Earth is full of amazing places. Most of us will never get to see them. But somebody lives near each one, and somebody can film it. When you share what you see, we all get to know our world a little better — and we get better at taking care of it.
Scientists split the land on Earth into 825 ecoregions. Each one is its own neighborhood of plants, animals, weather and ground, like the Beni savanna, the Northern Shortgrass prairie, or the mangroves of the Sundarbans. No two are the same.
Satellites can see these places from far above. They can tell where the green is. But they can’t tell which flowers came up this spring, which birds came back, or how a forest is growing after a fire. Only people on the ground can see that.
When lots of us share what we see, we can keep a closer, kinder eye on our world. We can spot what is changing, learn where help is needed most, and know when to act. That is how we help the plants and animals that live there.
A plot is a small square of real ground, 12 metres on each side — about the size of a big classroom. You put your name on it, and you can film it.
Small is the point. One person can see the whole square. If you come back next year and film it again, everyone can see how that same spot has changed.
Every plot has its own number that never changes. Only one person can hold each plot, so nobody is ever confused about which square is which.
Your plot is your name in our list. It is not a deed, title, lease, easement, or any interest in real property. It does not make you the owner, and it does not let you go onto land you are not allowed on.
Every plot is a real place on Earth, in a real ecoregion. It is not a game or a made-up map.
Your video is more than a pretty picture. It shows a real place on a real day. Next season, someone can stand in the same spot and film it again. Put those side by side, and we can all see what is growing, what is coming back, and what needs help.
Places change. The view you see today might never look quite the same again. That is why every share matters, and why sooner is better. Your view could become part of the memory of our world.
Other apps and groups do great work too. We are not here to compete with anyone. We just want to give everyone one simple place to add what they see, so it is kept and shared for a long time.
Most of us never got to see the world’s wild places when we were growing up. We plan to share what you film with classrooms, as lessons about our world.
When you film a place, you might be showing a child that land for the very first time — the trees, the water, the animals that live there. That one look can change how they see the world, and help them grow up to take care of it. We all share one home. It’s called Earth.
We say this here, and again next to the button:
What it is: a square of real ground, 12 × 12 m, with your name on it — and a place to put what you have filmed there.