J.D. Simkins Media

22/11/2021

Tommy Caldwell is part of a growing chorus of climbers, athletes and scientists comprising the climate advocacy organization Protect Our Winters.

13/08/2021

In California alone, six of the state’s seven all-time largest fires have occurred within the past year.

Climate scientists from 66 different countries cited nearly 14,000 studies in the 4,000-page report.

05/08/2021

Some stories are truly stranger than fiction.

31/03/2021

"I have not handled the death of my son well at all. And so, I chose to reveal it in the movie as a way of honoring my son and finding healing for myself. And I believe I did."

Sunset WildLands interviews Bob Wells, a real-life vanlife pioneer featured in the new film "Nomadland."

17/03/2021

What junior enlisted once found in a Camaro — purpose, clout, and financial ruin — they must now find elsewhere.

General Motors, unlike the E-3 and below demographic, decided the vehicle was not paramount to sustained operational success.

02/03/2021

What an honor it was to talk to "The Things They Carried" author and Vietnam veteran Tim O'Brien about the purpose of his life's work, coping with personal trauma, troop support in the 21st century, confronting mortality and much more.

His final book is one he hopes will allow his children to hear their father’s voice in its pages long after he’s gone.

10/12/2020

Big friends in big sky country

09/12/2020

Stoked

26/11/2020

Very "2001: A Space Odyssey" of them

Scavenger hunters were quick to nail down the alien-like object's location after Utah state officials shared imagery of the curious monolith.

19/10/2020

It's the first series to use an animated technology known as Trioscope, a cost-effective blend of live-action and CGI animation that, if the trailer is any indication, will yield stunning results.

The show is scheduled for a Nov. 11 release in accordance with Veterans Day.

02/10/2020

During an interview given in his later years, Rubin joked, "I pray to Jesus, Mohammad, Moses, Buddha. I said 'Somebody get my ass outta here.'"

It would take 55 years until Rubin finally got the recognition he deserved.

22/09/2020

Best practices

A Thai national park took action against littering visitors by mailing garbage back to those who left campsites trashed.

16/09/2020

Big mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones put away his board and tackled climate change in the new documentary "Purple Mountains"

04/09/2020

Environmental preservation is "the ultimate unifier, and hopefully it’s common ground we can use to be welcoming and understanding.”

Love this initiative by Protect Our Winters, an organization founded by big mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones.

Protect Our Winters has launched an initiative for the "Outdoor State" designed to assist voters in a community known for its low voting turn out.

01/09/2020

"Ode to Desolation" shines light on one of the nation's last remaining fire tower lookouts.

21/08/2020

Environmentalists say Trump's approval of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will cause severe damage to the region's wildlife and climate.

19/08/2020

Six-page spread (digital draft) for the story on the Black Girls Surf initiative

11/08/2020

The Milne Ice Shelf began its collapse in the waning days of July, losing over 40 percent of its total land area near Nunavut’s Ellesmere Island.

04/08/2020

The Esselen Tribe was on the verge of annihilation in the late 1700s. The California Tribe is now getting its land back in Big Sur.

30/07/2020

Grateful to speak with Rhonda Harper about this barrier-smashing organization

Surfing for 'Something Positive': Black Girls Surf is an organization determined to ride a new wave toward equal treatment.

28/07/2020

Recent evidence compiled by top astrophysicists suggests horses cannot survive in the vacuum of space.

Horses? Where we’re going, we don’t need horses.

22/06/2020

Patagonia joins REI, The North Face in Facebook advertising boycott to protest the social media platform's allowance of hate speech, misinformation.

19/06/2020

The bipartisan bill allocates approximately $2 billion a year for public lands conservation. Big win for public lands.

Senate Passes Great American Outdoors Act in major win for public land conservation.

03/06/2020

Too Easy

03/06/2020

A sight no one ever expected to see

(📸 Martha Raddatz)

20/05/2020

The hero we don't deserve

Exactly how long Carell’s image has blanketed Raymond’s is unknown.

05/05/2020

Moon cammies, a failed rocket launch that costs “as much as four new middle schools,” and a Carell meditation that turns into a sing-along of “Kokomo” by the Beach Boys

“Space Force” is set for a May 29 launch.

03/05/2020

Zion National Park a couple months ago

29/04/2020

So this is an actual DoD thing now

“Look at that thing, dude!” one pilot says in the video. “It’s rotating!”

09/04/2020

Carell plays a decorated pilot who once dreamt of leading the Air Force. Instead, he's appointed as head of a service whose mission is “to defend satellites from attack” and “perform other space-related tasks ... or something”

‘Space Force’ lands on Netflix in May

The show is co-created by Carell and Greg Daniels, the man who brought us the American version of “The Office.”