Jul 9, 20191 min readEveryday is World Oceans DayTo the ancient voyagers of the ocean, that saw it’s endless body not as a barrier but as bridge from one place to the next. Those who...
Jul 9, 20191 min readA Journey to TandiLocation: West Kalimantan, Indonesia After a conversation of convoluted criteria on what makes us happy. The son of a wise man responded...
Jul 9, 20191 min readA History of MauritiusHistory is all around us, sometimes it’s in the details of a space that the richest histories are to be found. These photos were taken at...
Jul 9, 20191 min readThe Smell of Kuala LumpurA friend of mine asked me what smell Kuala Lumpur brings to mind. It took me a second to answer as I never really took the time to think...
Jun 19, 20191 min readGreen Fields of Madagascar.I sat halfway out of the taxi brousse window, mesmerized by the endless green hills. People dwarfed by the vastness of the rice fields....
Apr 17, 20192 min readLemurs or Humans: Conservation in Madagascar I didn’t even realize it was a childhood dream of mine to see a lemur bounding around in front of me until these Coquerel's sifaka...
Apr 17, 20191 min readVideo Highlight- KaumakaiwaOne of three stories highlighting Hawaiian traditions, their connection to the natural world and the importance of passing them on to the...
Mar 15, 20192 min readA Year Ago TodayThis time last year, I sat in my hotel room in the middle of Delhi, exhausted and distracted. I had an upcoming assignment due in the...
Feb 2, 20191 min readLunar New Year in Taiwan A year ago I took a course analyzing how nations are constructed. Back then, I left Taiwan with more questions than answers. This trip...
Jan 17, 20192 min readThis Day in 1893 On January 17, 1893, the Kingdom of Hawai’i was illegally overthrown by a group of American business men more interested in profit than...
Jan 3, 20191 min readWhere Monkeys Rule the ForestIn Ubud there sits a patch of forest dedicated to the urban monkeys of Bali. Hoards of people walk around the temple compound to capture...
Jan 1, 20192 min readA New Year Reflection 2018 was a year of heightened feelings and senses. It was the year I found myself in funny situations, talking to new people constantly,...
Dec 16, 20181 min readVideo Highlight- Dulce: learning to swim in Colombia In coastal Colombia, a mother teaches her daughter how to swim so that she may go to the mangroves and harvest the piangua shellfish with...
Dec 16, 20181 min readVideo Highlight- The Kingdom; conservation in BhutanDescription: A love letter to conservation, our changing climate, and the difference one person can make in a great big world. This is...
Dec 5, 20181 min readUncovering Traditional Place Names and Passing on Stories in AotearoaI spent the morning immersed in online databases and among old Iwi archives. I was fortunate enough to meet the team working on...
Dec 5, 20181 min readMarae as physical storytelling The words spoken echoed in my head, “this whare and those individuals carved into the walls are the physical representation of DNA”. I...
Nov 13, 20183 min readHunting and Gathering in the CatlinsWe race down the track at dusk, the morning light barely filtering through the thick bush. There are whoops and whistles, a tangible...
Nov 5, 20181 min readWhite tipped MountainsTo envisage the South Island of Aotearoa is to see the vast white tipped mountains of the Southern Alps (Te Tiritiri-o-te-moana). The way...
Nov 3, 20181 min readBefore There Were Cities Like MelbourneWominjeka. Welcome. Bold letters that greet me at the entrance. I watch the automated show depicting the creation story of Bunjil, the...