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PLANET CRUNCH The Life (or Death?)
of Planet Earth by Richard Brock. Reviewed by Rosemary Low Planet Crunch – The Life (or Death?) of Planet Earth is a ground-breaking and ambitious project of 3 x 25-minute films on Youtube and Vimeo, plus a book. Published April 2021. A unique perspective at crunch-time, it is based on how the media have lifted the natural world to the front-page headlines. For two years the author clipped relevant news and articles from daily and Sunday newspapers and wildlife publications and he gives his own, forthright and often humorous, take on them. The book is richly illustrated, with images (including cartoons) on almost every one of the 145 pages. I love the cartoon he commission on ‘The Disastrous World of Donald Trump. In the background, Greta Thunberg’s scowling face could refreeze a glacier! |
The book is packed with commentary on wildlife, natural resources, impact of global politics, population, climate change and our future.
And it is FREE to you! No, there is no catch. It is free because Richard wants to motivate you to read it. He describes it as political, challenging, cheeky, significant, educational and even rude! A publication that is both up-to-date and down-to-earth. He is so wise and intensely passionate about conservation and has never profited financially from his films.
He said:
‘It is a very personal view and includes David Attenborough; Greta Thunberg; biodiversity; shopping; forests; farming; fishing; food; consumption; waste/plastic/recycling; energy/oil; climate change; Covid-19; water; the media; money/fashion; Trump/Biden; aviation/travel/tourism; human population; China; nature and us. The white stork is the theme ending with some really good news.’
Richard is an amazing man who I have known for more than 20 years and whose friendship and humour I value enormously. We met at the International Parrot Symposium held at Loro Parque, Tenerife, in 2000. He asked for my input in making a film about Spix’s Macaw. He has made so many thoughtful and original films, long and short, on conservation and environmental issues. One hundred of these films are free for everyone to access via his website. Many have been used overseas, especially in Africa, to help local people to conserve and value their wildlife and their environment. His films on birds include weavers, moorhens, puffins and the Exe estuary.
Richard’s career in wildlife documentary making include 35 years with the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, as the producer of some of David Attenborough’s most famous series, Life on Earth and The Living Planet. He left the BBC because he felt wildlife was glamourised and the facts about the dire state of the planet was ignored because it was bad news. So he set up his own company to tell the truth and not to hide unpopular issues. He was decades ahead of his time.
You can order a copy for your bookshelf or send as a gift. And please extend the project – pass on this offer to friends and contacts and share it on all your social media.
Donations to charity will be welcomed. If you would like to contribute – say £10 – to Richard’s preferred local charity, the Avon Wildlife Trust, based close to where he lives, or to a charity of your choice, please do so. These days many charities are desperate for income to help continue projects around the world.
Free shipping is to the UK only. For other worldwide destinations please contact the distribution team.
Visit: brockinitiative.org/product/planet-crunch-the-life-or-death-of-planet-earth-by-richard-brock/
And it is FREE to you! No, there is no catch. It is free because Richard wants to motivate you to read it. He describes it as political, challenging, cheeky, significant, educational and even rude! A publication that is both up-to-date and down-to-earth. He is so wise and intensely passionate about conservation and has never profited financially from his films.
He said:
‘It is a very personal view and includes David Attenborough; Greta Thunberg; biodiversity; shopping; forests; farming; fishing; food; consumption; waste/plastic/recycling; energy/oil; climate change; Covid-19; water; the media; money/fashion; Trump/Biden; aviation/travel/tourism; human population; China; nature and us. The white stork is the theme ending with some really good news.’
Richard is an amazing man who I have known for more than 20 years and whose friendship and humour I value enormously. We met at the International Parrot Symposium held at Loro Parque, Tenerife, in 2000. He asked for my input in making a film about Spix’s Macaw. He has made so many thoughtful and original films, long and short, on conservation and environmental issues. One hundred of these films are free for everyone to access via his website. Many have been used overseas, especially in Africa, to help local people to conserve and value their wildlife and their environment. His films on birds include weavers, moorhens, puffins and the Exe estuary.
