New doco on the City Nature Challenge in NZ

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While we were having fun at this year’s City Nature Challenge in Aotearoa-New Zealand, a professional documentary film crew made a short film about the event, and how we hope to save the world by connecting people with nature. You might be interested in checking it out. They’ve done an amazing job.

The film, “Here the Wild Things Are”, is now live online. Join the race to discover hidden wildlife in our cities. Can urban nature hold the key to saving the planet? You can watch now at https://loadingdocs.net/short/here-the-wild-things-are/

Dirctor: Kelly Gilbride | Producer: Madison Smith
Exec. Producer: Julia Parnell

Featuring on-screen participants:
Dr Jon Sullivan - @jon_sullivan Lincoln University Senior Lecturer. Department of Pest-Management and Conservation
Dr Colin Meurk - @meurkc Manaaki Whenua/ Landcare Research. Research Associate Landscape Policy and Governance
Dr Leon Perrie - @leonperrie Botany Curator, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Dr Lara Shepherd - @naturewatchwidow Research Scientist, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa
Marley Ford - @marleyi PhD Candidate, Master of Environmental Science
Consultant Ecologist

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What a great documentary! :D
Makes me want to get right outside and observe stuff. Haha

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That was great! Thanks for posting.

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This was AWESOME!!! So great to hear and see some of the iNatters that I follow! :)

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It is so cool! I was one of the observers in Wellington, but I didn’t get out as much as wanted.
I find iNaturalising to be quite an individual pursuit- I’m almost always on my own poking around somewhere. I often feel like the only one out there. To see a bunch of other people doing the same stuff is so amazing. You all are my tribe.
Also Jon, you have my dream camera set-up! Incredible! Marley has my current one. Great for a pocket.

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This is fantastic!

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Thanks Lisa. This is a fun tribe to be part of. :grinning:

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With GSB I have enjoyed a small slice of New Zealand, as I work thru the placeholders we picked up.
Especially the plant which provides fibre for ceremonial cloaks (but too late for GSB).

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Good job, Kiwis!

Your country’s population, at 5.5 million, is smaller than many cities, but you are doing a fantastic job of promoting iNaturalist around the world!

I love the way you not only described a bioblitz, but also covered many of the reasons that people use iNaturalist and get excited about surveying biodiversity.

I will be using your video to promote iNaturalist to our municipal parks department and other stakeholders.

Thanks again!

Adam

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