burnout
I am so fucking tired. Sometimes I feel like I'm doing my best, and other times, I feel like I'm letting everything I stand for fall right in front of…
turning paper into paper
I watched a creator on TikTok make paper, and then I made paper. Paper made from Paper A few days ago, I was on my FYP (for you page) on…
plants for rehoming
A few weeks ago, I planted a whole bunch of herb, vegetable and flower seeds, and Mother Nature was able to provide me an overabundance of cilantro, basil and cucumbers.…
the sense of time
I read somewhere once that humans can sense time, but we’re just not so great at it. Time, as referred to in this post, is a collection of all that was, is and will be.…
the (moral) struggle with environmentalism
If for a second you thought that the planet was finally healing because of covid-19 and then felt a twist in your stomach, you are not alone. In my environmental biology class last semester, one of my most memorable…
COVID-19 Journal
Day 5: Things are going to get worse before anything starts to feel better. Day 1: Just the night before, the government of Guam announced its first few cases of covid-19. I was supposed to take a quiz…
Inafa’maolek in the Midst of COVID-19
Yesterday afternoon, the Government of Guam confirmed the first three cases of Covid-19 on island. Covid-19 headlines have circulated on social media for weeks, and stores have since been rationing cleaning supplies…
Visited Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
I visited Puerto Rico for two environmental conferences
Thank you Arturo Garcia-Costas and Dr. Austin Shelton for the incredible experience. 2020 Environmental Grantmakers Association Winter Briefing/ Second Climate Strong Islands Dialogue February 23, 2020 Sunday, Guam time My jet…
Guam’s Plastic Bag Ban
Public law 34-110, also known as the ‘Plastic Bag Ban,’ sponsored by Senator Regine Biscoe Lee and passed by the 34th Guam legislature, is seriously flawed. Language in the law allows for plastic bags that are identified to…
GRTA: Guam needs a reliable bus system
For the first time, I traveled to the University of Guam by using Guam Regional Transit Authority’s (GRTA) bus system. What would have been only a 20-minute drive, took two…