The Natural Resilience Foundation

10/22/2024

10/19/2024

Mostly Cotswolds, UK. A few from home in Austin.

10/19/2024

The accelerating development of nuclear power raises apprehensions, as it seemingly prioritizes energy production at any expense, including social and environmental degradation, despite techno-optimists' claims of unbridled prosperity, which may ultimately prove disastrous.

10/15/2024

My beloved Oregon.

So close to nature.

After sunset over North Sister in Oregon's Cascades. Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was discovered last year. What you see here is a comet 2 miles in diameter with a dust/gas trail millions of miles long - about 44 million miles from earth. Thanks to my buddy and superb photographer Andrew Sambuceto for his company and helpful tips as we photographed in total awe. It should be visible through most of the rest of October then will disappear and won't make a return for approximately 80,000 more years. My camera settings are below in the comments. Thanks for looking.
www.brianjenningsphotography.com

10/11/2024

https://michaelhshuman.com/please-get-off-the-fence/.

This is a blog post from one of my oldest friends. I approve of, and agree with most of what he writes here. Check it out.

Please Get Off the Fence October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 by Jen Please Get Off the Fence I rarely blog about politics because I’m mindful that you, my readers, represent myriad political views. But this election is so important, so critical to the survival of America’s democracy, so decisive to...

10/09/2024

After long deliberation, I decided not to purchase a new car and am keeping my 2014 gas powered Toyota Avalon with 123,000 miles for the foreseeable future.

Electric and hybrids have their own serious carbon footprints when they are manufactured.

The Austin climate week showed me that long range BEVs may not be necessary for around town driving which is what I do mostly.

High interest rates and car prices also impacted my decision. Who needs a car payment when you're retired

08/16/2024

The beauty of Nature. Yes, it can also be dangerous but we as humans must act in accordance with great Nature, not thinking we are in a way superior to its force.

I had another one of my big ideas, so I took a major risk, and went against my better judgement, spending hours and hours waiting for a clearing in the clouds during one of the biggest displays of Northern Lights of the year.

It was low tide so I saw the opportunity, I waited and waited, watching the world update about their incredible experiences witnessing the light show while I continued to be stubborn, not moving from my spot in hopes of getting that one lucky moment, when I could easily drive one hour and find clear skies. But I didn't, and my lucky moment never came, BUT it is these moments that have made me the photographer I am today, and it is these nights that continue to help define my career.

I found my angle with the sea-stars, posted up in position, and waited patiently all night long while practicing taking night time shots with my camera. This wasn't the first time I tried to capture this scene. On 3 other occasions I've found myself in very similar, and actually worse situations than this for this same idea. Atleast this time I was watching the ocean glow blue with bioluminescence, and atleast this time I could make out SOME color at times through the clouds.

Typically the photos from this night would just go into my archives, never to be looked at again by anyone, but I was physically worn out and mentally exhausted by the end of this night, and I don't imagine I'll have another opportunity to capture all of these things again until next year.

So here you go, I'm not the luckiest photographer alive 😆 I do fail, quite often, I just don't share those moments that didn't make the "cut"

03/15/2024

I always liked Bukowski's brain, even though he could sometimes be warped

05/29/2023

12/17/2021

Our E-Z Microgrids are consistent with Federal Government objectives for installing community solar quickly. Vegetation Station, an incubator will help implement permaculture methods to the microgrids, including bee pollination, produce generation and chicken tractors.