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Two-Year Coíba Bioblitz Project Concludes with Photography Exhibit in Panama City
An international team of photographers and scientists, supported in part by The Baum Foundation and organized by the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP), spent the last two years as part of the “Coíba Bioblitz” project documenting and describing the
Sites Unseen Hosts Launch Party for Leah Rosenberg Art Installation
Sites Unseen, a sponsored public art project of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Community Benefit District, celebrated the unveiling of Leah Rosenberg’s “Local Color” with a free all-ages party held on July 29, 2017. Rosenberg, a San Francisco-based artist, was inspired by
Artistic Community Joins Green Forests Work on Earth Day to Plant 2 Millionth Tree on Reclaimed Coal Mine
On Saturday, April 22, 2017, Green Forests Work (GFW), in cooperation with the United Nations Regional Office of North America, the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative, the Arbor Day Foundation, The American Chestnut Foundation, the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center and
Baum Award Winner Lisa Kereszi Premieres “Joe’s Junk Yard”
Debuting on May 19th 2017, Lisa Kereszi’s “Joe’s Junk Yard” premiered at Mike Kelley’s Mobile Homestead at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAD) in Detroit, Michigan. The show will run until August 20th, 2017. “Joe’s Junk Yard” tells the story of an
Reef Resilience 2 Hosts Caribbean Coral Restoration Webinar
Reef Resilience 2, A Nature Conservancy project, along with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Restoration Center, hosted a webinar highlighting Caribbean coral genetic research and restoration on May 3, 2017. Dr. Iliana Baums from Penn State University gave an
10th Annual Peter Benchley Ocean Awards Honors 2017 Winners
On Thursday, May 11th, 2017 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., The Blue Frontier celebrated the 10th Annual Peter Benchley Ocean Awards to acknowledge outstanding achievement for the protection of our ocean, coasts and the
2017 International Ocean Film Festival Features “5 Gyres Arctic Expedition” by Franco Borgogno
Held in March 2017, the 14th Annual International Ocean Film Festival at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco inspired people to appreciate and care for the ocean through independent films. Dedicated to using film as a medium to increase public
Desert X Riveting Artwork on Display in the Coachella Valley
On February 25th through April 30th, the Coachella Valley and its desert landscape serves as the canvas for Desert X, curated exhibitions of site-specific artwork by established and emerging artists whose projects amplify and articulate global and local issues ranging
Artist Suné Woods Featured in Black Radical Imagination and MoMA PS1 Short Film Screening
On November 20th, 2016 at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, NY, VW Sunday Sessions hosted a special short film screening to feature the touring program, Black Radical Imagination. Amir George and Erin Christovale of Black Radical Imagination presented four
