A short surfing-inspired film clip exploring the power of peak experience and flow states. Why do these meaningful experiences have the potential to change consciousness and reconnect us with nature?
National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry describes a magical experience photographing an enormous right whale off the coast of New Zealand. His extraordinary encounter has commonalities with other stories shared with eyes4earth.org.
Stunning high definition slow motion footage of an eagle owl honing down on its prey.
A poem written last year but one that only seems to increase in relevance and meaning as the months and years skip by. Who else dares to dip down like a rock?
The third installment of nature writing and short verse inspired by solo time in a nearby cave. Features the smash hit “Don’t Tell Me” and the newly released single “Gone the Friends of Silence.”
A second poetry installment describing various wildlife encounters and retold in rhyming verse. Features “The Couple of Guides”; The Single Bumblebee”; “The Remains”; and “Eggstacy”.
About every six months or so;
I head to a cave and let the creative juices flow…
The first of three installments with a bit of poetry of varying quality and form (haiku, standard verse and other random ramblings. This Vol.I collection features a series of haiku inspired by the evenings and nights out in the bush.
By Mariska Spoormaker, Die Burger Port Elizabeth (SA)- A Somerset West man has told how an enraged buffalo attacked him and a friend, who was seriously injured in the attack. The men were part of a group of seven friends, all from Somerset West, who were camping in the Baviaanskloof in the Eastern Cape. “He stormed [...]
The world was recently gifted the story of Alfie the psychic sheep… a humble hero hailed for saving his shepherd’s life. It’s hard to say which is more astonishing: the thought of psychic sheep or that shepherds actually still exist in England. Anyway, we try to unravel this woolly tale and see if we we can find out what such events and intepretations actually mean…
By David Malakoff (Conservation Magazine). A group of prominent ecologists is calling on conservationists to stop bad-mouthing introduced species – and accept the fact that ecosystems will increasingly be a melting pot of “long-term residents and of new arrivals.” “Over the past few decades, ‘non-native’ species have been vilified for driving beloved ‘native’ species to [...]
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