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My Secret Quest To Be An Oyster Farmer
Aquaculture and conservation don’t necessarily go hand in hand. Fish farming, for example, can be quite detrimental to the environment if done improperly. So, when sustainable food and environmentalism meet it’s a big deal, and luckily for us, it’s in the form of something truly delicious—the oyster. Recently, I had the opportunity to volunteer at…
Unfinished Business—How I Tried to Rebuild My Life
Looking back on it, I might as well have said “let’s build a rocket ship” I was so out of my element. But now, three months later and after gaining experience with log tongs, ridge poles, and reimagined “non-permitted structure” foundations, I’d compare it more to building a Boeing-787. Still well out of my element,…
Wildlife Trafficking and Terrorism
With the recent uproar around trophy hunting of lions and elephants, the spotlight has once again been put on big African game and their chances of species survival. Although the backlash against president Trump’s proposed lift of the ban is arguably justified, one-off poaching is far from the biggest threat facing these creatures today. Ivory…
Trump, Trophy Hunting, and That One Time The President Didn’t Disappoint Us (Yet)
Trump, Trophy Hunting, and That One Time The President Didn’t Disappoint Us (Yet) With sharply plummeting rhino populations, a decrease of one-third of total elephants in less than a decade (and many of those numbers from protected areas) and less than 20,000 lions left in the wild, African wildlife has recently found itself in unprecedented…
Paris Travel Deal with Fleetway Travel
The internet doesn’t need another article about how amazing Paris is. The internet doesn’t need another article about how spectacular Parisian food, wine, and architecture is. The internet certainly doesn’t need another article talking about how America needs to adopt the “Parisian way of life”. But, what the internet does need is an article telling…
Insights from Environmental Science Journalist Mike Gaworecki
Readers of Don’t Forget Your Boots will know that we often struggle with finding positive environmental stories. Recently, I reached out to the most positive-and friendly-man in conservation, Mike Gaworecki, the Staff Writer and Editor at Mongabay.com, with burning questions from “how to get into wildlife conservation writing” to “are we all doomed under Trump”.…