It is not yet dawn, but Mike Winkler, a Quinault Indian, has already been digging in the wet sand along the edge of the ocean for hours. He is looking for razor clams, a protein staple that the Quinault Indian Nation have been harvesting from these coastal flats for over 10,000 years. Just last year the Tribal Council voted to permanently relocate the village of Taholah away from the coastline and the mouth of the Quinault River. The growing risk of inundation had become too great. Indigenous peoples in the Pacific North West have been fighting for years to preserve sustainable fisheries and indigenous knowledge, lifeways which have helped to keep the ecosystem vibrant and the climate stable for millennia.
3169 Collecting Razor Clams Before Dawn, a Quinault Indian with a lantern digging in wet sand for a staple of the traditional diet, clams. 4. Justice, 3. Solutions, 6. Adaptation, 2. Impacts Climate Visuals Principles: 9. Overcome present-day fears with a vision for the future, 8. Sustainability must be everyones objective, 7. Be very careful with protest imagery, 6. Show local (but serious) climate impacts, 5. Understand your audience, 4. Climate impacts are emotionally powerful, 3. Show climate causes at scale, 2. Tell new stories, 1. Show real people not staged photo-ops It is not yet dawn, but Mike Winkler, a Quinault Indian, has already been digging in the wet sand along the edge of the ocean for hours. He is looking for razor clams, a protein staple that the Quinault Indian Nation have been harvesting from these coastal flats for over 10,000 years. Just last year the Tribal Council voted to permanently relocate the village of Taholah away from the coastline and the mouth of the Quinault River. The growing risk of inundation had become too great. Indigenous peoples in the Pacific North West have been fighting for years to preserve sustainable fisheries and indigenous knowledge, lifeways which have helped to keep the ecosystem vibrant and the climate stable for millennia. City: Quinault Region: Washington State Country: USA 30/06/2021 Agency: Climate Visuals Countdown Creative Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Mandatory Credit: Michael Snyder / Climate Visuals Countdown Michael Snyder is a photographer and filmmaker who uses his combined knowledge of visual storytelling and conservation to create narratives that drive social change. He is a Climate Journalism Fellow at the Bertha Foundation and a Portrait of Humanity Award winner. Photographer name: Michael Snyder Photographer based in: United States Social media: https://www.instagram.com/michaelosnyder/ Website: https://www.michaelosnyder.com/
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