The park’s kayaks had been carefully aligned in orderly rows, shining bright yellow and orange under a layer of morning dew. My friend Margaret and I picked up life jackets and paddles from the ranger station and then picked up our watercraft. The land within the park is made up of multiple islands, including Fat…
Author: Erika Zambello
Erika Zambello is a writer, birder, and photographer living and working along the Emerald Coast of Florida. She has a master’s degree in environmental management, where she specialized in ecosystem science and conservation. Her love of the outdoors was inspired by a childhood in Maine, where she returned for her National Geographic Young Explorer grant. In addition to Maine, she has lived in New York, France, Washington, DC, and North Carolina. Erika believes in the power of communicating conservation and exploration, which was the inspiration for One World, Two Feet.
Nat Geo – Biodiversity on Indian Cotton Farms
In 21st century agricultural practices, monoculture dominates. “Most commercial agriculture around the world comes in the form of monocultures, where whole fields are devoted to a single plant,” Andrew Flachs writes in a new article at Voices for Biodiversity, “Monocultures are stark landscapes, built around the logic of factories rather than the logic of farmers…
Florida State Parks – Oleta River
The setting sun splashed yellow and pink shades across the lapping water of Biscayne Bay. On the shores of Oleta River State Park, my friends and I felt captivated by the sunset spectacle. From where we stood on the sand, we found ourselves surrounded on one side by mangrove trees and forest. A wild fox…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 