To be fair, I have been busy with life, work, raising kids, etc. Now, it’s finally time to focus on something bigger.

As I write, several western states are fighting wildfires, red tide has killed a swath of marine life in Florida, methane is bubbling up from defrosting “permafrost” in Siberia, Tanzania has swarms of locusts, Germany and China are recovering from massive floods, and Australia stopped the UNESCO warning that the Great Barrier Reef is in danger.

All people should care about the climate crisis, because we only have this one world to share with all other living things. For me, it feels more personal, because I’ve traveled to all those places to see wildlife. So, it breaks my heart when I learn that the Great Barrier Reef (where I got PADI certified) has lost over half the coral since I visited. I still remember how beautiful it was, and I grieve for my kids and all in the future that it’s disappearing right now.

I understand how normal living distracts us, and how difficult and expensive it is to make changes. But what are we doing? Extinctions and collapsed ecosystems are permanent, and our survival is affected as the abundance of life diminishes. Why aren’t we changing faster?

I’m committed to changing how I travel. And in this blog, I’ll describe what I do differently now, and why. We’re going to discuss the issues, try to understand, and change. I may be older now, but I’m wiser too. And I know that time’s wasting, so my next post will be quicker, I promise.