Coastal Care 2016: In Numbers and Achievements
Our deepest gratitude and thanks to our immensely talented and highly inspiring contributors of 2016.
— Santa Aguila Foundation – Coastal Care.
Mangroves: The Forests of the Tide
A new art exhibition in Yangon, Myanmar, shows the strange beauty of mangrove forests and the important role they play in the wider ecosystem.
Melting Away, Algarve, Portugal; By Joshua Jensen-Nagle
Melting Away, Algarve, Portugal, is an image from Joshua Jensen-Nagle.
Sand art “Beautiful Morocco,” by Kseniya Simonov
A sand animation film, by Kseniya Simonov.
The Last Wave, Andaman Islands
Environmentalist, freelance journalist, photographer and author Pankaj Sekhsaria has spent 20 years studying and fighting for the ecology of the Andaman and Nicobar islands. His first fiction novel ‘Last Wave’ about these islands, published in 2014, is getting released in Goa along with his photo exhibition.
Best Beaches of the Oregon Coast at Nighttime: Safest, Most Impressive
The pleasures of the Oregon coast beach at night are underrated. Finding a dark beach with no light interference on a clear eve will make for something wondrous. The stars explode around you, and once your eyes adjust to the dark you see things in a whole new way.
How surf lessons help deprived children in South Africa
Some of Cape Town’s more famous waves have been commandeered to facilitate a new community health project that uses the therapeutic benefits of surfing to help children who live in townships and who have been traumatised by violence, poverty and drugs.
Sea Life; By Barry Rosenthal
Sea Life, is an image from Barry Rosenthal.
100 years ago: Gorgeous colours on the pebble beach
A child is the pure artist in collection. He needs no apology. The mere contemplating of his hoards, laying them out in array, counting and sorting, is amply enough joy for him. But we grown-ups are compelled to seek a plea of use, and, having found it, we may indulge our childishness.