Richard’s career in wildlife documentary making include 35 years with the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, as the producer of some of David Attenborough’s most famous series, Life on Earth and The Living Planet. He left the BBC because he felt wildlife was glamourised and the facts about the dire state of the planet was ignored because it was bad news. So he set up his own company to tell the truth and not to hide unpopular issues. He was decades ahead of his time.
You can order a copy for your bookshelf or send as a gift. And please extend the project – pass on this offer to friends and contacts and share it on all your social media.
Donations to charity will be welcomed. If you would like to contribute – say £10 – to Richard’s preferred local charity, the Avon Wildlife Trust, based close to where he lives, or to a charity of your choice, please do so. These days many charities are desperate for income to help continue projects around the world.
Free shipping is to the UK only. For other worldwide destinations please contact the distribution team.
Visit: brockinitiative.org/product/planet-crunch-the-life-or-death-of-planet-earth-by-richard-brock/
NEW BOOKS 2021
Parrot Conservation
464 pages of up to date information on the status and conservation projects for parrots worldwide.
Published October 2021 in Australia and available from
orders@newholland.com.au
website: www.newhollandpublishers.com
tel +61 2 8986 4700
Available in the UK from the author.
Pyrrhura Conures
A revised edition will be available in Italian, October 2021 by SPLEN edizioni.
New English edition by January 2022.
Also in preparation:
Another title will soon be available that will enchant all parrot lovers.
Please watch this space!
464 pages of up to date information on the status and conservation projects for parrots worldwide.
Published October 2021 in Australia and available from
orders@newholland.com.au
website: www.newhollandpublishers.com
tel +61 2 8986 4700
Available in the UK from the author.
Pyrrhura Conures
A revised edition will be available in Italian, October 2021 by SPLEN edizioni.
New English edition by January 2022.
Also in preparation:
Another title will soon be available that will enchant all parrot lovers.
Please watch this space!
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Loro Parque blog September 27 2018
The great hall of the Auditorium of Tenerife has been witness, in the afternoon of yesterday, Wednesday, September 26, of the delivery of the prestigious Gorilla Prize 2017 to Rosemary Low, a passionate defender of parrots who has dedicated her life to these birds through breeding and conservation. This year celebrates the fifteenth edition of this award, which emphasises environmental responsibility, addressing strategies and actions to conserve biodiversity and promote the sustainable use of resources. |
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The event, which was held within the framework of the IX International Parrot Congress organised every four years by the Loro Parque Foundation, welcomed more than a thousand guests. Numerous authorities, civil, military, consular and private sector representatives accompanied the hundreds of congress attendees, of more than 40 nationalities, who are visiting the island this week attracted by this world famous convention.
Wolfgang Kiessling, President of the Loro Parque Company, wanted to highlight the work Rosemary Low, who for years was a Bird Curator at the Parque, and who has dedicated her entire life to the breeding and conservation of parrot species. Her principles and values, Kiessling emphasised, are the same that move Loro Parque, prioritising the protection of nature at a time when the human population is growing exponentially and, consequently, the resources and habitats of wild animals become more limited and are in worse conditions.
For her part, Rosemary Low highlighted Loro Parque Foundation's conservation achievements in a speech that recalled her first visit, in 1984, and her more than 30 years of relationship with a Parque to which she has a special affection. "It has been a privilege to be involved with Loro Parque and the Foundation for so long".
Rosemary Low is a prolific writer, and her numerous articles and books have been translated into many languages. She was the first to publish a book on parrot conservation: Endangered Parrots, first published in 1984, and a revised version was published in 1994. Rosemary has visited 29 countries, many in South America, to observe parrots in the wild. There she has been involved in conservation projects, about which she has written extensively and for which she has been invited to numerous conferences in Europe, Australia, the USA and Brazil. She is a tireless fighter for parrot conservation. Since she raised money for the Imperial Amazon during the first International Parrot Congress in 1986, she has been involved in numerous parrot conservation projects for which she raises funds.
She has owned parrots since 1958 and says: "We are privileged to be able to enjoy these sensitive, impressive, beautiful and intelligent creatures".
