Zach Schlein, Author at The New Tropic

(28 posts)

Local Miami artist Jayme Gershen environmentalist Oolite artist

Save the Bay: Filmmaker Jayme Gershen

Jayme Gershen is one of the eminently talented Miami creatives who contributed to Oolite Arts’ Save the Bay campaign. Their PSA is one of the several shorts from the initiative highlighting how locals can do their part to preserve the water quality of Biscayne Bay. Now through Wednesday, August 11, you can rewatch their short […]

Environment / August 3, 2021

Local Miami artist Helen Pena environmentalist Oolite artist

Save the Bay: Filmmaker Helen Peña

Helen Peña is one of the eminently talented Miami creatives who contributed to Oolite Arts’ Save the Bay campaign. Their PSA is one of the several shorts from the initiative highlighting how locals can do their part to preserve the water quality of Biscayne Bay. Now through Wednesday, August 11, you can rewatch their short […]

Environment / August 3, 2021

Local Miami artist Alexa Caravia environmentalist Oolite artist

Save the Bay: Filmmaker Alexa Caravia

Alexa Caravia is one of the eminently talented Miami creatives who contributed to Oolite Arts’ Save the Bay campaign. Their PSA is one of the several shorts from the initiative highlighting how locals can do their part to preserve the water quality of Biscayne Bay. Now through Wednesday, August 11, you can rewatch their short […]

Environment / August 3, 2021

Biscayne Bay Oolite Arts Irela Bagué Chief Bay Officer

🗣 A chat with Irela Bagué, Miami-Dade’s first Chief Bay Officer

by Zach Schlein As we approach the one-year anniversary of last year’s fish kill in Biscayne Bay and navigate a summer with record-breaking heat, the urgency of addressing climate change has never been more apparent. Daunting problems require creative solutions, which is why Oolite Arts invited Miami filmmakers to produce PSAs on how locals can […]

Advocacy / July 27, 2021

Save Biscayne Bay Oolite arts the new tropic parentship

Keeping Miami-Dade clean, one cleanup at a time

Keeping Miami-Dade clean, one cleanup at a time by Zach Schlein As we approach the one-year anniversary of last year’s fish kill in Biscayne Bay and navigate a summer with record-breaking heat, the urgency of addressing climate change has never been more apparent. Daunting problems require creative solutions, which is why Oolite Arts invited Miami […]

Advocacy / July 20, 2021

Little Haiti Book Festival Little Haiti Book Festival Poster

Cracking open Creole with Little Haiti Book Festival

(📸: @miamibookfair) Miami Book Fair’s celebration of Haitian Heritage Month, Little Haiti Book Festival, is continuing its virtual programming this week. Creole, Creolish: Regionalisms in Haitian Creole is coming up this weekend, and we got a sneak peek at what to expect from M.J. Fievre, the festival’s director. The panel The experts on the panel, […]

Advocacy / May 11, 2021