Ecotography is an online community of climate-aware individuals communicating through personal photographs of the natural world.
Ecotography members share images from their environments that resonate for them in some emotional way. The images may be beautiful or horrifying, intense or subdued, expansive or microscopic. The only requirement is that the image carries a personal feeling, and that it comes from one's natural world.
No pets or people in photos, please.
Ecotography is designed to be a visually focused conversation - a thread of photos with few words. Think of it as a very quiet, slow Instagram feed for a few climate-aware people without the ads and stories. Community members are encouraged to respond with their own photos to photos - rather than comment with words.
Ecotography's intention is
to offer a space
that deliberately holds community within the reality that our daily natural experiences contain, and connect us to, the climate crisis.
What that means individual to individual, moment to moment, will vary considerably - but the community includes a belief in the need to engage - heart, mind, hands - with our planet and with each other at this unprecedented crisis point. Showing up to see what we see in our every day natural experiences is part of this quest.
Ecotography is located on WhatsApp and can
through any
smartphone or computer.
Ecotography Community Guidelines
1. Community members are invited to share personal photographs in the chat that meet the following guidelines:
a. image captures something from the natural world (but can include human-made elements)
b. image doesn't include people or pets
2. Community members honor that this is a visually-focused communication thread, and will minimize written comments. Visual responses are welcomed.
3. We hold within our community the reality that the climate crisis impacts and informs our ongoing experiences of the natural world around us.
4. Community members are welcome to join the chat community without pressure or expectation to actively post their own photos.
