I started taking pictures in my backyard in San Diego when I was young, with my dad's hand-me-down camera. I found it to be my own way of putting memories in a jar and saving them for later. Little time capsules of data that can sit untouched for decades only to be rediscovered at a moment unexpected. Photography was an early love that has stuck with me for years.

Now, photography has taken on a new meaning for me. Over the last several years, life has thrown many a curveball between career shifts, a pandemic, political unrest, and climate disasters. Throughout all this, photography became a way of documenting more than just backyard florals and the family dog. It became my therapy in moments of struggle by capturing the beauty in these unforgettable snapshots of life: intimate periods of pandemic isolation, long stretches of empty desert highways, and still expansive landscapes from across America.

The last few years have changed us all, leaving lasting scars and forcing us to ask uncomfortable questions regarding political action and deteriorating ecological conditions that we simply cannot let go unanswered any longer. And in questioning my own life's itinerary, I found that a change of course was due.

Growing up in a period of climate crisis, I — and many in my generation — feel overwhelmed by the impending disaster facing our planet. It’s easy to feel insignificant in the greater scheme of things, and feel that you have no role to play. However, with the clock ticking, I feel that something, no matter how small, must be done. So, I turned to what I love most and thought how I could use photography to encourage more people to get involved and act in the face of global warming. I started this site to not only show people the beauty that is at stake if we continue to do nothing, but educate people on the climate crisis, how to take effective action, and what choices are the most costly. As a researcher by training, my aim is not to fear monger, sensationalize, or dramatize, but to state the facts, and where we can do more.

There is much yet to be done, so I hope you will join me in my efforts to spread the word and advocate for this planet we call home. Thank you.

Jessica Psahoulias