From San Francisco to Ísafjörður

Originally published in the Icelandic Mountain Bike Club's (Fjallahjólaklúbburinn) yearly magazine https://issuu.com/fjallahjolaklubburinn/docs/3001 Only a week had passed since I finished my 11,000 kilometer ride across America and now I was assembling a new bike at the Keflavik International Airport to start another journey. A few months ago in late March, I had paused my great … Continue reading From San Francisco to Ísafjörður

Pick Up the Can – An Economics Perspective on Climate Change

Introduction If the human species stopped consuming and producing today, how long would it take to reverse our impacts on climate change? This scenario is not exactly plausible today in today’s world but it spawns a question regarding our future of when do we need to shift our mindset from total consumption to environmentally conscious … Continue reading Pick Up the Can – An Economics Perspective on Climate Change

The La Belle Shipwreck – An Examination of Texas Maritime Heritage

Sieur de La Salle was a French explorer from the 17th century who successfully sailed the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico (Roberts 1997). With this voyage, he laid claim to the land that surrounded the Mississippi River for the French and named it Louisiana after the then king, Louis XIV … Continue reading The La Belle Shipwreck – An Examination of Texas Maritime Heritage