Flower and Stone

One of my favorite times of the year 🎥

After 13 hours of environmental films, I’m left feeling just so gosh darn grateful and inspired. truly fills my cup (mug)

SDEFF judges see hundreds of films from over 30+ countries 👀

Some 2 minutes, some 2 hours.

But they are all incredible reminders that we are not alone.

Everyone, everywhere has a climate story. Has a problem. Has a solution.

And it’s not just humans that have a story that needs telling.

Many stories are even about how change is working!

There are all kinds of storytellers too.

There are indie filmmakers, high end studios with unlimited budgets, even families with nothing left, picking up a camera to share meaningful stories about the need for change.

Whether it’s watching the unbelievably patient and cinematic works of a Swiss nature documentary or a simple and unassuming film of an 80 year old Iranian man climbing an arid hillside everyday with his donkey, just to water the only green around.

We are connected. We are responsible. And most importantly, we are capable.

I am capable.

As an environmentalist and a filmmaker, these films give me such great hope for our future.

They empower me to take more creative action.

To tell my story.

To help others share theirs.

Create more inspiration and awareness.

Video is SUCH a powerful tool for impact.

And the beauty is everyone carries it with them.

So share your story, my friends!

I’ll be watching 💚

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I’m so jazzed to see all the incredible films that make it to the top this year and to another amazing Film Festival with SDEFF.

Join me in witnessing change firsthand, October 24th & 25th for the 4th Annual San Diego Environmental Film Festival. Tickets can be found

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Happy two months engaged to these darling dinguses. So grateful you found each other. Love love love you!

Couple of shots from our engagement session on Hanalei Bay the day after 💍

Such splendid hospitality at The Shokudo 🫶

Thank you so much to our dear friends & for an unforgettable meal, their gifts and talents as well as their unwavering kindness. Excited for our coming adventures together and for their partnership on the next chapter of .

See you soonsies!

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The Shokudo Menu 🇯🇵

🫖 mugicha
☕️ coffee, duhh
🍳 tomagoyaki
🍙 tuna onigiri
🥒 homemade pickles
🍚 rice, so nice
🐟 kenzo’s signature orange tayaki
🍪 little lila’s classic chocochip






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We are lucky.

We are lucky to wake up everyday next to each other.

We are lucky to have lived this day.

When you look back, you can feel the years just flying by, yah know? It’s not until you stand still can you see ’em coming or going.

Some nights though, some nights we get choked up. Like tonight, going through photos and videos of our past.

We are lucky we get to look back on this day.

This unconventional yet unconditional note on our page.

One of the ding dang bestest of days. *Chef’s kiss*

We are truly fortunate.

But true fortune was sharing this beat of time, moving and being moved, sweaty and surrounded by so many loved ones. You people are magic.

A magnificence reduced to images, videos, fragments and recollections of 24hours.

A bittersweet symphony.

It will simply never happen again. Ehh, it’s sweeter that way, question mark?

Listen to the old folks. “Life doesn’t get better than this.” Though you can’t often see that looking ahead.

But boy howdy can you see it looking back.

If you got the energy, the right partner, the fortitude and can handle some debt, consider doing the big wedding thing, as long as it’s true to you. And for f* sake add photo and video to the budget.

You’ll get a slice of time that gives back until the end.

But that’s just our sappy opinion.

8 years married and in three days, 16 years together. But this day, this day lives on forever.

What a gift you have given us. Thank you for all you did to share 10/16/16 with a couple of knuckleheads like us. We love you all and are so very lucky you are a part of our journey. Here’s to making new memories and to never forgetting the old ones 🫶

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