To Know A Place

Quiet Extinction

By Brendan young

Sun Jun 1 2025

Why it takes more than a lifetime to truly understand a single meadow.

(11 mins)

A note from The Earthly Repository:

We usually accept only works of fiction into the repository. However, for ‘To Know A Place’, we have made an exception. We felt, because this film conveyed such a beautiful narrative about data collection, without bombarding its audience with data itself, that it was worthy of inclusion. Data gathering processes, and the individuals who gather climate data, are often overlooked in the narratives absorbed by everyday audiences. ‘To Know a Place’ bucks the trend and prevents a heart-warming glimpse into the worlds of the people who make data gathering their life’s work.