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Katherine Gallardo

Katherine Gallardo is an interior designer, photographer, and writer based in New York City. She covers travel, design, sustainability, and wellness. When she’s not pursuing her creative endeavors, she spends time at her hobby farm with her baby donkey and pack of rescue animals. 

How Names on Maps Get Changed—and Who Gets to Decide

The Gulf of Mexico and Denali mountain are having their names changed by the US government. Here's why that matters to locals.

In Her New Memoir, Activist Nemonte Nenquimo Charts Her Journey to Save the Amazon

We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People showcases the beauty of life in the Amazon rainforest and the evolution of Indigenous resistance.

This New Map Highlights How Hiking Trails Intersect With Indigenous Lands

Use ‘Native Lands, National Trails’ to find out which ancestral lands you're hiking through, and the stories they hold. 

Foresta

Fresh ingredients grown in the chef's rewilded forests star in what feels like a dinner party set in a chic greenhouse.

How Indigenous Tour Operators Are Reclaiming Their Ancestral Ties to National Parks Around the World

From Uganda to Montana, the creation of national parks has led to the displacement of Indigenous communities who, today, invite travelers to learn their stories.