28 Mar 2011

This is Treeverse

It’s hard to explain what the production of Treeverse looks like. But imagine this: lots of climbing gear, plenty of mud, ample rain gear, high tech helicopters, and a mix of rain and sunshine and you start to get a pretty good picture. Teamwork helps too. “This collective production…

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24 Mar 2011

Treeverse in Action

We’re currently out on location filming Treeverse, and we figured we’d bring you a few on-the-ground photos to see just what the production of a project of this kind looks like. Above is Allie Bombach of Red Reel swinging in the air as she preps to start filming. We’ve…

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22 Mar 2011

Treeverse Kicks Off!

We’re kicking off the filming of Treeverse this week, as we follow Brian French and Will Koomjian of Ascending the Giants on an unparalleled adventure as they attempt a pioneering effort to navigate a one kilometer transect through the forest canopy over five days. A production of this kind…

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16 Mar 2011

Beyond the Spill

Following the BP Oil Spill last summer, 22 Oregonians traveled to the Gulf Coast to bear witness to the impacts of this environmental disaster on the cultural, economic, and environmental fabric of the region. They would be introduced to a complex and ambiguous crisis, and leave considering how their…

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16 Mar 2011

Iceland Northern Lights

Witnessing the Northern Lights has been on my bucket list for some time and so I sprung at the chance to take a week long trip to Iceland during a period of peak solar activity.  As if on cue, the sun belched out a huge CME (Coronal Mass Ejection)…

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