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Stories, science, and updates from the flow of our journey—exploring the connections between water, land, and the voices rising along the way.
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Weekly Command Center Updates
Command Center Weekly Update | Ep. 8
We have a boat! August 10, 2026 I've been gone for weeks. No updates. Radio silence. Here's what...
Command Center Weekly Update | Ep. 7
Water, DNA, BlueTech, and 88 Days to Launch July 13, 2026 Happy Monday. It's July 13th, we're...
Command Center Weekly Update | Ep. 6
Meet AMIkids, the Boat Donation Details Nobody Tells You, and 34 Days to Go/NoGo July 6, 2026 Week...
Command Center Weekly Update | Ep.5
The Indian River Lagoon, Two Big Meetings, and 45 Days to Go/NoGo June 29, 2026 It's the last...
Program Updates
Real Science. Real Credit. Real You.
Meet Astrolabe Academy—High School for the Curious. What if your high school science course didn’t...
Bi-Weekly Meetings
We meet bi-weekly for planning and updates. This is an open Board meeting. Anyone is welcome to...
Microschools & Homeschool Groups: Join Us on the Living Loop Lab Expedition
Across the country, microschools and homeschool groups are redefining what learning looks...
Stories
We Need a Boat. Yes, Really.
In October 2026, Cultivating Currents launches the Living Loop Lab — a 6,000-mile citizen science expedition circumnavigating America’s Great Loop with teen scientists collecting real water quality data for NOAA at every port. We have the crew, the partners, and the launch date. What we need now is the vessel. If you have a boat to donate — or know someone who does — read this first.
If This Water Is Becoming Us — What Are We Becoming?
What if the water you drink doesn’t just hydrate you — it literally becomes you? Standing at the Laramie River in Wyoming, 1,500 miles from the nearest saltwater, I’m asking a question that will take seven episodes to answer: if this water is becoming us, what are we becoming?
Growing up in 1970’s South Florida
Personal Geography — Lake Okeechobee As if I had any say in the matter, my dad bribed me into...
