Posts Tagged ‘National Geographic’
Nature/Science: Billy Barr – Loner, Minimalist And Avid Reader – Has Spent 40 Years In The Wilderness Recording Snowfall Data (Video)
August 22, 2017
Billy Barr just wanted to get out to the wilderness, read and drink tea. Done it for 40 years. Ooookay… but know what else he has been doing for 40 years? He recorded the snowfall amounts the whole time, giving scientists decades of data to study. So what does Billy’s data show? Empirical support that gives cause for concern for climate change. Watch this docu-short and learn more.
Welcome to Gothic, Colorado — one of the coldest places in the United States. This ghost town has been abandoned since the 1920s, but there is at least one person who still calls it home. For more than 40 years, current resident Billy Barr has lived in a small cabin, recording data about the snowpack to pass the time. In this short film, Morgan Heim of Day’s Edge Productions profiles the legendary local who inadvertently provided scientists with a treasure trove of climate change data.
– @ojones1
David Bamberger Shows How He Brought Life Back To The Barren Texas Hill Country (Video)
August 8, 2017
Kind of cool. You know, in our posting about colonizing Mars we probably should be talking more about making the unlivable land inhabitable. Kind of like David is doing here. A bit easier to do on Earth, what with the breathable air, centuries of civilized existence, and access to society making inputs on the same planet. Still, David boldly went on his mission to make a natural paradise of the rough Texas Hill Country.
Almost 50 years ago, fried chicken tycoon David Bamberger used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land in the Texas Hill Country. Planting grasses to soak in rains and fill hillside aquifers, Bamberger devoted the rest of his life to restoring the degraded landscape. Today, the land has been restored to its original habitat and boasts enormous biodiversity. Bamberger’s model of land stewardship is now being replicated across the region and he is considered to be a visionary in land management and water conservation.
– National Geographic
– @ojones1
Hunting For Animals, With A Camera, In One Spot In The Woods (Video)
August 1, 2017
Talk about biodiversity! Plus, there is something soothing about nature; at least watching it. Would not want to come across any of these animals just being out in the woods. On video is fine. Relaxing.
A camera set up in National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, Italy, filmed a tree for 365 days. A myriad of animals visited the spot including bears, deer, wild boar, wolves, and badgers.
– National Geographic
– @ojones1
Posted in Nature, Videos | 
Tags: A Camera Filmed a Tree for a Year, ANIMALS, Forest, Here's What It Saw, Italy, Lazio and Molise, National Geographic, National Park of Abruzzo | 
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Richard Overton Speaks On Living 109 Years… Well (Mini-Documentary)
July 31, 2017
How do you live 109 years? I am not sure any of us actually know the answer; not even Richard Overton. But I do believe that however long you live, it is on you to ensure that you LIVE your years. That’s gotta be the lesson of Mr. Overton’s life for us.
Meet Richard Overton, America’s oldest veteran. In this lively short film by Matt Cooper and Rocky Conly, hear the whiskey-drinking, cigar-smoking supercentenarian reveal his secrets to a long life.
– National Geographic
Celebrate life today. Raise a glass to Mr. Overton. And puff on a good cigar (or two or three, like Mr. Overton) if you got one!
– @ojones1
Technology/Human Interest: Bringing Solar Energy To A Remote Himalayan Town (Video)
June 7, 2017
Great point dude made on the ride in. Our natural reaction when we walk into a dark room is to reach for a light switch, but the folks they are going to see have likely never done that. Never even had that capability. But they soon will, thanks to this team of volunteers and their openness to being powered by solar panels.
Volunteers pack sustainable solar energy parts toward the remote Himalayan town of Lingshed.
– National Geographic
There’s a blessing and a lesson to appreciate in this docu-short.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Environment, Human Interest, Series, Technology, Travel, Videos | Tags: Breakthrough, Himalayan town, Himalayas, Lingshed, National Geographic, Solar Energy, solar panels, solar power, Where No Grid Has Gone Before | No Comments »
LA 92 (Full Documentary)
May 9, 2017
Maybe some of you are too young to really remember the actual Rodney King police brutality case, the trial that ended with the cops who beat him found not guilty, and Los Angeles exploding – throngs of people realizing [again] that Black live did NOT matter. Well, National Geographic condensed those tragic events and the essence and lessons into a near two-hour documentary. That entire program is embedded and ready for watching above.
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage. Produced by two-time Oscar winner Simon Chinn and Emmy winner Jonathan Chinn and directed by Oscar winners Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin, the film looks at the events of 1992 from a multitude of vantage points, bringing a fresh perspective to a pivotal moment that reverberates to this day.
– National Geographic
Straight From The Sewer: You Cannot Lock Rats Out Of The Toilet (Video)
September 9, 2015
WARNING: YOU CANNOT ‘UNSEE’ THIS VIDEO ONCE YOU PLAY IT!!!
No…nooo…NOOOOOO! F#ck ‘Protect Ya Neck’… Protect your NUTS (genitalia, butt and whatnot). Rats, especially the mutant big city vermin, can get into and do what they want; either you’ve lived it or seen a horror flick about it. But DAMN! Not my toilet bowl. Please no.
Well, it’s possible. Sorry…
Posted in Cover Story, Health and Wellness, Human Interest, Nature, Science, Videos | Tags: bathroom, infestation, National Geographic, rats, rats can swim, rats can swim up into your toilet, restroom, sewer, toilet | No Comments »
NatGeo Delves Deeply Into Tupac’s Murder Investigation As Part Of It’s ‘Last Great Decade’ Series (Video)
July 5, 2014
If you were around then, you feel our anguish now. Twenty years later… and the investigation into the murder of one of Hip-Hop’s most revered… has gotten NOWHERE?? Well, at least the death of Tupac Shakur stays on the front burner for a while longer; part of National Geographic’s three-night documentary mini-series “The ’90s: The Last Great Decade?” Talk show host and actor Arsenio Hall, music video director Gobi Rahimi and rapper MC E.D.I. Mean (of the Outlawz) all in there speaking truth that hurts regarding the lack of progress in the case and the hunt for the people responsible for Tupac’s death. Too high a profile for ‘Pac (or B.I.G.) for us to have zilch after all this time.
“I believe…that if Justin Bieber had gotten shot in Tupac’s car…we’d know more.”
– Arsenio Hall
The NatGeo series starts on July 6, 2014. Watch. Discuss.
Posted in Celebrity, Film, Hip-Hop, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: 1990s, 90s, MURDER, murder investigation, NatGeo, National Geographic, The Last Great Decade, Tupac Shakur, Unsolved | No Comments »