We can share these feelings of hers in her book Understanding Parrots - Cues from Nature.
Wolfgang Kiessling, President of the Loro Parque Company, wanted to highlight the work Rosemary Low, who for years was a Bird Curator at the Parque, and who has dedicated her entire life to the breeding and conservation of parrot species. Her principles and values, Kiessling emphasised, are the same that move Loro Parque, prioritising the protection of nature at a time when the human population is growing exponentially and, consequently, the resources and habitats of wild animals become more limited and are in worse conditions.
For her part, Rosemary Low highlighted Loro Parque Foundation's conservation achievements in a speech that recalled her first visit, in 1984, and her more than 30 years of relationship with a Parque to which she has a special affection. "It has been a privilege to be involved with Loro Parque and the Foundation for so long".
Rosemary Low is a prolific writer, and her numerous articles and books have been translated into many languages. She was the first to publish a book on parrot conservation: Endangered Parrots, first published in 1984, and a revised version was published in 1994. Rosemary has visited 29 countries, many in South America, to observe parrots in the wild. There she has been involved in conservation projects, about which she has written extensively and for which she has been invited to numerous conferences in Europe, Australia, the USA and Brazil. She is a tireless fighter for parrot conservation. Since she raised money for the Imperial Amazon during the first International Parrot Congress in 1986, she has been involved in numerous parrot conservation projects for which she raises funds.
She has owned parrots since 1958 and says: "We are privileged to be able to enjoy these sensitive, impressive, beautiful and intelligent creatures".
We can share these feelings of hers in her book Understanding Parrots - Cues from Nature.
COMMENTS FROM READERS
Michael McKaig, USA
Amazon Parrots: Your descriptions and comments describe these wonderful birds perfectly. And your personal experiences and careful observations are what make all your aviculture books so much better than anyone else's. I now have all your books, and they have pride of place in my library.
Amazon Parrots: Your descriptions and comments describe these wonderful birds perfectly. And your personal experiences and careful observations are what make all your aviculture books so much better than anyone else's. I now have all your books, and they have pride of place in my library.
John Fisher, UK
Thank you for the lovely books; they are all superb. I have found all the books very helpful and interesting. My family has learnt much about parrots. We all have a lot to thank you for.
Thank you for the lovely books; they are all superb. I have found all the books very helpful and interesting. My family has learnt much about parrots. We all have a lot to thank you for.
Gail Brankin, South Africa,
I have just finished “Understanding Parrots -- Cues from Nature”. Wow! What a fabulous read!! Thank-you for opening my eyes, growing my understanding and highlighting my responsibilities. I have lots of work ahead of me. None of it difficult but now that I have a better idea of what needs to be improved and why, I am going to be busy. My understanding of enrichment to date has been limited -- buying all those bright toys in pet shops.
I have just finished “Understanding Parrots -- Cues from Nature”. Wow! What a fabulous read!! Thank-you for opening my eyes, growing my understanding and highlighting my responsibilities. I have lots of work ahead of me. None of it difficult but now that I have a better idea of what needs to be improved and why, I am going to be busy. My understanding of enrichment to date has been limited -- buying all those bright toys in pet shops.
Ashley Herrod, Australia, January 2014
I am a big fan of your philosophies on bird keeping, especially in regard to the enrichment of parrots’ lives while in captivity. This is something more bird keepers, particularly in Australia, need to consider, and put into practice, to make their parrots happier and healthier: it really is an ethical obligation to do so, I think.
I really enjoyed reading your book Understanding Parrots -- Cues from Nature, particularly all the references you made to wild examples based on your observations in the field.
I am a big fan of your philosophies on bird keeping, especially in regard to the enrichment of parrots’ lives while in captivity. This is something more bird keepers, particularly in Australia, need to consider, and put into practice, to make their parrots happier and healthier: it really is an ethical obligation to do so, I think.
I really enjoyed reading your book Understanding Parrots -- Cues from Nature, particularly all the references you made to wild examples based on your observations in the field.
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