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Cara Pike

Cara Pike is a leading environmental and climate communications strategist for nonprofits, government and business. She is the CEO of Pike Productions, an environmental communications consulting firm.

Waking up by the Grand Canyon River

It is morning on the river and the canyon is a reminder of the ever-changing nature of our world. Piles of rock, millions, even billions of years old stand tall, proud, resilient to many forces but...