We ground our consulting work and writing in critical thinking, systems thinking, and mindfulness, bringing practical experience, expertise, and empathy together with creativity and an eagerness to connect and learn. We primarily work in coastal and ocean conservation and its intersections with rights, livelihoods, and well-being. However, our work readily transfers to more general topics in conservation and the environment, sustainable development, project management, and social justice, including our work sharing perspectives of nonspeaking autistic people. Through this work, we embrace a Design Thinking approach.
Social-ecological research for conservation, sustainable development, and program monitoring & evaluation. Qualitative & quantitative approaches applied to topics including:
- Action-to-outcomes pathways
- Stakeholder perspectives & inclusion
- Human-centered project/toolkit design
- Bycatch in small-scale fisheries
Participant-centered design, implementation, and assessment of activities to ensure inclusive, engaging, and sustained learning & impact. Includes:
- Project design & proposal writing trainings
- Gender in conservation workshop
- Systems Thinking for Conservation training
- Stakeholder consultations
Bringing technical expertise and attention to detail to yield clear and accurate outputs, aligned with donor, organization, and project guidelines. Output types include:
- Technical reports for conservation topics
- Conservation management plans
- Proposal preparation
- Peer-reviewed articles in coastal conservation
Bringing our knowledge and personal experiences together to create pieces – analyses for general audiences, personal essays, and poetry – to inform, move, and uplift. Topics include:
- Environmental issues
- Stories from the conservation field
- Empathy, mindfulness, and impact
- Advocacy for nonspeaking autistic people
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Design Thinking & Conservation
With thoughtful and responsible use, Design Thinking can substantially contribute to more effective, equitable, and ethical conservation practices.
Developing an Innovative Conservation Training Program
At the Myanmar Coastal Conservation Lab (MCCL) at Point B Design + Training, we’ve developed a thoughtful, remarkably effective training program to build research and conservation skills and knowledge…
Environmentalism in a Pandemic: The importance of critical, empathetic, and future-driven thinking
Written in April – some thoughts and quick information search on what the pandemic actually means for the environment, beyond thoughtless “nature is healing” memes. Posted in the Age…
What dwells in these muddy waters: The quest for dolphins and porpoises in the Gulf of Mottama, Myanmar
About our journey – from an unexpected revelation in India, to poking around fishing villages, to finally seeing the animals with our own eyes – to start a research…
A Street in a Strange World
An old bit of musing that I wrote while leaving Jakarta after a whirlwind – yet tedious – visit to process my research permit in 2012. Posted in Medium
A tangled net: Bycatch, dolphin conservation, and human well-being
Bycatch is a serious threat to marine megafauna around the world; reducing it requires changes in how people fish, posing a highly challenging situation where conservation might threaten human well-being.
Birthdays, viruses, & coming home: Clarity in a time of confusion
My father died in 2018, of pneumonia following a brutal flu infection. The experience of watching him wither away on a ventilator, and the profound, immense world of emotion…
Cute, Generally Irritating, and Endangered: Lessons from studying Irrawaddy dolphins & their conservation systems
We love to gripe about these dolphins, but we also just love them. My views of conservation have been heavily influenced by my experience following these “generally irritating” animals,…
Myanmar Coastal Conservation Lab @ PointB Design + Training
A very exciting part of my current work is my close collaboration with the Myanmar Coastal Conservation Lab (MCCL) – part of the social innovation lab and training center, Point…
Research Highlight: Misguided attempts to revive Vaquita Conservation
You may have heard about the vaquita, a hapless little porpoise species in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico. It’s been one of the most high-profile marine conservation cases…
Some tips for aspiring conservation researchers
I wrote this back in 2016 or so, but most of it should still hold true! I often receive emails from aspiring students and researchers. Some want to work…
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