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Two Environmental Film Events Merge Global Concerns With Local Action

A still from The Great Green Wall. (Courtesy) It may seem counter intuitive to get in touch with nature by watching movies about it. But a movie can lead to powerful changes in attitudes or behavior. Environmental advocates would say such changes are urgently needed to sustain human life long term. This month, two film events with Massachusetts ties focus broadly on the delicate systems of the natural world. One draws together a sampling of environmental films made over the last year or so augmented by in-person discussions and the other sounds the climate change alarm with Boston-area experts on both sides of the camera.

Tallahassee couple wins Wildlife Conservation award for lifelong efforts

Stevenson and Tanaka know that the infrastructure that holds the land, water, air, and the earth’s living creatures in a delicate balancing act has begun to dangerously sway. It is what they offer to steady the environmental pyramid and to teach others to participate that has gleaned them recognition and praise. Reading through the letters of recommendation for the award, 80-year-old Jim Stevenson’s and Tara Tanaka’s plaudits include dozens of laudatory letters from conservation organizations across Florida. One could believe they are a compilation of the accolades of three or four people, not just two: The Florida Wildlife Federation, The Wakulla Springs Alliance, Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservancy, Apalachee Land Conservancy, National Wildlife Federation, Coastal Plains Institute and Land Conservancy, Florida Springs Institute, and the Apalachee Audubon Society all speak with high gratitude for their efforts.

Story of Earth and question no scientist ever asked

Date Time Story of Earth and question no scientist ever asked The planet’s evolution and ‘microbial poop’ were just some of the wide ranging topics US mineralogist Dr Robert Hazen covered at the UNSW Centre for Ideas event last night. Earth, seen here from the moon, has gone through 10 stages of mineral evolution, according to Dr Robert Hazen from Carnegie Institution of Washington’s Earth and Planets Laboratory. Credit: Shutterstock. When acclaimed US mineralogist Robert Hazen was a young boy, he always collected and organised things like stamps or coins. But then he started collecting fossils and minerals, and he realised they told a story.

The Great Debate of 1920: how it changed astronomy

The Great Debate of 1920: how it changed astronomy April 28, 2021 at 10:10 am In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis came together to take part in the Great Debate about the scale of the Universe. But what ultimately, was astronomy’s Great Debate about, and how did it change the way we look at the Universe? Advertisement Harlow Shapley, a 34-year-old journalist-turned-astronomer, must have been nervous when he climbed the stage in the Baird Auditorium of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC on 26 April 1920. Facing him was a crowd of fellow scientists and lay people alike. On stage after Shapley would be his opponent in the Great Debate, eminent astronomer Heber Curtis – a man 13 years his senior, more experienced and eloquent at speaking, and who disagreed with Shapley on just about everything.

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