All my recent posts

  • 3 Engaging Books to Deepen Your Environmental Sustainability Knowledge
    There are affiliate links included on this post where I would gain a small profit if you choose to purchase by clicking on a book (so I can buy more books). Best About Food Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver Kingsolver is wildly acclaimed for her literary masterpieces such as […]
  • SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
    Learn about how global forces are partnering to improve the livability and sustainability of our planet for all people living on it. More info about SDG 17 from the UN can be found here. Use arrows on the bottom left to navigate. To view presentations of the other 16 goals click here.
  • SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions Presentation
    In order for worldwide development and cooperation, peace must be a goal foremost. Institutions that uphold these beliefs are necessary. More info about SDG 16 from the UN can be found here. Use arrows on the bottom left to navigate. To view presentations of the other 16 goals click here.
  • SDG 15: Life on Land Presentation
    The life that surrounds us and nourishes our own life exists on land. The natural balance of animals and plants all depend on each other, so preserving as many resources and lives need to be a larger focus in the future. More info about SDG 15 from the UN can be found here. Use arrows […]
  • SDG 14: Life Below Water Presentation
    Majority of life on earth is living below the surface of water in coral reefs and spread among the water. Rising overall temperatures is warming and creating an imbalance in the fragile marine ecosystems. More info about SDG 14 from the UN can be found here. Use arrows on the bottom left to navigate. To […]
  • SDG 13: Climate Action Presentation
    We are in a climate crisis with rising temperatures, more recurrent natural disasters, and raising sea levels. There will continue to be displacements and damage to homes unless measures are taken to prevent the release of more harmful emissions from transportation, industry, and agriculture. More info about SDG 13 from the UN can be found […]
  • SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production Presentation
    Learn about how our current economy of consumption and production is causing waste and emissions more than ever before and steps that can be taken by governments, businesses, and people to prevent it. More info about SDG 12 from the UN can be found here. Use arrows on the bottom left to navigate. To view […]
  • SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities Presentation
    Examine how cities can reduce emissions, pollution, and plan better futures for its citizens and the planet. Cities are concentrated areas of people and have emissions to match currently. There are new innovations to decrease energy usage, create more walkable greenspaces, and improve the health of people. More info about SDG 11 from the UN […]
  • SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities Presentation
    In order for everyone to equally benefit from the progress in the world, inequalities must be reduced. There have been great strides worldwide in equality for people of all genders, races, incomes, classes, ethnicities, sexual orientations etc. but there is still more to make and there are large differences between even neighboring countries. More info […]
  • SDG 9: Industries, Innovation, and Infrastructure Presentation
    This sustainable development goal examines how the brightest minds all over the country are innovating and building up the infrastructure of their countries. This includes building organization of industry as well as just building roads. More info about SDG 9 from the UN can be found here. Use arrows on the bottom left to navigate. […]
  • SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth Presentation
    Though many times economic growth works in opposition to environmental sustainable progress, if it can work in tandem, then nations can be brought out of poverty and sustain itself economically. More info about SDG 8 from the UN can be found here. Use arrows on the bottom left to navigate. To view presentations of the […]
  • SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy Presentation
    The key to reducing harmful emissions in the water, earth, and air of our planet is developing affordable and clean energy. To improve the health of the population and prevent more climate catastrophes, energy needs to be a huge focus now and in the future. Learn about what scientists are doing around the world. More […]
  • SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation Presentation
    This presentation will examine how the world is doing in supplying clean drinking water, sanitation facilities, and preventing pollution and scarcity. More info about SDG 6 from the UN can be found here. Use arrows on the bottom left to navigate. To view presentations of the other 16 goals click here.
  • SDG 5: Gender Equality Presentation
    Learn how gender equality influences progress in all spheres of a country’s progress and which countries are falling behind. Abuse, discrimination, and even child marriages are all contributing factors to use as a lens for the progress of gender equality. More info about SDG 5 from the UN can be found here. Use arrows on […]
  • SDG 4: Education Presentation
    In this comprehensive study of education all around the world, I portray which country’s educational programs are thriving, which are falling behind, and what can be done to elevate all children’s education. The effects of this education determines the future’s of all countries and therefore the whole world. More info about SDG 4 from the […]
  • SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being Presentation
    How is the world measuring up on standards of health? Learn about the impact HIV still has, how important women and children are for world health, and how the environment is a contributing factor to a large portion of the world’s health. This is pre-covid, so there is only continued stress on these factors and […]
  • Visiting Sequim Bay State Park
    Sequim Bay State Park is a nice spot to launch kayaks into the bay and to walk or bike along the Olympic Discovery Trail. The very well developed trail runs right through the park, leaving the opportunity to explore either West towards the cute town of Sequim or East near the coast for miles. The […]
  • A few days in Olympic National Park
    We had the beautiful opportunity to visit the Northwestern part of Olympic National Park at Sol Duc Hot Springs and the Hoh Rainforest. Unlike most National Parks with a main central hubbub of activity, Olympic National Park has about eight entrances from which there are many long trails to hike between the different entrance trailheads. […]
  • 2 Nights at Yellowstone National Park
    Day 1 Coming in from the South Yellowstone is a monster of beauty, rarity, and masses of people. We were seeing what we could explore with two nights in the park at the Canyon campground. We came from the South entrance in the morning with no wait at all (we had heard the East entrance […]
  • One Night in Grand Teton National Park
    Tip 1: Get to Grand Teton EARLY We were driving up to Grand Teton from Fort Collins, so about a seven to eight hour drive. We left bright and early at about 6:30 AM because we knew we needed to get there early to get a campsite. All campsites at Grand Teton are first come […]
  • 2 Nights in Palo Duro Canyon State Park
    A great first impression We made the long 8 hour drive up to Palo Duro Canyon and after the many hours in West Texas with little landscaptual company except scrub brush and windmills, we were actually shocked when it suddenly appeared before us. One minute it’s the cotton fields of Lubbock until you enter the […]
  • One Month National and State Park Road Trip Itinerary
    Here is an itinerary for a month long road trip of the American West hitting the major national parks and many small stops on the way.
  • DIY Relief Pattern Shibori Dying
    Learn the traditional Japanese technique of shibori relief dying. Use one color dye to create vivid, beautiful patterns. Happy accidents welcome!
  • SDG 2: End World Hunger Presentation
    This presentation explores worldwide hunger metrics as outlined by the UN in the second Sustainable Development Goal. This guides how the world has improved, what policies led to that improvement, and what actions need to be taken, and where, to have all people nourished.
  • Book Review: Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
    A true story of a unique and brave family that underwent trauma after hurricane Katrina. However, the pain was caused primarily at the hands of the government rather than the storm.
  • How eating plant-based can help save ecosystems, animals, and people
    If we want to be able to feed the world’s population now and with the inevitable increase in the future, and reduce agriculture’s land use and harmful emissions, there is only one real answer. We need to eat less animal products.
  • DIY a Papasan Chair Cushion
    A quick DIY for making your own papasan chair cushion (or floor pillow) from reused and cheap materials.
  • Upholster a Desk Chair in 30 Minutes
    A quick and cheap DIY for anyone to upholster a desk or dining chair.
  • What is Machine Learning?
    A quick summary of machine learning, its relationship to artificial intelligence and neural networks, and briefly how it all works.
  • The Wombats- Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life Album Review
    Although almost every song could be confused with another indie pop rock band, the Wombats have created an album that will be liked by anyone who likes the genre, but only because it is so straightforwardly that.