Celebrate Earth Day 2017 by entering a discussion with people who capture data and images of our planet, images that both astound and move people to protect the environment.
Meet the speakers:
John Weller is a critically acclaimed photographer, writer and filmmaker based in Boulder, Colorado. Nature photography has been his passion since childhood, and after graduating from Stanford University with a degree in economics, John began pursuing media full time. He spent two years in California working for photographer William Neill and then moved home to Colorado, where he fell in love with Great Sand Dunes National Park. For one week of every month over more than three years, he walked with a 54-kilogram pack deep into the extraordinary landscape. With each trip, he further understood interconnections within the ecosystem.
Eric Berkenpas is an engineer who facilitates the building of unique imaging tools and equipment for the National Geographic Society. Some of the equipment includes the dropcam, a camera that can film in some of the deepest regions of the world’s oceans, and the Crittercam, a camera attached to wild animals that can record video and audio as well as collect other data.
Thomas Wagner is the NASA program scientist for the cryosphere. He directs NASA activities for study of the Earth’s polar regions, glaciers, sea ice and related aspects of climate change and sea-level rise.
