Decolonize, Ecologize, Indigenize, JoyifyThere are several permutations of the acronym DEIJ. Some people like JEDI, while others might leave out the J, and add an A for access…Oct 151Oct 151
Healing Severed ConnectionsSeveral years ago I drafted a “5-year plan” to shift my career from teaching in the classroom to doing work related to the outdoors…Jan 3, 2022Jan 3, 2022
Holding Space for Equitable Sociocultural Risk ManagementKeynote remarks for the 2020 Wilderness Risk Management Conference.Jun 19, 2021Jun 19, 2021
Communicate Like an Interpretive RangerOriginally published in my blog Cavilaciones in 2013.Jun 18, 2021Jun 18, 2021
The Wonder Man (he makes you wonder)His fragility cracked not like a tortilla chip pressed against the hard truth of concrete, but more as a creme brûlée crust under the…Apr 11, 2021Apr 11, 2021
Snakes Bite, Paper Cuts, Humans Harm.As I was planning on taking a few days off social media for the holidays, I woke on Christmas eve morning to what I deemed troll behavior…Dec 29, 2020Dec 29, 2020
On the Changing Climate.My speech for the 2020 ONE TAM VIRTUAL SUMMIT ON CLIMATE: CHANGE AND RESILIENCE.Oct 3, 2020Oct 3, 2020
As the first shoot and root.Below are my opening remarks for the Together Bay Area 2020 Fall Forum.Oct 3, 2020Oct 3, 2020
A Language of Care, Intimacy, and AnimacyLanguage is Power, language is a tool, language is Being, a reflection, intention, and manifestation of relationship with the world.Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020