I’m a lionfish, hear me roar
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Lionfish eyeing me suspiciously. But with his protection of poison spines, he’s not going anywhere.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, divemaster training, fish, india, lionfish, ocean, photography, scuba diving, the wall, wildlife
Let’s work in concert
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under united states
I’m a sucker for well-produced, moving video.
Tags: china, climate change, conservation, environmentalism, india, overconsumption, pollution, washington d.c.
I’d say he’s my favorite fish, but I say that about too many fish…
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Can you see him?
Possibly a bearded scorpionfish though the distribution is wrong. Still, they’re incredibly fun to spot.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, divemaster training, fish, india, ocean, photography, scorpionfish, scuba diving, the wall, wildlife
Footprint, schmootprint… an overconsumer’s confession
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under united states
Ouch...
Actually, this is somewhat serious. I’m an overconsumer; if everyone on the planet were to live my lifestyle, we’d need several more earths. And yet I don’t own a car, I don’t eat meat, I eat primarily organic and my landlords purchase 100 percent wind electricity. I do fly considerably more than the average person, but even subtracting that carbon output, my lifestyle is still well above the planet’s per capita biocapacity.
While all eco-footprint calculators have serious deficiencies — a finding from my semester science brief (click here for a boring PDF) — the reality is that in America, we use more than our fair share; beyond our personal consumption, our lives are supported by carbon/resource intense infrastructure and government spending, as well as social, medical and commercial services.
Interested in finding out your footprint? Click here for a simplified version from the Global Footprint Network.
I can’t be all doom and gloom — certainly we’ve made some relative strides in recent years, in environmental governance, recycling, personal habits, “green” consumption, reforestation (in parts of the globe). But such incremental eco modernization (Arthur Mol, say what?) does little to offset rising global consumption as more and more countries attempt to mimic a U.S. standard of living (Peter Dauvergne and Gus Speth know what’s up). We see real global warming and resource depletion around the world; denying that is just not an option anymore.
I believe the social scientists who say we face serious limits to growth. We need to make changes, individually yes, but more importantly as a society.
Tags: biking, carbon, conservation, eco footprint, environmentalism, natural resources, policy, united states, washington d.c.
Riding the current with bannerfishes
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Current dive
Longfish bannerfish cruise headlong into a moderate current. This way bits of food come to them and they essentially hover above the reef. I’m attempting the same, though I’m not streamlined like a fish and tire a bit quicker.
This dive was also one of my first dives leading a large group. I had seven other divers (though one was an instructor) following me on the Wall.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, divemaster training, india, longfin bannerfish, ocean, pennant coralfish, photography, scuba diving, the wall, wildlife
Daydreaming of blue overhead
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
I’m trying to read Arthur Mol and Peter Dauvergne but I’m distracted by thoughts of The Wall.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, divemaster training, india, ocean, photography, scuba diving, seascape, silhouette, the wall
I’m thankful for wild spaces and so much more
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Tomato clown
I have a lot to be thankful for: people I love, the direction of my life, numerous opportunities and wild spaces like this anemone+tomato clown.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, anemone, anemonefish, divemaster training, fish, india, ocean, photography, reef, scuba diving, the wall, tomato clownfish, wildlife
