How to spend summer in an office if you are a nomadic adventurer (read: dirtbag) at heart
We live in the Sierra Nevada surrounded by lakes, rivers, trails, and peaks because we love the mountains. This is why many of us started our employed lives in the outdoors – from river guides to ski instructors to backcountry tour leaders, we have lived outside and loved it.
Growing Sustainability in Your Own Backyard
I typically write about high level energy policy, climate policy, or leadership in sustainability. Today though, I would like to focus on a local action that we can all take to be more sustainable.
Making Earth Day Every Day: Musings on Helping Our Planet
On Saturday, April 23, I did outreach for the State initiative program, Energy Upgrade California® at the Placerville Library Earth Day event. It was a blast speaking with attendees and finding out what their energy practices and interests were, as we all work together to meet California’s energy efficiency goals.
The View from Up Here: Lessons in Happiness from a Sierra Nevada Teenager
Step 1,427 felt heavier than step 1,426, but lighter than I knew step 1,428 would feel.
I hadn’t been counting each step the whole time, just since going off trail.
A Toast to Toastmasters
Do you consider yourself a strong communicator at work? How about at home – are you able to convey your thoughts and opinions clearly, without instigating an argument?
Sustainability Math: How Cycling Makes 1+1=3
Let’s be clear, this is not some Orwellian fantasy or math fail: being sustainable can give you more than what you paid for.
You might scoff at this: how can hugging trees or lowering my carbon-emissions help me pay my bills or help enrich my community?
Growing my Garden: Knowledge and Veggies
I always wanted to have a garden. The idea of eating produce grown in my own backyard has always appealed to me.
Like most first time garden-growers, I started off blissfully ignorant and clueless about pretty much everything – from how to prep the soil to how much it would cost to whether I would really enjoy pulling weeds.
Pairing Food and Adventure in the Sierra
People talk about pairing food with wine all the time.
While Brittany Todd and I are eating and adventuring our way through the Sierra via our Great Escape trip, I got to thinking: why doesn’t anyone talk about food and adventure pairings?
Go Jump in a Lake
Is there anything better than jumping into a cool, clear, rocky, alpine lake on a hot day? I am not sure that there is.