This first video should is an introduction to the content contained within the whole series. The knowledge and ideas presented, though not scientific, are based on facts learned through experience. Take a journey away from a modern means of approach to the natural world, and momentarily return to a more natural thinking of the world, our minds and bodies.
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16:19This lecture will discuss confluence, which is what happens when two washes join to form one. Confluence is significant to life and survival in the desert, and is a key point in understanding how to read topographical maps. Armed with the knowledge contained in this video, your travels through the desert will be better oriented to the surrounding terrain.609 -
12:23This lecture discusses the significance and mechanics of flat rock and how it influences the desert environment as a whole.4601 -
14:25This lecture explains how a rock’s height and width effect the local environment as well as the desert environment as a whole.
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16:22This lecture discusses the role of camouflage in the environment. The use and effects of camouflage demonstrate a universal phenomenon, known as a feedback loop. In the case of camouflage, the feedback loop is one of awareness and knowledge.4802 -
05:00We start with the most simple of concepts – an everyday walk through the desert. As we move, we are a disturbance in “the force”, as is every form of life. We have a certain range and level of awareness that interacts with and affects the range and awareness of all animals.466 -
09:26A model explanation of how an animal’s senses are used to heighten their awareness.449 -
07:11Presents a discussion of desert phenomena. Phenomena happen all the time and are something we should not only be aware of, but something we should try to manage. I share with you a complex and very interesting example of how action and reaction demonstrate awareness.456