarah Folzenlogen, Education Program Coordinator, discusses the Center's youth program: Promoting Environmental Awareness in Kids (PEAK). The Center is very excited about reaching out to younger audiences and believes that enjoying the outdoors responsibly starts with youth! With the partnership and generous support of REI, the PEAK program reaches over 100,000 youth each year.

PEAK is a curriculum of hands-on activities and games to introduce youth to Leave No Trace in a fun and engaging way. More information: http://www.lnt.org/programs/peak.php

Red Rock Institute's Patty Zaradic on Nature Deficit Disorder

Outdoor Ed — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 03:43:06 GMT

This week, Brian Lehrer was also joined by Environmental Leadership Program fellow and Red Rock Institute co-founder Patricia Zaradic for a discussion about our tendency to become less active with electronic media (a.k.a. videophilia) and its effect on our relationship with nature.

Being Caribou

Outdoor Ed — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:57:37 GMT

On April 8, 2003, husband and wife team Karsten Heuer (wildlife biologist) and Leanne Allison (environmentalist) left the remote community of Old Crow,Yukon, to join the Porcupine Caribou Herd on their epic life journey. For 5 months the Canadians migrated on foot with the 123,000-member herd from wintering to calving grounds in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and back again — 1500km across snow and tundra. They completed their journey on Sept. 8, 2003 and headed straight to Washington, DC to tell politicians + activists what they found.

In this feature-length documentary following the herd's migration, the couple hopes to raise awareness of the threats to the caribou's survival. Along the way they brave Arctic weather, icy rivers, hordes of mosquitoes and a very hungry grizzly bear. Dramatic footage and video diaries combine to provide an intimate perspective of an epic expedition.

You can watch the film in Full Screen Mode at the Being Caribou Website (www.beingcaribou.com/beingcaribou/index.html) or at the National Film Board of Canada - http://nfb.ca/film/being_caribou

This film won the Grand Price at the 12th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival.

America’s Wildest Refuge: Discovering the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Outdoor Ed — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:44:22 GMT

America’s Wildest Refuge: Discovering the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- This hour-long, high-definition video documentary includes sweeping views of the Arctic Refuge, its wildlife, and interviews with those who know it best. America’s Wildest Refuge is an ecological and historical portrait of a majestic place and those who have worked to protect it. View the trailer for America’s Wildest Refuge. http://www.fws.gov/video/

Discovery Channel's Raging Planet - Lightning Part 2

Outdoor Ed — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:02:03 GMT

This video from Discovery Channel's amazing "Raging Planet" series uses super slow motion photography to show the stepped leader coming down from the cloud and the positive streamers coming up from the ground to meet and create the visible lightning bolt.

Physics of Lightning: Part 3

Outdoor Ed — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:29:01 GMT

This series of videos from physics teacher Derek Owens explains through his trademark cartoon drawings the basic physics of lightning.

He does not explain the details of the stepped leader coming down from the cloud and the positive streamers coming up from the ground followed by the bright white return stroke.

Watch Part 1

Physics of Lightning: Part 1

Outdoor Ed — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:27:11 GMT

This series of videos from physics teacher Derek Owens explains through his trademark cartoon drawings the basic physics of lightning.

He does not explain the details of the stepped leader coming down from the cloud and the positive streamers coming up from the ground followed by the bright white return stroke.

Watch Part 3

When Lightning Strikes

Outdoor Ed — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:55:43 GMT

This short video from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration covers the basics of lightning when on the water.