Aside from the poles, climate change hits hardest first in the Himalayas. Cloudbursts, once a rare occurrences, have become annual catastrophic summer experiences. Ladakh is a mountain desert, and the soils cannot hold up against torrential rains. This is a prayer...
Coming together for a sustainable planet ~ The global family I've been collaborating with the past few years https://vimeo.com/286996250
March 18th is International Recycling Day. But, not to confuse the order of operations for creating more sustainable materials use: #1: Developing a healthy respect and appreciation for the environment #2: Refuse #3: Reduce #4: Redesign #5: Reuse / Repurpose #6: ...
Video of an experiment I made visiting a backyard plastic recycler in a village outside of Colombo. We are doing an experiment to 'test' what kind of plastic constitutes these objects. In the rural context, there is no lab to verify if the plastic is #2 or #6...
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Einstein What is it about profound moments in nature that inspire a new perspective on the world? I feel close encounters with nature bring a new sense of belonging. One such life-shifting...
Winding along the bumpy backroads through intermittent rice field and jungle, the last village took hours of backroads navigation skills to find. But then, around the corner, the first line of village welcome: a 50-deep motorcycle squad, the ‘motorcade’ for their...
Every single piece of plastic that has ever been made, still exists today - and we keep making more, with no thought for tomorrow. Globally the weight of plastic produced annually (approx. 300m tons) is almost equivalent to the weight of humanity (approx. 316m...
What is the sound of a healthy habitat? Watch Bernie Krause's talk on the voice of the natural world and listen to his incredible soundscapes. Krause says understanding and being aware of 'biophony' helps us develop a sense of place and understand the harmony of...
Watch Satish Kumar, cofounder of Schumacher College and renowned spiritual and ecological thinker, discuss solutions we can bring to our education systems: working with the head, heart, and hands. The over-accentuation of the management of earth's systems (economy)...
~‘Waste’ may be out of human sight in one area, but it is never out of the global mind.~ How ‘waste’ is discussed determines the level of the problem and the remedial solutions. If overconsumption is the problem, then solutions target consumerist norms. However,...