Field Notes Productions

Environmental Journalism needs a change of course.

Right now, the overall health of the environment around the world is failing. Humans are using 50% of the world's freshwater supply. We consume more than 40% of the world's plant growth. We're liquidating both plants and animals as much as one hundred times faster than the natural rate of extinction.

It's a frightening reality.

Yet journalism today does little to cover these issues, and less still to uncover solutions.

Instead, much of the environmental coverage that is aired is done in the fashion of political reporting - who's winning and who's losing. Or else it's responding to the latest crisis.

In other words, much heat, but little light.

But there are stories of hope and promise to be told, and successful solutions for many of the problems we currently face.

So a change of course is in order.

Field Notes Productions is at the forefront of that change.

Our mission is to inform and educate the public about the significant environmental issues facing the world today. We will do that by producing engaging, sound-rich, in-depth features focusing on conservation and biodiversity issues around the globe, as well as environmental business stories in the U.S. We will engage the public through sound story-telling, and educate them with the information they need to be better citizens.

Our goal is to provide a voice for little-heard stories of critical importance. And by providing a wide range of views, we will help to educate the public about these complex issues.

Most importantly, when possible we hope to provide a ray of light and the possibility of hope.