Spaceport

“The proposed Camden Spaceport site is located on the I-95 corridor next to the Atlantic Ocean and is surrounded by a large undeveloped buffer zone. Coastal Camden County, Georgia provides a nearly unrestricted launch range for the launch of spacecraft to a wide range of orbits. Orbital inclinations between 31° and 58° can be reached without the addition of costly propulsive maneuvers to change the orbital plane.” http://www.spaceportcamden.us/
 
Press Release
“Montague to Consult on Spaceport Camden

Clay Montague has agreed to work with Camden County as an environmental consultant for the spaceport. A resident of Camden County, Georgia native, and Associate Professor Emeritus at University of Florida, Montague will be Camden County’s main contact for expressing environmental fears about the spaceport. “All concerns are welcome,” Montague said “I plan to immediately assemble a committee of local environmental leaders, advocates, and scientists with the primary charge to make an effective presentation of concerns to submit to the Federal Aviation Administration.”
Montague has broad experience as an environmental scientist. He also has significant involvement with non-profit environmental organizations in Georgia and Camden County. Montague is a member of the Board of Directors of the Satilla RiverWatch Alliance, Inc. He was Interim Executive Director and Satilla Riverkeeper during 2012 and early 2013.
Montague brings a wide range of experience with coastal environmental impacts as a researcher, author of scientific papers, and consultant. These include management of navigation inlets, beach nourishment, oil spill damage assessment, animal damage control under pesticide use, large modifications to river drainage and canals, other dredge and fill operations, coastal wetland impoundments for mosquito control and waterfowl management, winter freezes in mangroves, sea level rise, ecotoxicology, and fate of beloved exotic animals on public lands.”

Clay is putting together a comprehensive, knowledgeable, and invested team of representatives, experts, and "stakeholders." We applaud the County for their willingness to openly invite in-depth environmental analysis by those who will be most impacted should this project come to fruition. http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/spaceport-subcommittee-to-address-environmental-concerns/article_3011d7eb-f662-5bba-aa1d-d437ad1f0ba3.html

Chasing Ice Screening

The St. Marys EarthKeepers and co-hosts, The Amelia Island EarthKeepers, cordially invite you to attend a screening of the Emmy Award winning, Oscar-nominated documentary Chasing Ice.  

The film made its TV debut on the National Geographic Channel on April 19, 2013 and has since been screened around the world in 172 countries, 70 universities, over 75 film festivals, in the White House, and before the United Nations.

“In the spring of 2005, acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for National Geographic: to capture images to help tell the story of the Earth’s changing climate. Even with a scientific upbringing, Balog had been a skeptic about climate change. But that first trip north opened his eyes to the biggest story in human history and sparked a challenge within him that would put his career and his very well-being at risk.

Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Within months of that first trip to Iceland, the photographer conceived the boldest expedition of his life: The Extreme Ice Survey. With a band of young adventurers in tow, Balog began deploying revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers.

As the debate polarizes America and the intensity of natural disasters ramps up globally, Balog finds himself at the end of his tether. Battling untested technology in subzero conditions, he comes face to face with his own mortality. It takes years for Balog to see the fruits of his labor. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. Chasing Ice depicts a photographer trying to deliver evidence and hope to our carbon-powered planet.” https://chasingice.com/

Date: Thursday, August 13, 2015
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Location: St. Marys Theatre By The Trax, 1000 Osborne St., St. Marys GA
Admission: Free of charge (seating is limited, 160)