Does nature consent to photography? | Rachel Kippen, Our Ocean Backyard
(WorldNews Environment)

If a tree falls and nobody Instagrams it, did it really fall? Let´s go on a little walk down memory lane, and no, not a scroll through your photo gallery. The use of smartphones as memory repositories is a fairly recent phenomena, creating a human-technology mashup in which our ability to remember significant life moments is enmeshed with the use of an aiding tech device. Take a trip on a whale watching vessel or grab tickets to a concert and the event is often dominated by a wall of screens eager to capture what we used to call Kodak-worthy moments. As a person who has taught in outdoor learning environments for more than a decade, I´ve witnessed a pretty radical shift in what modern nature...