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Favorite place in my city: Townlake is my go-to spot. It's expected as a runner to love Townlake - but it's too good. A 10 mile loop (6 bridges you can cross North to South and vice versa) in the heart of Austin's downtown, it's the perfect immersion of nature. I feel like it's similar to my personality, a crossroads of crunchy granola gal and super sharp tech. But when I am on the trail it's easy to let my mind wander and body feel the ground beneath me without having to travel far away!
Book: Outlander by: Diana Galbaldon because of the history, time travel, and adventure.. plus all 640 pages to keep me occupied while stranded.
Record: Miles Davis ""in a silent way"" because it's calming and music flows with the island elements.
Food: Canned beans bc they're a great source of protein, iron, fiber, and potassium.
Favorite place in my city: I love the hills, trails and trees that are the backdrop to Oakland. Often times, many people give Oakland an unfair reputation, but it is full of wonderful people, places, and things to do. When I find myself needing "me" time, I often hike in the trails surrounded by lush greenery.
Favorite place in my city: The redwood grove in Golden Gate Park
Why: The trees are 150-year old. Skeptics said they would never grow on top of sand dunes. The park designers proved them wrong. I run through them every day. They bring me joy, serenity, and perspective. I want to build something great that lasts 100 years, too. “Keep going,” these trees whisper as I run. “Skeptics will say it’s impossible. Prove them wrong.
If I'm going to a remote island, I'm bringing Ned DeLoach's Reef Fish In-A-Pocket book for whatever ocean this island resides in, a Willy Tea Taylor live album, and ponzu! The fish ID book would keep me busy trying to find all the local inhabitants, Willy Tea is music that I can play on repeat 100 million times and ponzu makes everything delicious, especially fresh fish!
One record - Chillhop Essentials Compilation. This might be cheating, but my ideal single record would a compilation of as many lo-fi hip hop beats as possible. Chillhop Music makes essential albums for every season. This genre is like the background music to my life. I literally listen to lo-fi everyday for a solid hour or two nonstop. It helps me get through a wide range of thoughts & emotions, both positive & negative.
Favorite place in my city: El Dorado Nature Center in Long Beach, California. We live in a small city but are very lucky to have a nature preserve nearby where we have access to trails and wildlife. I grew up near the mountains and forests in Taiwan. The Nature Center allows me to share the experience of growing up close to nature with my children.
Book: How To Do Nothing - Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell–A fascinating and timely look at how, why, and where we direct our attention. Its a wake-up call for those of us who felt in some way disconnected in our increasingly fast passed world. It's a beautiful reminder to put down your device and go for a walk in the neighborhood–perhaps the first step too fully starting to rebuild our relationship with the natural world - and all of those that inhabit it!
Book: "Swell," by Liz Clark. She would inspire me to search the island for undiscovered surf and swell, and for me to embrace the uncomfortable, and probably make a coconut bra and grass skirt!
Record: Dolly Parton = legend. Classic. Timeless. Duh ha!
Food item: Assuming there are already abundant avocados on the island, my food item would be cashews.
Book, ‘Heads of the Colored People,’ by Nafissa Thompson-Spires’. This is a very cleverly written book. It has so many layers, depth and characters packed into twelve short stories. Some are hysterically funny while others make you think. I’d have something to read each day for almost two weeks, before refreshing my memory and starting again.
Douglas is a chef, restaurateur, Masterchef finalist, and pioneer of the zero-food waste movement. He has worked in world-renowned restaurants such as Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck, and Noma in Copenhagen. He opened Silo in 2014, his zero-waste restaurant, with a mission to demonstrate respect to the environment.
Book - The Old man and the sea - Incredible timeless book that I enjoy reading again and again
Record - Nina Simone - Sinnerman - A story in itself that gets better the more you listen to it. Also reminds me of some epic memories in the mountains.
Food - cookie - who doesn’t want cookies all the time?!
Vic is a climate youth activist who focuses on environmental justice. After experiencing Hurricane Sandy in 2012, he recognized the disparities in relief efforts. Since then, he has traveled to Paris to attend and speak at the COP21 UN Conference on Climate Change, is part of the Alliance for Climate Education, and has spoken at the UN in NYC on Sustainable Development Goals.