Nature, environment, and a little philosophy
I make a living restoring ecosystems. Here's what that's like. California has a thriving ecosystem restoration industry. People here care about their environment. That has allowed governments to strengthen environmental regulation, incorporate nature into planning, and fund restoration projects. In San Diego, I'm a project manager at a firm providing ecosystem restoration as a service. …
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Last winter, after eight rainless years, California's drought finally ended. In San Diego, it rained what felt like every week, for several months. The hills flushed green then orange with poppies, the desert bloomed, the reservoirs refilled, the rivers flowed. We learnt that there were waterfalls in the mountains. In early March, in an extraordinary …
October 2019 - Discovering the undeveloped beaches of Mexico half a day's drive and a handful of taco shops south of San Diego. For me, looking for rare plants is one of the most exciting aspects of traveling in Baja California. In the last photo in this gallery, I stand among critically endangered Shaw's agave …
May 2019 - The largest mountain range in New Zealand's North Island. Photos by Katy Chappaz, Eric Hengesbaugh, and Anne Chappaz.
It takes precision to steer a canoe down a rapid. Standing waves curl upstream towards the bow, ready to fill the boat. They should be skimmed, not ploughed through, though the canoe should be kept close enough to the turbulent current to avoid other obstacles. Precision is something Eric did not have on our third …
In Ranthambore, India, stopping poaching and making it last.
Stars, like salt. 