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Tag Archives: coral reefs

An Homage to Invasives

“Perceptive Travel” recently published an adapted chapter from my upcoming book, “The Lost Continent.”

Posted byDavidSeptember 14, 2022September 14, 2022Posted inScience, Travel, writingTags:coral reefs, fishing, natural world, writing

Traveling cinema in Colombia

Do films actually matter? I spend a lot of time wringing my hands over this question, especially since I’ve committed so much of my life to making them. A recent trip to Colombia to screen our latest film provided some answers.

Posted byDavidSeptember 8, 2018April 6, 2020Posted inFilms, TravelTags:Colombia, coral reefs, corals, featuredLeave a comment on Traveling cinema in Colombia

Old books and ecosystem services

How libraries are like coral reefs.

Posted byDavidMay 6, 2017April 28, 2020Posted inFiction and BooksTags:books, coral reefs, Darwin, featured, libraries, novellas, writingLeave a comment on Old books and ecosystem services

The Heroic Reef

The corals of Varadero have endured five hundred years of human conflict, but they may not survive Colombia’s fragile peace.

Posted byDavidJanuary 25, 2017February 17, 2019Posted inNature, NonfictionTags:Colombia, coral reefs, Nature, ScienceLeave a comment on The Heroic Reef

Plunder on the Spanish Main

Family on a boat next to a freighter

Feeling like a pirate leaving Cartagena not with a ship full of stolen Spanish plunder, but with a treasure of stories of the people working to save a small piece of of threatened reef.

Posted byDavidJuly 30, 2016Posted inFilms, TravelTags:Cartagena, Colombia, coral reefs, documentaryLeave a comment on Plunder on the Spanish Main

Arabian Food Adventures

On the road producing a film about Red Sea corals in Saudi Arabia, we stumbled into some amazing meals.

Posted byDavidMarch 7, 2015Posted inFood and wine, TravelTags:coffee, coral reefs, fish, Saudi Arabia5 Comments on Arabian Food Adventures
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