Patrol Updates from Raja Ampat’s Marine Park Authority to June 17, 202 From our last updates at the end of May, 2020, the Badan Layanan Umum Daerah Unit Pelaksana Teknis Daerah (BLUD UPTD) Pengelolaan Kawasan Konservasi Perairan (KKP) Kepulauan Raja Ampat, or the Raja Ampat’s Marine Park Authority, have conducted several patrols in all the MPAs. The Jaga Laut – the official name of the marine... Read More →

Papua Designs Florida takes my hand and guides the ink-saturated lino-block I’m holding to a blank piece of paper.  In just a few seconds we release the block and the outline of a jellyfish with exceedingly long tentacles appears.  The jellyfish is a new pattern at Papua Designs in Sorong where local women work together producing art based on traditional motifs. We’re here because of an... Read More →

Administrator’s note: “Katie Rose” Gurkin (full name: Katherine Rose Maurine Victoria Gurkin) is our god child.  She and her parents recently traveled with us to Misool Eco Resort (Feb. 2020).  Katie lives life to the fullest.  The following is her unique interpretation of that trip. “Active Hope is waking up to the beauty of life on whose behalf we can act. We belong to... Read More →