Environmental Graffiti

The Stilt Fishermen of Kathaluwa

It is early in the morning, around 5:30 am, and the sun is about to rise. Though a cool pre-monsoon breeze is blowing, the sun will be beating down mercilessly by midday. The stilt fishermen of Kathaluwa have already assumed their lofty positions, balancing two metres above the coral reef. The catch of the day will determine if there will be food on the table tonight or not.

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The Crab Fishermen Of Alaska

High seas beset by towering waves, swell churning up hazardous freezing waters, and heavy machinery tied to treacherous equipment. Reasons enough why Alaskan crab fishing ranks as the deadliest job in the America – if not the world. Even such descriptions do little justice to the extremity of the conditions confronted by the fishermen out on the storm-ridden Bering Sea during the cruel Arctic winter.

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Mutilated Dolphins Wash Up on UK Beaches

Conservationists are in a panic over the increasingly large numbers of mutilated sea mammals appearing on British shores. Image by Kiwi Sonja 28 dolphins and porpoises have been found dead on southwest England’s beaches since the new year, compared to 80 during all of 2007. Conservationists

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