Charles here, founder of EarthLive.TV and British expat living in Vietnam since 2025.

I've spent years travelling and working a fairly unusual mix of jobs. I've been an anti-poaching ranger at SanWild Sanctuary & Wildlife Trust in South Africa, led hiking and camping activities for young people in the US, and taught English to primary school children in Thailand. Alongside that, I've worked in digital media, built websites and run YouTube channels.

During my travels, I kept noticing live webcams pointed at all sorts of things, from wildlife waterholes and bird nests to volcanoes and remote coastlines. There was so much to watch, but finding the cameras often meant searching through different websites and channels and many weren't even in English. So in January 2026, I started EarthLive.TV to bring them together and make them easier to explore.

Today, it's me and a small team of developers building the site. We find and organise live cameras from around the world, with nature and wildlife being the main focus.

I make videos, articles and documentaries too, exploring some of the natural world's odd, overlooked and surprising questions. Sometimes that means looking into an unusual place; other times it starts with a question that sends me down a research rabbit hole like "Does the world weigh more with more people and animals on it, or not because we all come from Earth?"

Having worked with children both outdoors and in the classroom, I'm interested in how these cameras could be useful for learning. Watching an animal go about its day gives people something real to observe, ask questions about and come back to. I'd be happy to hear from teachers or anyone already using live cameras in their work.

EarthLive.TV keeps me busy, allows me to keep exploring the world and brings together my interests in wildlife, travel and live media.

Explore the cameras: https://earthlive.tv
More about the project: https://earthlive.tv/about-us