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Canada - Trans Mountain Pipeline Resistance - Tiny House Warriors & Protect the Inlet 2018

Kiribati 2014-2016

Banaba Island 2016

Fiji 2014-2016

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The Cardinal River is where the Mountain Cree/Smallboy Camp fetch their drinking water. Right on the edge of Jasper National Park. This pristine water would be threatened if Teck expands their coal mining operations.
There’s a profile about my reporting work in Kiribati up on Kultura Magazine, a cool magazine about changemakers & innovators. Go to @kulturamag or the link in my bio to learn more 💖
I spent last week with this tiny, off-grid community of Mountain Cree people that’s being threatened by the expansion of a coal mine run by a huge international corporation. If the coal mine comes over the continental divide, it will contaminate the headwaters of the river they depend on for drinking, some of the purest glacial water left in North America.
Still so happy I got to see my Kiribati mom Nei Pelenise in Portland last month! Pente is one of the most inspiring women I’ve met-a powerful woman who’s traveled all over the world to advocate for climate action. She encouraged me to write stories about communities in Kiribati who are adapting to climate change. People have been dealing with the impacts of climate change for decades but what’s missed in many stories is how resilient, adaptable, and creative people are. I have tried to capture this in my work to not contribute to victim narratives because there’s a lot we can learn from people! Ko rabwa Nei Pente for everything you do!! If you’d like to listen to more about Kiribati check out the latest issue of the @coolerearth podcast!
Lovely man named David gave me this shirt last Saturday and encouraged me to vote 🗳 I sent in my ballot last week and so happy that so many women are taking over congress ! Change is possible and we can stand up to the hatred that’s taken over our country!! Ps—BYE SCOTT WALKER!
The first video short is out from the fantastic dinner of the future with Chef John Cox (@chefjohncox ) at the Bear and Star in Los Olivos, California! I’m honored to have been part of this special meal filled with innovation, sustainable, and delicious food that might be what we’ll be eating in the future as our climate changes! The link is in my bio! The two part series will air on Discovery Channel in January. @alisonvand @hilarycadigan @gabesaglie @andywangnyla @kristasimmons @fessparkerwinery @thirdwindowbrewing @discovery @thinkmakecreate @insta360 @eventsbyfessparker @ranihooverinspiredweddings
Riding bikes across Tarawa for the 2015 Pole to Paris global bike ride to raise awareness of climate change and the impacts it’s having on communities around the world.
Happy indigenous peoples day to some of the most inspiring and brave people I’ve met!! Here are some photos of friends and climate warriors I’ve met over the past few years who’ve become like family. Indigenous communities are some of the most affected by climate change and environmental issues- and they’re some of the most vocal and powerful advocates for transitioning away from fossil fuels. There are many people I don’t have photos with but grateful to have you in my life!
Tahoe is magic ✨🌞
Had a great time at Crater Lake and in the Sierras before spending five days in the Portola Hospital 💙💚
Visited my first fire lookout 🌞🔥
Honored to be featured along with such talented journalists in this piece ! The Solutions Journalism Network’s Freelance Fund helped me report on greenhouses that are helping small farmers in India adapt to climate change. Read more here: https://thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/11-a-solutions-stories-from-our-freelance-fund-grantees-9a6ed1c3732
Roubena Ritata showing me the way to a sacred burial ground on Banaba Island. Banaba was strip mined for phosphate for nearly 70 years by the British Phosphate Commission. Not only did this make the land uninhabitable, but it disrupted some of the Banabans’ cultural heritage. A BPC worker stole the skull of one of the Banabans’ most important ancestors during the mining. It’s believed that the island won’t return to prosperity until the skull is returned. I was asked by the elders to help return this skull. I’m still searching.
Indigenous communities in Canada had a huge success this week against the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion—a Federal Court of Appeal ruled that the Canadian government failed to receive adequate informed consent from First Nations communities and that pipeline construction would be halted immediately. This is after months and months of creative, nonviolent direct actions from indigenous groups along the pipeline route, including the Tiny House Warriors ! You can read more about their efforts at the link in my bio.
A photo from the field with Kheyti, an Indian nonprofit that’s helping small farmers in rural India adapt to the extreme droughts that are happening more frequently as a result of climate change. This is me with my friend and translator Rakesh and his father in front of one of Kheyti’s greenhouses. These greenhouses block some of the sunlight, keeping a controlled temperature inside the greenhouse. They’ve allowed farmers to use 90 percent less water than traditional cultivation, which is important in a region that’s experienced some of the highest rates of farmer suicides in the last few years. You can read more on Nat Geo, the link is in my bio!