So it was not quite a straight line between the time when we decided, while we were living in Spain, that we were bound for Chicago. We stretched out our return into with 6 flights (from Spain to Portugal, to…

So it was not quite a straight line between the time when we decided, while we were living in Spain, that we were bound for Chicago. We stretched out our return into with 6 flights (from Spain to Portugal, to…
When you live nomadically, there are sometimes cross roads where the question of “Should I stay, or should I go?” yields muddled answers. And so it was for us with Portugal. We bounced back and forth between Portugal and Spain…
Anyone who has dipped their toe in bamboo world quickly learns about “The Green School”. There is an aura of reverence about this bamboo architectural achievement that spreads well beyond Indonesia’s shores and Peta had long been wanting to see…
I’m lying on a white sand beach, the sun warming my back, getting a massage while having sips of a fresh watermelon juice and waiting for our lunch of fresh mahi mahi satay with peanut sauce. I am on a…
Finding workshops or production facilities is one of the great adventures to be had in a developing country. Seeing people doing their day jobs, watching the craft come together is a visual delight. Our day trip from Hoi An leads…
Our climate adaptation mission gets a boost when we do our first “field survey” of communities in Cambodia which have already successfully adapted to rising water levels. The two days we spend visiting with the families on the water are…
Our lives and our Green global trek have taken a sharp right turn into the realm of climate adaptation. For this Asian chapter of our lives, we aim to learn from field observations which solutions already exist for populations that…
We are fortunate to have connected with a beautiful, friendly and hospitable farming family at the center of the only commercial and completely organic farm in Vietnam. The family has absorbed us into the gentle flow of their lives. The…