October 16, 2003
wilderness
Link courtesy of Boynton and penny dreadful
Subhankar Banerjee works closely with conservation organizations and policy makers to help preserve the fast-disappearing wild areas of our planet, and the wildlife and native cultures that depend on them for their survival.
His Arctic National Wildlife Refuge images were used extensively by members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and environmental organizations in preventing legislation that would allow oil drilling on the Arctic coastal plain.
This kind of work is closely connected to Tasmanian wilderness photography. These photographers established a tradition of landscape photography when they used their work to help save the Franklin River from being dammed to generate electric power.
Standing in the opposite corner is Andrew Bolt, who would see all of this as Lost in a green daze. For the Andrew Bolt's of the world we have a right to exploit nature and build. This is based on our faith in reason Bolt sees these noble values crumbling all around him.
He says that in today's world green feelings count for more than jobs. Reason, good science and jobs counting for less than mysticism. It is a world where irrational green values swamp good science and good business.
Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at October 16, 2003 12:47 AM | TrackBack