In addition to a final deliverable of a book (possibly two, including one for children) titled Round America with a Duck (in both print and digital formats), this multifaceted project includes numerous bonus-content assets shared across platforms.
Join 50k other people who’ve already viewed #RoundAmericaWithADuck TikToks! Follow the ‘Round America with a Duck blog. Stay tuned for Free Art Friday guerilla art, a monthly newsletter, a cartoon, merch and more! I’m also releasing the precursor to this book, Bucket List, as a weekly series on Wattpad! (Or you could knock out the whole shebang in one sitting here.)
You may also find my published articles* helpful. Oh, and join the thousands of others who’ve taken my free bike classes all over the world.
Farms
I will add a brief overview, website links, and a TikTok or two here per farm visit. See currently-planned route.
- The Pilot-Test: Our Giving Garden in Mableton, Georgia (October 2022): 2 weeks in a Tiny Home on a small nonprofit farm that donates 100% of what it grows to Sweetwater Mission, plus provides education and events for the community. Here is a blog post from the pilot-test of the pilot-test (Virgo that I am, lol). Here is a photo essay from my stay:
Here are two assets I created that Our Giving Garden shared on their social media:
Cities and Local Businesses
I will provide brief overviews of sustainability highlights from the cities I visit and local businesses I discover and love. I offer assignment-based content creation for global and local media outlets, city chambers of commerce, and businesses for use on their sites and social media platforms. See FAQs for rates.
One of the 52 Places to Go recently featured in The New York Times (Macon, Georgia)
Newest City in the United States (Mableton, Georgia)
Paradise Smoothies
Small Selection of Previously-Published Articles
Additionally, don’t miss these profiles of people doing good, my portfolio, and my Today’s Nice Stranger photo essay on Instagram.
Rod Pittman’s Passion for Farming Never Grows Old
Young Inmates Doing Thyme in the Prison Garden
Shareable Scooters May Seem Sustainable, But Are They Really?
Bicycle Safety Tips for Female Travelers
Ripple Effect of Healthy Eating
Good Food and Sleep, for Keeps
There’s a Lot to Gain from a Healthy Brain
We Can All Help Prevent Suicide
22 Ways to Move to a Healthier You in 2022
Today’s Most Unknown Agricultural Crisis
Sustainability: Coming to a City Near You
Don’t Take a Vacation from Your Principles — Check into a Green Hotel
Food as Art (Profile of Artist Norm Citron)
“Yes, Virginia, One Person Can Make a Difference” (A Day in the Life of a Gleaner)
How to Start a Community Garden on Public Land Near You
Man Charged with 7 Counts After Killing Man on Bicycle
Expert Tips: Growing and Using Herbs (I ghost-wrote this for Williams Sonoma)
I also ghost-wrote all of these for U.S. News and World Report