Octoturtle Sabbatical

Just a short update to share the good news – my fellowship application has been officially approved for May through July of this year. Yay!!! I’ll be at a transportation think tank in downtown Berlin called Agora Verkehrswende, learning all about the shared e-scooters and (e-)bikes that have exploded around…

On the recommendation of Joanna’s former housemate Dave, we decided to stay in an Earthship AirBnB for our three days in Taos, New Mexico in January. Earthships are basically a brand of zero-energy buildings, and there’s a large condo development of them on an old quarry site (so as not…

We’ve just packed our things in SF and arrived in LA, and are at the start of a year of sabbatical. Wow. We’re hoping this will be a year of exploration, connecting with others, contemplation and thoughtful action, pondering how we’d like to live, and of course, Octoturtleyness. We hope…