Blog Action Day: Save The Environment!

Like a bird, I have traveled a lot. Especially this year... I was on both east coast and west coast.

Since I was a little kid, I have enjoyed nature, whether being at sea, whether being in the forest, whether...

Photography is my passion. This is my way to show you with my own eyes how I love nature, how I find my balance. To tell you how this world is so inspiring, so... pretty, if we care to preserve its pristine state...
On this day... I am pensive.

Pollution is everywhere in our environment, it is poisoning ourselves, whether in the food that we eat, the air that we breathe.

We're so used to it that we don't even pay attention...

For instance, few people would raise an eyebrow at the sight of Mount Rainier seemingly lost in the smog.

To the photographer, it is the frustration of being unable to take great photos, the air being so dirty that it blurs everything that is at some distance...

And yet few realize that this is the same dirty air that we breathe... and we wonder why some of us are sick?

Climate change...

Late November, it was unusually summery on the east coast, while at the other end of the country... usually balmy Vancouver was hit by a one-of-a-kind snowstorm, followed by a one-of-a-kind severe wind storm combined with strong arctic air, which rarely occurs this early in the season.

It did make great photos... but it pains me to take photos which "we" have to be held responsible for the damages done to our environment.

Legacy...

I wish I could pass the baton to the next generation...

My love for nature... how beautiful, inspiring, nurturing..

I wish I could tell to the next generation how important it is...

... to cherish and preserve our environment.

We all live on a very small planet, after all...

Cheers,

-E
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Photos: All these photos are mine and are copyrighted. Please ask for permission before copying. Thanks. :)

From top to bottom:
1) A seagull, from the ferry, somewhere between Vancouver and Victoria. June 2007.
2) Stanley Park (Vancouver BC). June 2007
3) Sunkenmeadows Beach, North Eastham (Cape Cod, MA). September 2003
4) Mount Rainier, photo taken just outside Seattle, WA. July 2007
5) Snow covered English Bay Beach in Vancouver BC. November 2006
6) My neighborhood. Montréal, October 2003