Today there was plenty of coverage of a worthy UN initiative resulting in a publication called One Planet – Many People. I saw some coverage about it on TV this morning, and today’s papers had photos.
The publication compares satellite photos taken years apart to show the impact of man. I was eager to learn more and have a look at the photos myself – surely on the web.
So could I find the full publication. Sadly it’s only available in printed form. Still a book might be quite nice with lots of great photos.
Well yes, but it’s $150! We’ll all be rushing out to buy that then…
I know that not everything can be free on the net, although I suspect many of the photos probably come from places like NASA since as far as I know, the UN doesn’t actually own any satellites of its own. But pricing it so steeply that even most libraries are unlikely to buy it does not seem a good way of getting the message out about World Environment Day.