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Tag: 2041 foundation

Posted on May 11, 2021

Climate Story Series: Preserving Antarctica

Antarctica holds a key role in addressing climate change. I traveled there in 2017 on an expedition led by Robert Swan, polar explorer, and his nonprofit, 2041 Foundation. As Rob explains, Antarctica is kind of like earth's pristine memory bank. By preserving Antarctica as a place of science and peace, unowned by any nation, we …

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An ode to nature on this #WorldEnvironmentDay 🌎🌍🌏 Kicked off the summer season the same way we have (almost) every year for the last six years: off grid and in a tent. 🏕️ Touching an elephant was an experience I’ll never forget. Her skin was soft and crinkly with prickly peach fuzz all over. She was kind enough to tolerate me conducting a health check on her as part of her weekly care at the Elephant Valley Project in Cambodia. I volunteered there for a week deep in the jungle and it was one of the coolest experiences of my life. Forages for mushrooms once, makes a Reel about it. Elsewhere is everywhere I haven’t been “In the city we go through the motions with our watered-down lives. But here, here you really live each and every day.” Good people are everywhere. Sometimes we find them and hold on to them, sometimes they pass through our lives fleetingly. Years ago I had the privilege of volunteering at a wildlife rehabilitation center in Cambodia, and it was there that I fell in love with Moon Bears. I could relate to their love of the cold and I respected their equally cool demeanor. Happy International Day of Forests 🌲 Have you ever just enjoyed a tree? Some of my best naps have been under the shade of a tree. I’ve climbed more than I can count, and I’ll never forget how the branches of the Japanese Maple outside of my childhood home felt. I’ve marveled at trees that are thousands of years old, and I’ve thanked countless others for their wisdom.

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