❈ hearthside studios ❈

Operation Wallacea
on-the-ground support for international students and researchers in the Sani Reserve of the Ecuadorian Amazon Jungle
check out our reforestation project with over 400 native trees in the Galapagos Islands on San Cristobal with the Jocotoco Foundation and the Galapagos National Park here


Wild Peaks Leadership Program
founded and led an outdoor-based leadership program, initially in Crested Butte, in the heart of the Rockies of Colorado, offered on a sliding scale for locals and visitors
Burning Man
a fascinating, international gathering of artists, leaders, and participants from all over the world to celebrate wild expression, protest norms, and pave the way for new ideas, communities, and ways of being... in a world that increasingly challenges survival, the commitment to creating art, wonder and joy is evermore a declaration of what is truly sacred to humans and society.
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more stories to come on my involvement, and the lessons I have learned from my years working for BM and its affiliate cultural events soon...









