Published in Climate Conscious·PinnedDo Hunters and Anglers Still Matter?“If we’re going to maintain the system, we have to have robust participation beyond 55-year-old white guys.” Hunters and anglers reversed the march of extinction at the turn of the last century. Species and wild places now face a similar menu of threats, from hors d’oeuvres of minor calamities to…Hunting10 min readHunting10 min read
Published in Climate Conscious·Jan 20, 2021To Fight Climate Change, Science and Story Must KissI believe in stories. They enrapture the mind and shorten chasms of otherness. They offer vulnerable insight into the teller’s humanity and remind the listener that they share the same human family. Humans have long engaged challenging issues with story. Storytelling is the process of coming to terms with life…Climate Change10 min readClimate Change10 min read
Jan 13, 2021Incited Trump supporters, you are destroying the liberties you seek to protectA way of life will only stand if defensible to the public. Since our nation’s inception, the right to bear arms has been generally accepted and defended by the populace-at-large: Self-defense, speaking truth to power, sustenance. Recently, the public has questioned the extent of the 2nd Amendment, particularly regarding what…Politics And Protest8 min readPolitics And Protest8 min read
Published in Climate Conscious·Oct 25, 2020I’m Pro-life and Pro-Gun, Yet Voting BidenI love my guns, and I’m pro-life. But a second Trump term is untenable. Here are my reasons why … — “You have to be willing to risk mistakes, delays, and disappointments, or you will be at the mercy of only the tried and true, to your ultimate peril.” — Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac in The Future We Choose For the first time ever, I (almost) voted straight-ticket Democrat. That…Trump9 min readTrump9 min read
Published in Climate Conscious·Sep 11, 2020Is Trump Really an Environmentalist?Fact check: Trump is no environmentalist Full disclosure: This fact check against Trump’s recent environmental boasting isn’t objective journalism. And I don’t think it has to be: The press and free-thinking people everywhere have thoroughly scrutinized the transgressions I’m about to spew about our 45th President. So I feel OK providing my opinion on his latest…Trump7 min readTrump7 min read
Published in Climate Conscious·Jul 26, 2020The Problems With Conservation: Scenic Clickbait, External Costs, and CommunityMost of us have the best of intentions to remediate the ecological trifecta of climate change, deforestation, and the general malaise of ecological degradation. But our conceptions of conservation and its marketed solutions are largely and dangerously infatuated with the scenic and the sexy. Our settled urban and agricultural areas…Conservation12 min readConservation12 min read
Published in Climate Conscious·May 22, 2020Conservatives and Climate Change… Here’s How We’ll Do It.To survive climate change, we must find commonality with its skeptics, specifically, conservatives. — The climate movement is a brand that tailors to a very particular demographic. It’s peddling consumer content targeted at liberal audiences, and in doing so, it has left out massive swaths of would-be supporters. The climate movement’s branding is shooting itself in the foot. Branding climate change accessorizes a global…Climate Change14 min readClimate Change14 min read
Published in Climate Conscious·May 9, 2020Agriculture, Place, and BelongingThe coronavirus has really messed up my sense of place. Chiefly being, it’s shown me I have no sense of place at all. Not until last week. Doing my duty to flatten the curve has been tough. I’m a journalist, photographer, and adrenaline junkie. Naturally, anything that urges me to…Environment10 min readEnvironment10 min read
Apr 24, 2020Confessions of an oblivious filmmakerA mundane video edit just vomited a profound revelation. I was recently hired to film educational videos. I made two sub-rookie mistakes: One, I let the *&$@ing camera run for 15 minutes. Fif. Teen. Minutes. And two; I failed to afford the client I interviewed the magnanimous blessing of —…Film3 min readFilm3 min read
Apr 16, 2020Captain, My CaptainI attempt to stay apolitical with my meanderings. I try (and often fail) to maintain a semblance of coolness and objectivity. But I must deviate from that path today because our president has taken his megalomania to a whole new level. With the absence of strong federal leadership, governors of…Covid-198 min readCovid-198 min read
