Re-posted from my Instagram on April 1, 2021: Happy Earth Month! For the next 30 days, I’m gonna post daily #EcoTips, #ClimateStories, and fun #EarthFacts [on my instagram, @mmdewane].Saving the planet isn’t on most people’s agendas and that’s cool (it’s hard enough to think about dinner tomorrow night, let alone think about the planet’s future), but the even …
My Favorite Tree
This tree is my favorite in the world. In 2002 I attended a Hog Island Youth Ecology Camp for 10 days. Towards the end of our camp, the instructors asked us to go for a walk along the east shore trail, find a place where we could sit quietly, and then journal our thoughts about …
Day 6 Road Trip-TShirt Series: Clothing for a Cause
For a full description of this series, please click here. DAY 6: Free the Bears Free the Bears is a rehabilitation center with rescue centers peppered throughout Southeast Asia. The mission is to rescue bears from exploitation (like circuses) and abuse (like bear bile farms), rehabilitate them, and release them back into the wild. Free …
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Day 5 Road Trip-TShirt Series: Clothing for a Cause
For full description of this series, please click here. DAY 5: Happy Earth Apparel I remember coming across Happy Earth Apparel about two years ago. A Facebook ad popped up on my page with the line, “Clothes for conservation. For those who actually give a damn.” It was the first (and arguably the last) time …
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Day 3 Road Trip-TShirt Series: Clothing for a Cause
For full description of this tshirt blogging series, please visit this page. DAY 3: Elephant Valley Project The Elephant Valley Project (EVP) is an elephant sanctuary based out of Mondulkiri, Cambodia, roughly a seven-hour bus ride east of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city. EVP works to rescue captive elephants from exploitation and labor throughout Cambodia. The …
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Day 2 Road Trip-TShirt Series: Clothing for a Cause
For full description of this tshirt blogging series, please visit this page. DAY 2: Manai Design Two super cool dudes with a love of the outdoors created Manai Design Co and I fell in love with their brand and mission instantly. They've created tshirts and memorabilia that are inspired by nature and perfect for your …
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Creating a Happy Earth
What does a Happy Earth look like to you? To me, it’s one where winters are cold, oceans are clean, food sources are plentiful and fresh. It’s also a soft breeze, the smell of pine trees, the sound of birds singing, or bare feet in cool sand...It’s where humans and nature are thriving in harmony. …
In Search of the Adelie Penguin
The story of climate change is a complex one and can be told from innumerous perspectives. I traveled to Antarctica in March 2017 to learn about a unique, lesser known perspective: how was climate change affecting even the farthest reaches of the planet, where human activity is at a minimum. The biggest lesson I learned …
