Cloud Appreciation Society
Encyclopedia
The Cloud Appreciation Society is a society
founded by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
from the United Kingdom
in January 2005. The society aims to foster understanding and appreciation of clouds, and has over 22,000 members worldwide from 83 different countries, as of July 2010.
Yahoo named the society's website as "the most weird and wonderful find on the internet for 2005". The group and its founder were the focus of a BBC
documentary Cloudspotting, based on Pretor-Pinney's book The Cloudspotter's Guide.
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
founded by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Gavin Edmund Pretor-Pinney is a British designer and author of the best-selling The Cloudspotter's Guide .Pretor-Pinney attended Westminster School, the University of Oxford, and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design...
from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in January 2005. The society aims to foster understanding and appreciation of clouds, and has over 22,000 members worldwide from 83 different countries, as of July 2010.
Yahoo named the society's website as "the most weird and wonderful find on the internet for 2005". The group and its founder were the focus of a BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
documentary Cloudspotting, based on Pretor-Pinney's book The Cloudspotter's Guide.