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9. Life.Nature.You
5 months ago
Winner of the WWF Short Film Competition: 'Life.Nature.You.Make the Connection'
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HOW TO MAKE A FOREST FROM A PATCH OF GRASS
My daughter created a tiny nature reserve in our garden to save the wildlife in the grass from the lawn mower.
We stopped to talk about it, and then spent the afternoon looking for wildlife in the grass.
What she found really amazed me: so many little creatures in a tiny patch of grass.
Wildlife often seems remote and disconnected from our day-to-day lives, and our impact on the environment as individuals seems minimal.
But my daughter's idea - that an individual can save a tiny patch of the earth suddenly changed the way I think, and inspired me to do something.
So, I'm sending out this thought in the hope that others may be inspired to appreciate the diversity of life on earth (even the slugs and snails) and take positive action to protect it.
I hope this inspires you too.
As environmentalist David Orr wrote: "When we heal the earth, we heal ourselves."
Maybe together we can save an entire forest...starting with a tiny patch of grass?
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tinyurl.com/7ujqhlo
mylesthompson.wordpress.com/
HOW TO MAKE A FOREST FROM A PATCH OF GRASS
My daughter created a tiny nature reserve in our garden to save the wildlife in the grass from the lawn mower.
We stopped to talk about it, and then spent the afternoon looking for wildlife in the grass.
What she found really amazed me: so many little creatures in a tiny patch of grass.
Wildlife often seems remote and disconnected from our day-to-day lives, and our impact on the environment as individuals seems minimal.
But my daughter's idea - that an individual can save a tiny patch of the earth suddenly changed the way I think, and inspired me to do something.
So, I'm sending out this thought in the hope that others may be inspired to appreciate the diversity of life on earth (even the slugs and snails) and take positive action to protect it.
I hope this inspires you too.
As environmentalist David Orr wrote: "When we heal the earth, we heal ourselves."
Maybe together we can save an entire forest...starting with a tiny patch of grass?
MUSIC: from pond5 stock collection with unlimited rights for global distribution
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I loved your style in this film...well produced and obviously with great feeling for your subject.
Thank you for sharing! =)
This makes me want to save the planet and/or film some macro stuff!
Thanks for sharing this with us, it's a wicked video!
We've got it live on our channel right now:
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Feel free to share any of your other videos with us, we're looking forward to it ;)
A new non-profit I'm working with has the goal of spreading awareness to the youth so they grow up like your daughter
facebook.com/imecorooted
Best of luck with your work at the non-profit!
sorry
loved the video ... very happy .. what camera you use?
I used a Canon 5D Mark II. And the Lumix GH2.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
could be used to educate adults. children as you wrote above are v.intuitive in their appreciation of nature. we can learn a lot from them. and from this film.
:::)