Plastic Product Stewardship: Who is Responsible for Ocean Plastics and Plastic Recycling Failures?
Trashing beaches on the day of love is a clear indicator that many Southern Californian plastic consumers aren’t good plastic product stewards. Technically, plastic…
Transforming Farming Practices from Degenerative to Regenerative: A Surge in Investment Bodes Hope for Topsoil, Reefs, and Ocean Dead Zones
Transforming farming practices from degenerative to regenerative is underway, but can we expect this new grassroots movement to solve systemic planetary problems and become…
Lucky Star-Inspired 2021 Resolutions: Bring on the Era of Social Innovation!
While 2020 was another strange year on planet Earth, I focus my attention toward an enlightened 2021. Listing my resolutions, a decade-long collection of social innovation…
A 2020 Apocalyptic Autumn: Finding a New Normal, California to Colorado
Autumn is my favorite season on the Pacific coast. In 2020's autumn, I find myself uprooted from urban California in rural Colorado. Between the fires and the pandemic, I…
FIJI Landing: Birthday Disenchantment Turned New Beginnings
I arrive to Fiji unexpectedly for my birthday! This was not on our agenda, yet a pleasant surprise. But I have since jumped ship. The journey continues...
TUVALU Time: Timeless Atolls Where Time Now Matters
I arrived into the Funafatelle atoll of Tuvalu with a sense of both relief and desperation. Once on shore, we quickly found ourselves quickly immersed in a wonderful…
VANUATU’s Land Before Time: Volcanoes, Jungles, Remote Villages… and Dugongs!
Surrounded by active volcanic islands, a light sulfurous haze rests along the reef’s edge in the tropical South Pacific. A nearby fleet of outrigger canoes net small fish…
Sailing the South Pacific
I've been out at sea now for two months. Like many people, I have long dreamed of sailing to the romanticized islands of the South Pacific. My journey begins in the most…
New Zealand’s Outdoor Athletes Turned Environmental Champions
Four inspirational outdoor athletes in New Zealand that are championing important environmental causes in the South Pacific.
South Island: A Glacial Warming Wonderland
My journey to the glaciers and tundra of New Zealand's South Island was met with heat waves and cyclones. I soon dubbed it as Tour de Climate Change!