Kickstarter

Exciting news! As promised earlier this spring, we're now ready to announce the line-up of featured projects in this first edition of The Blue Earth Book:

Matt Black "The People of Clouds"
Samantha Box "Invisible"
Samuel James "Niger Delta"
Garth Lenz "Energy and Ecology"
Jon Lowenstein "Shadow Lives USA"
Annie Marie Musselman "Finding Trust" The Sarvey Wildlife Project"
Carlos Javier Ortiz "Too Young To Die"
Rebecca Norris Webb "The Glass Between Us: Reflections on Urban Creatures"

As we get closer to publication, we'll be launching the backer survey to confirm your shipping address and, for those at the $500 or more level, your choice of special "The Blue Earth Book" first edition prints.

As excited as we are to bring the first book in the series to you, don't forget that we can only highlight in this one edition a small number of the many, many projects Blue Earth has sponsored since our founding in 1996. More information about these project can be found at Blue Earth, along with news on current projects and updates from photographers working in the field!

Bart J. Cannon, Executive Director

After much work in planning (and more than a bit of perspiration!) I wanted to share with you that registration for our 2nd Collaborations for Cause conference, April, 26-27th in Portland, OR is now open. Collaborations for Cause, which we're hosting in partnership with Ecotrust, brings together photographers, NGOs, activists and communications professionals to discuss the collaborative future of visual storytelling.

I wanted to let you know right away because this conference is designed to be a more intimate event with limited seating and, more importantly, many of the documentary photographers who will be featured in The Blue Earth Book will be participating in this two-day conference and presenting their latest photography. This will be a great chance to hear about their amazing field work across the globe in person.

We're very excited by the lineup we'll be bringing to Portland, including Ed Kashi, Amy Yenkin, Matt Black, Gary Braasch, Benj Drummond & Sara Joy Steele, Glenn Ruga, Dan Shepherd, Finn Ryan, Andy Maser, Jason Houston, Amy Kober, and others. Check out the program for details.

Several of our Kickstarter backers opted for the Collaborations for Cause ticket level, and I'll be in touch to confirm your conference reservation shortly.

In the meantime, I also wanted to report that our editors, Jason Houston and Whitney Johnson, are continuing work on The Blue Earth Book. We're on schedule and will be announcing the final line-up shortly!

Bart J. Cannon, Executive Director

Thanks to your generosity, The Blue Earth Book is under way. We exceeded our goal!

We'll be in touch soon to gather shipping information and all the other details for your reward, but for today I just wanted to offer my thanks for your support of Blue Earth and to wish you a Happy New Year!

Launching The Blue Earth Book series is an important milestone for us, and you made it possible.

I also want to thank everyone who worked on our Kickstarter page, including our co-founder and narrator Natalie Fobes, Tim Matsui for videotaping, Jason Houston who was kind enough to produce and edit the video, Sara Joy Steele for help with text, and Benj Drummond for the graphics. Likewise, I'd like to thank our board members who helped promote The Blue Earth Book and all our hard working project photographers, many of whom also generously donated to support our Kickstarter.

Have a Happy New Year!  And stay tuned for further updates as the book progresses...

Bart J. Cannon, Executive Director

We’re nearing our goal and are pleased to report work has already begun on launching the first edition of The Blue Earth Book. But we’re equally pleased to share information about our documentary projects.

Your support of The Blue Earth Book helps make this work possible. And we thought you’d like to see a few reports from the field and hear about the progress our photographers are making. These are just a handful of recent updates from our blog:

World View of Global Warming
From The Field: Gary Braasch In India, Nepal, and Bhutan
Gary Braasch Photographs Shell’s Arctic Drilling Rig
This Is Climate Change

Cameras Without Borders
Eberhard Riedel: My African Journey
Letter From Eastern Congo

Treece
NPR’s Claire O’Neill Interviews Dina Kantor
Dina Kantor Back In Treece

Energy and Ecology
Garth Lenz TEDxVictoria: Provincial Distance in a Tar Nation

Nomads No More
Taylor Weidman In Mongolia

Invisible
Camera Club Of New York Discussion With Samantha Box
Samantha Box In Time Magazine’s LightBox

Amazon Headwaters: Locals Working Toward the Global
Bruce Farnsworth Receives “Highly Honored Image” Award

Changing Perspectives on Renewable Energy Development
Jamey Stillings In Wired Magazine’s RAW

Freedom To Roam: Wildlife Corridors
Florian Schulz’s Polar Bears In National Geographic

Obviously, this list could go on and on… If you’d like to help us ensure the success of the book, please promote our Kickstarter http://kck.st/TmcMnm with your friends on Facebook or Twitter. Every dollar makes a difference as we rapidly approach the deadline.

We appreciate your support – and can’t do it without you!

Bart J. Cannon, Executive Director

Thanks so much for all the positive feedback we’ve been getting! We’re thrilled to hear our plans for The Blue Earth Book series have been so well received by the community. Our photographers are just as excited about the book as you!

We also wanted to let you know our backers are in good company. Starting today, Rebecca Horne's Visual Science blog at Discover Magazine is featuring our Kickstarter for The Blue Earth Book and is highlighting some of our projects with a small gallery.

If you’d like to help us ensure the success of the book, please promote our Kickstarter http://kck.st/TmcMnm with your friends on Facebook or Twitter. Every dollar makes a difference…

And as a reminder, year-end is approaching, and the tax man cometh! Blue Earth Alliance is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, and all contributions are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Tax receipts will be provided at time of delivery.

Thanks again for your kind comments and support of our mission!

Bart J. Cannon, Executive Director