“If we always have a trip planned, it’s always something to look forward to - it can be a small or big trip - but the act having something to look forward to drives me.”

In this episode Portland, Oregon based environmental illustrator and teacher Walker Cahall brings us into his creative process as we explore the connection between art, travel and climate change. We learn how a documentary about rivers in Argentina brought Walker to the challenge of bringing the subject of carbon removal to life for Tomorrow’s Air, the world's first collective of passionate travellers who clean up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

A few highlights and links to art discussed in the show:

7:40  General discussion of Walker’s work at waltronic.net

9:58  Why a wayzgoose is like the Formula One of printing with an audience and the magic behind Snake Print

14:19 The connection between art, travel and climate change and the power of art and culture to

to inspire and why the act of visiting places can inherently threaten them

17:30 Direct air capture and the opportunity to build awareness for this method of carbon removal

18:34  How Walker created the Tomorrow’s Air Brand (snowy egrets!)

20:50 Dreams of Ireland and how the phrase ‘always  have a trip planned’ has become a life philosophy

23:30 What the teacher in Walker suggests for bringing carbon removal education to a broader education

30:30    Pop punk and the influence of original hipsters, and how Johnny Cash’s anti-authoritarianism makes him a punk