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Cyclist, foodie, band member, vintage furniture lover and product designer. Doing at the nexus of simplicity and sustainability to craft meaningful ideas that endure. I sometimes make random things with friends.

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  • Image by @markosian | A little boy at the School for the Blind and Deaf in Russia touches a yellow flower at lunch time. The institution in Sergiev Posad opened in the Soviet Union and expanded after the collapse in 1991. An average of 200 students attend the school. #russia
  • Video by @Paulnicklen taken while on #assignment for @natgeo. Happy Sea Otter Awareness Week!! Warning: Graphic Video. Sea otters are adorable but they are much more important than their looks. They are indicators of a changing ocean. Two years ago, while in Homer Alaska, I photographed dozens of sea otters that slowly died from paralytic shell fish poisoning. 79 died in one month alone. The water warmed over 3.5 degrees F in 2014/2015 and with that slight increase in temperature, many species started to suffer. Sea otters, sea lions, seabirds and many other species had large die-offs from toxic algae. It is much more than protecting the cute and the cuddly. We must protect entire ecosystems from the microbial life to the megafauna. How do we do that? We must find a way to decrease a global carbon footprint. What are some of the ways that you think we can achieve this. #followme on @paulnicklen to see what a healthy and cute sea otter looks like. #turningthetide with @sea_legacy #seaotter #climatechangeisreal #bethechange #nature #reduceyourfootprint
  • Video by @joelsartore | This male horned guan photographed at the @stlzoo is a part of a species whose population is declining at an alarming rate. These endangered birds, named for the bright red horn on top of their heads, build their nests high above predators in leafy trees throughout Guatemala and Mexico. Unfortunately, their habitats are being destroyed mainly due to deforestation caused by logging and agricultural expansion. Currently, only 1,000-2,000 horned guans exist in the wild. To see a portrait of this horned guan, follow @joelsartore. . . #hornedguans #birds #endangeredspecies #rareanimals #iucn #biodiversity #animalfacts #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #natgeo #savetogether #photoark
  • Video by @bertiegregory. A scuba diver exits a cave through a school of glassfish. Filmed off the coast of Egypt in the Northern Red Sea. Follow @bertiegregory for more wildlife adventures!
  • a bushman tracker hold the ivory recently removed from the buried skull of a hunted bull elephant, nyae nyae conservancy, namibia-photograph by David Chancellor @chancellordavid for @natgeo The Nyae Nyae Conservancy has used the income generated from their park; a large proportion of which originates from managed elephant hunts, to build and manage water points specifically for elephants away from the human lands, to manage game, and distrubute salt licks in the dry season. The members of the conservancy are also often given cash incentives to keep these water points functioning. They are totally independant of outside government assistance. Currently, approximately 14% of Namibia is designated as protected areas, which is equivalent to 112,000 km². Adding the protected communal conservancy lands brings the total to 192, 000 km² of land under some protection. Some exist under an unsystematic figuration design, but 17 of the 29 conservancies (inc Nyae Nyae) actually lie adjacent to the government’s protected area networks. This then increases the continuity between protected areas and result in migration routes for elephants and other large range animals. In addition to direct income, the community gains approx 3 tons of meat from each sucessful hunt. The hunter leaves with ivory, cape (skin), and the feet of the elephant. The current quota for elephant in the conservancy is 5 mature trophy bulls, and 4 non trophy bulls per year. As a result of these conservancies, there are many instances in which wildlife populations are on the rebound. Poaching has decreased dramatically, and is most likely due to the shift in the perceived value of wildlife. The conservancy members now see that the sustainability of the wildlife is important for providing economic development in game hunting and ecotourism, and often game guards are employed to protect the wildlife from poaching. Animals such as elephants, oryx, buffalo, Hartmann’s zebra, springbok and lion, are once again providing biodiversity to the country of Namibia. The black rhino population has recovered to become one of the largest free-roaming herds, and the cheetah population the worlds largest at 2500 #wildlife
  • Photo by @jenniferhayesig David Doubilet photographs an American crocodile in the mangrove shallows of Cuba's Gardens of the Queen National Park. To see a VIDEO of photographing crocodiles at night go to @jenniferhayesig . American crocodiles are called the engineers of the mangrove because their movements open and maintain channels that increase circulation throughout the dense root systems. Gardens of the Queen or Jardines de la Reina, is a time capsule in the Caribbean. Vigorous protection and isolation have succeeded in creating a marine protected area within Gardens of the Queen that supports robust reef, mangrove and sea grass systems in a Caribbean where many reefs are overfished, overdeveloped and recently subjected to severe hurricane damage. // from @natgeo story Cuba, Cuba's Underwater Jewels are in Tourisms Path// with @natgeocreative // #ocean #crocodile #cuba #extreme #nationalpark #marineprotectedarea #predator for #moreocean follow @jenniferhayesig.
  • Photo by @gabrielegalimbertiphoto /// Tarangire National Park, Tanzania / In a small village outside of the Tarangire National Park in Tanzania, a group of Maasai is celebrating Eunoto - Eunoto, the coming of age ceremony of the warrior, can involve ten or more days of singing, dancing and ritual. The warriors perform a kind of march-past as well as the adumu, sometimes referred as "the jumping dance" by non-Maasai. Warriors are well known for, and often photographed during, this competitive jumping. A circle is formed by the warriors, and one or two at a time will enter the center to begin jumping while maintaining a narrow posture, never letting their heels touch the ground. Members of the group may raise the pitch of their voices based on the height of the jump. #maasai #tanzania #dancing #jumping #eunoto #africa #tradition
  • Photo by @FransLanting On assignment for @natgeo I went to an area called Tsingy de Bemaraha in western Madagascar. By helicopter, I flew toward the walls of a huge plateau and when we rose above it, I gasped. A labyrinth of limestone pinnacles up to 100 feet tall stretched as far as my eyes could see. The landscape was eroded by water over time into fantastic spires with hidden caverns below. At the time, this area of Madagascar was virtually unknown, but it is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Follow me @FransLanting to see more images of this remarkable island. @natgeotravel @natgeocreative @thephotosociety #Madagascar #WorldHeritageSite #Explore #Discover #earth
  • Photo: @andy_mann // One of our world's great artists, Aurora Borealis, paints on a night sky over Southeast #Greenland. // I spent this night bivied on the roof of our small boat as the 7 of our crew, along with 38 overpacked expedition bags, fought for space on a cramped 20 foot Viknes boat giving us a lift back to the airfield at Kulusuk after 40 days at basecamp. I think I made the correct decision, despite almost being rocked off into the icy waters a few times in my sleep. @ladzinski @mikelibecki @ethan_pringle @connor_seybert // Please #followme @andy_mann to see more of the Arctic's natural wonders.
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