Apr 25 2010
Kick in a few bucks, if you can….
Lynn Morris and Will Lorimer are two of the brightest people I’ve ever worked with–and what they’re doing just makes me beam with pride. It’s a green beam, because it brings out a little bit of envy as well as my inner environmentalist.
They’re following the coast of the Atlantic—from Britain, down through Europe and Africa and back up through the Americas—in order to document the impact of rising ocean levels. It’s called Atlantic Rising and it’s an interactive educational film project.
Right now, they’re more or less half way through the trip and have decided to veer off course to document deforestation in Brazil. In order to make it happen–and ship their jeep 1,000 miles inland–they need to raise $2,000 over the next 40 days.
I’m happy to say they’ve almost collected it all and it’s only been a few days. But they still need the go over the top. Please take a moment to check out their video plea here. If you’ve got $2 to kick in, that’s plenty.
Morris (left) and Lorimer (right) are both alums of the University of Manchester’s Granada Center for Visual Anthropology–which is where I was lucky enough to meet them.
Those of you on the East Coast might have a chance to meet them too: Their map shows it won’t be too long before they start documenting the United States’ Atlantic coast.
