Greenfellow

This TED talk was from last year but is an eye-opening look at statistics about consumption and excess.

Chris has a new exhibit called Running The Numbers II – Portraits of global mass culture which you can find photos of on his website.

I know, I know, the site hasn’t been updated in months! We’ve been dusting and cleaning and planting and harvesting, but now that the weather is cooling off, I promise more updates..

I’m also proud to introduce Ribbon, who will be blogging about his experiences as he builds a home and a community off the grid, just a few miles away from where I live, here in Tennessee..

According to the Australian National Parks & Wildlife service, the baby whale known as Colin , who for the past week has been following yachts around, looking for his mother, will be put to sleep. His injuries are more serious than previously thought, partly as a result from a shark attack.

A spokesman for the service, John Dengate, said the calf, thought to be two- to three-weeks old, would be killed by lethal injection this morning after it was decided it was too dangerous to enter the water after dark.

“They’ll give it an overdose of anaesthetic,” he said last night.

“The last thing we want is that the whale should suffer. The vets are saying ‘he hasn’t got long to go – you should take action’. It was too dangerous to do it last night so we’ll have to relocate it in the morning. It’s not impossible he will have passed away.

R.I.P. Colin…

Well, I had to post this story as any animal story like this makes me sad.

Remember last year when the swam was in love with a paddle boat? Well now this humpback whale calf named Colin is following a yacht around the Sydney, Australia harbor, thinking it’s his mother and looking to nurse. If he doesn’t find his mom or a foster mom he may not survive, as it’s not possible to get humpback whale milk from whales in captivity. I’m hoping he finds a way to make it…

UPDATE… Looks like they have put a call out to some international experts to help rescue Colin.

After The Daily Telegraph learned of plans to euthanase the whale – christened Colin – Environment Minister Verity Firth has directed the Department of Environment to call in international experts, including Sea World in San Diego, in a final effort to save the infant whale.

Last night, the department’s science officers were consulting vets from Taronga Zoo on options to feed the struggling infant – named Colin after a National Parks and Wildlife officer who first tried to rescue him – until a rescue strategy could be devised. Ms Firth said hope had not been lost but the campaign to save Colin appeared to leave wildlife welfare groups SeaWorld, ORCCA and the RSPCA on their own after they suggested nothing could be done.