{"id":47208,"date":"2014-02-11T00:09:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T08:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=47208"},"modified":"2014-02-11T00:09:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T08:09:01","slug":"i-see-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/47208","title":{"rendered":"i see change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tOooh, I just stumbled upon a neat project! i sea change?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_47375\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47375\" class=\"wp-image size-full wp-image-47375\" alt=\"photo by Paolo Costa Baldi. License: GFDL\/CC-BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sea.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"244\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-47375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Paolo Costa Baldi. License: GFDL\/CC-BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h6>\n<p>icey change?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-47376\" alt=\"ice-2501\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ice-2501.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"481\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s called the <a href=\"http:\/\/thealmanac.org\/year.php\">iSeeChange Almanac<\/a>, and besides having a lovely website, it&#8217;s also a revolutionary undertaking.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of trying to explain it to you, take three short minutes to watch this video:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wTjqtlWTFmk?feature=player_embedded\" height=\"360\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Imagine the power of collaboration between citizens and scientists \u2026<\/p>\n<p>People like you and me <i>watch<\/i> the weather roll through our local landscapes, we <i>soak up<\/i> the sensations of seasons shifting, and we <i>notice<\/i> subtle changes in the environments we call home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_47218\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/460px-Unidentified_woman_holding_gladiolus_at_Terra_Ceia_Island_Farms_Florida.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47218\" class=\"wp-image  wp-image-47218 \" alt=\"460px-Unidentified_woman_holding_gladiolus_at_Terra_Ceia_Island_Farms,_Florida\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/460px-Unidentified_woman_holding_gladiolus_at_Terra_Ceia_Island_Farms_Florida.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"469\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Florida Memory via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;People know their own backyards,&#8221; Julia Kumari Drapkin, the lead producer of iSeeChange, told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/climate-change\/iseechange-turns-climate-reporting-its-head.html\"><i>Treehugger<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, who better to speak up and record the odd dry creek, an unusual bird flock, or a grove of suddenly ailing trees?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_47222\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/400px-A_dead_elm_tree_on_Skelston_Moor_-_geograph_org_uk_-_1725919.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47222\" class=\"wp-image  wp-image-47222\" alt=\"400px-A_dead_elm_tree_on_Skelston_Moor_-_geograph_org_uk_-_1725919\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/400px-A_dead_elm_tree_on_Skelston_Moor_-_geograph_org_uk_-_1725919.jpg\" width=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Walter Baxter via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If the climate is changing on a grand scale, WE are the ones who recognize the minute clues beneath our noses.<\/p>\n<p>The earth around us is like a second skin.<\/p>\n<p>This is what the iSeeChange Almanac is all about. Unlike its charming predecessor, the long-loved <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almanac.com\/\"><i>Old Farmer&#8217;s Almanac<\/i><\/a>, this evolving collective is meant to be continuously crafted by farmers, birdwatchers, gardeners, hikers, cyclists, ranchers, fishers, and casual observers of nature. It is <i>interactive<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-47382\" alt=\"gardener_0186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/gardener_0186.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"477\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And scientists are paying attention.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My greatest moment is when <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/juliakumari\/iseechange-a-climate?in=juliakumari\/sets\/iseechange-features-1\">NASA sent a climate scientist to a rancher<\/a>,&#8221; Drapkin says.<\/p>\n<p>Something is happening here, and we should all be a part.<\/p>\n<p>Log in, pipe up, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iSeeChange\">keep the conversation going<\/a>.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oooh, I just stumbled upon a neat project! i sea change? icey change? It&#8217;s called the iSeeChange Almanac, and besides having a lovely website, it&#8217;s also a revolutionary undertaking. 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