Fri 15th February 08 | 10:30am - 11:10am
hosted by | Cool Melbourne
The presentation puts the 4.6 billion year life, of our planet Earth, into perspective by comparing it to the life of a 46 year old human. Although nothing is known about the first years of this humans life we can now observe that our human is experiencing the problems associated with middle age. Our human is faced with the same problems that face the planet - tired, stressed, overweight, poor diet and limited exercise. Will we continue to destroy or will we learn to change? The choice is ours. Jason discusses his Antarctica experiences and how it has changes his life, as well as discussing the decline of the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets. The audience is then taken back to the doctor who has diagnosed our poor health and given is a course of action to follow. Finally Jason will ask the question: What will you say to your grandchild sitting on your knee when they ask you, "Gran, what did you do in the Great War on climate change and pollution?" What will your answer be?
Jason Kimberley
Jason Kimberley is a self-taught photographer with a passion for travel, adventure and capturing all that is wonderful and unique about the Australian landscapes and life, in particular life in the bush. His self-published book, Australia Exposed (2003), was the result of a year long 4WD trip around Australia in 2000 with his wife Caroline. All the photographs were taken with his beloved 25 year old SLR 35mm camera that has been on loan from his mother since 1982. Jason’s love of travel was formed at an early age, after his family embarked on their first outback adventure. Since then he has traveled extensively throughout Australia and subjected himself to a number of demanding challenges including: climbing South America’s highest peak My Aconcagua (23,000ft), trekking Denai and a month long kayaking odyssey on Prince William Sound – both in Alaska. Last winter Jason was commissioned to photograph aboard the yacht Epsilon’s Darwin to Broome leg off it’s circumnavigation of Australia, recreating the 1802 – 1804 voyage of Matthew Flinders to assist in raising funds for Alzheimer’s research. The summer of 2005/06 saw Jason spend 16 days in Antarctica at 80 degrees south with his traveling companions Jason Veale and Peter Hillary. They filled their time man – hauling sledges across the windswept Horseshoe Valley on the esge of the Ellsworth Mountains. During this time in Antarctica, in the country known as Deep Field, temperatures ranged from –15 degrees to –45 degrees. The sun did not set. Lichen is unable to grow on rocks. My human companions were the only life form encountered, and the closest permanent habitation was the Scott Aundsen based at the South Pole. This widely acclaimed series of photographs titles simply – Antarctica has been shown in Melbourne and Sydney. The book Antarctica A Different Adventure was released in 2007.