Ocean Positive-Blue Journey

05/22/2026

This week I had the privilege of joining the Protect Our Winters (POW) community at their national summit in West Glacier, Montana — and I’m still processing how much it meant to be in that room.

I helped open the conference with a session on climate impacts on ocean and coastal communities. I shared what I’ve witnessed firsthand in American Samoa — a place that holds a piece of my heart and a chiefly title I carry with deep humility — where rising sea levels aren’t a projection. They’re a present-tense reality. They’re an existential threat to communities whose relationship with the ocean has sustained life for millennia.

What struck me most wasn’t just the urgency in the room. It was the breadth. Athletes, scientists, creatives, policymakers, field organizers, board members. All of them driven by the same understanding: that shared passion, turned into shared responsibility, is the only thing that moves systems.

With 400 million beach visits happening in the United States every year, the ocean and coastal communities represent one of the most powerful — and underutilized — entry points for climate action and marine protection. That is the work I am bringing into this summer.

I left Glacier with a clear sense of purpose: water must be a leading voice in what POW protects. Not just mountains and snowpack. The full blue edge of the world we love.

More to come this summer. Watch this space. Protect Our Winters GU Energy Labs

05/21/2026

05/20/2026

Along w NOAA National Ocean Service and many broadcast friends near and far we want you to have a long lifetime of fun on your favorite shore. Check out NOAA’s Blue IQ series to become Ocean Smart. Protect Our Winters GU Energy Labs

05/09/2026

We can’t help you know everywhere, but we can help you know what happening at our favorite shore, you can also explore more localized weather data through Ambient Weather Network

05/07/2026

Yesterday, we headed way inland to join 18 members of the NJ School of Conservation team for an inspiring training session talking about safe, inclusive outdoor recreation that builds communities and inspires others to care about the places we love from the ocean to the mountains.
We were on their campus for a Safe & Positive for All training — and what was supposed to be a 90-minute session turned into a genuine conversation about what it means to ensure that everyone who immerses themselves in nature can have a lifetime of safe and positive experiences.
What happens when you put 18 outdoor educators in a room and ask them to think about who might not feel safe or welcome in the spaces they steward? Yesterday at NJSOC, we found out.
Educators. Field staff. People who spend their lives helping others connect with the natural world. They shared with us their inspiration and insight that makes this work matter.
By training the trainers, these best practices don't stop with the 18 people in that room. They have the potential to reach the nearly 4,000 people who visit NJSOC each year for programs and field experiences — many of whom may be living with spinal cord injuries, movement and sensory limitations, or neurological differences that standard wilderness safety training too often overlooks.
The NJSOC team doesn't just teach conservation — they live it. Making sure their programs are accessible and empowering for everyone is a natural extension of that mission.
Grateful to Kerry, Tanya, and the entire NJSOC team for having us. Nature is for everyone. Making that true in practice — not just in principle — takes training, intention, and teams like this one.
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05/01/2026

04/18/2026