Two for One Coffee at Impacting Environments Exhibit
Hey Amsterdammers and/or people traveling through Amsterdam, my photography exhibit ‘Impacting Environments’ is entering its’ second month at Coffee Bar Ludwig. Thanks to Coffee Bar Ludwig, for a limited time, you can get ’2-4-1′ coffee voucher valid for the period of my exhibit. To do so, simply sign up to my e-news letter using the form [...]
Little Black Lies in Calgary – a Tar Sands Talk by Jeff Gailus
I have teamed up with Canadian author Jeff Gailus for his Tar Sands talk, Little Black Lies, tomorrow night in Calgary, Canada. During Jeff’s talk my photographs from the Tar Sands will be playing in the background. If you are in Calgary tomorrow, join Jeff Gailus as he explores the intersection of two of the [...]
Force – Jaap van der Beek
My newest photography project, Force, is a focus on the human side of wind energy. It demonstrates that wind energy it is not an aspect of the future but a lived reality right now for people and communities all over the world. This is the second in a series of posts (read the first here) [...]
Impacting Indigenous Culture – The Tar Sands of Northern Alberta
Every extractive industry deeply affects the relationship between people on the land and their newly manufactured landscape. The incredibly rapid development of the tar sands in Northern Alberta is having a profound affect on the culture, lifestyle and health of the First Nations. Conversely, communities have gained employment, and access to modern health care and [...]
Tar Sands, Water and the First Nations of Alberta
“I don’t know what’s happening to this place, it won’t last 10 -15 years if we lose our water.” Gabe Burke, Fort Chipewyan The Athabaskan River delta is one of the largest water systems in Canada and a key component of the livelihood of the Dineh, Cree and Metis that live along its’ banks. However, [...]
Green Jobs Photo Censored by the Senate
Recently this image was prohibited from appearing within the Senate Rotunda in Washington, D.C. This image was meant to accompany the National Wildlife Federation Fair Climate Photo Exhibit in Russell Senate Building Rotunda that finished on July 2nd. Unfortunately, it seems to me that the Senate decided that Freedom of Speech was not a right [...]
Canada
Canadian Travel Scenes and Landscapes from Prince Edward Island to Vancouver Island – Images by Robert vanWaarden Click any image to license.
