Tag Archives: biodiversity

Helene Schmitz at Meken

Posted on 19 October, 2020 by Per

A few days ago I visited Meken in Smedjebacken. Meken is an art gallery housed in an old smithy. Helene Schmitz had a vernissage and showed a selection of pictures from her work “Thinking like a mountain”. Helene’s words: “In … Continue reading →

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How will this end… December 2019

Posted on 18 December, 2019 by Per

Things happens when it comes to environmental and climate issues, but the question is whether it helps when it comes to biodiversity and the conservation of our last natural forests. I’m afraid it’s “business as usual” when it comes to … Continue reading →

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Dark thoughts in late 2019

Posted on 5 December, 2019 by Per

Will 2022 (election in Sweden) be the year when the last nail in the coffin is struck in terms of the preservation of our nature, of a responsible climate policy, of our last untouched forests. The beginning of the end … Continue reading →

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Thoughts in mid November, 2018

Posted on 20 November, 2018 by Per

This year’s edition of Nature 2018 in Vårgårda is completed. One of the better I have to say, very exciting picture shows and nice company. The pictures of this year’s NNPC are submitted, just to wait… Mats Andersson’s masterpiece has … Continue reading →

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Thoughts at the end of May

Posted on 28 May, 2018 by Per

Lately, I have discovered that I feel more and more connected with those who struggle for our nature trying to save our biodiversity than in the nature photography community. A little sad because I think they should join each other. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts in January 2018

Posted on 10 January, 2018 by Per

No, I will save my deeper thoughts at the moment, right now it is too much that distracts and disturb me. Below is a picture of a couple of really old aspen in my neigbourhood. The picture to the left … Continue reading →

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Clearcutting in my “home forest”

Posted on 16 December, 2017 by Per

A couple of weeks ago the local municipality started to clearcut my nearest forest here on the lower parts of the mountain. A year ago another forest owner logged the forest at the top, an area that the municipality tried … Continue reading →

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Late November thoughts

Posted on 23 November, 2017 by Per

It’s been a while since the Nature photography festival in Vårgårda and I have gathered my impressions. As always, it was a nice weekend, nice picture shows and meetings. Unfortunately I did not have the time to talk with all … Continue reading →

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A day for the woods

Posted on 2 May, 2017 by Per

Sorry but here will only be a short summary, read the Swedish blog for more information. Last Saturday I went to Bredsjö in the deep woods of central Sweden. Ylva Lindberg had arranged a day with very interesting lectures regarding … Continue reading →

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Last weekend, January 21’st 2017

Posted on 25 January, 2017 by Per

Yesterday I wrote a long blog post in my Swedish blog about the “alternative truth” that the forest lobby is putting out. “everything is great with the woods”, “we need to cut down more forests to save the climate” and … Continue reading →

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