Where the skies are bright, the tarmac is smooth and the send is full.
Piassa uses stories surrounding the one thing we cannot get back if climate change moves further into climate destruction: the outdoors.
Through stories of climbing el cap, surfing cloudbreak, bikepacking the baja divide or cycling route 66. We aim to find a world where the skies are bright and the send is full
explore our stories
— vishal bobba
There is something ineffable about the experience of existing in such an inspiring and powerful place that is simultaneously so soothing and gentle. The Valley, in particular, is an indescribable place that leads to indescribable experiences, and that pervades whether you seek to actively engage with the expansive trail systems and looming rock walls, or if you choose to coexist passively by simply being mindful and present. To experience Yosemite, in any way, is to blur the line between self and world - to let go of one’s ego as it dissolves into the expansive landscape around you.
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— brian havenner
I came to Joshua Tree to reset after a season of relentless busyness, to remember what it feels like to move at the speed of the earth. To walk among these ancient stones and find, if not answers, the space to let the questions breathe.
Reset. The word "desert" is almost in there somewhere. Somehow, I knew coming to the desert was the reset I needed after an unbelievably wild autumn—a season I wouldn't trade for anything. But still, I longed for the desert to reset fully, to escape the churn of life and slow down.
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coming home
reset
feral dispatches
feral dispatches is our bi‑weekly, two‑page digital zine—a no‑fluff sampler of the essays, art, and voices in our full print zine, Feral Focus.
It’s free, unfiltered, and sharp‑edged—everything Piassa delivers in two pages.
Ready to take the next step?
Sometimes the fight to save the planet feels like salmon swimming upstream. But what we need is thousands of conversations being started over cups of coffee, breaking of bread, between sets and as we tie in for the next belay.
Events
feral focus Zine Launch
March 29th
4pm-8pm
Good Measure
3519 30th Street
San Diego, CA 92104
Piassa was launched on the belief that a better world is possible. It all starts with a town square. Phase One of this new concept is a coffee table quality Zine.
feral focus Volume I, “Out of the Valley: Into the Light”
is a collection of essays, poetry, art, and photography. It’s filled with stories about the wild places that fuel our fire and the raw beauty we’re fighting to protect in the fight against climate destruction. These are the stories and landscapes that shape us. This is our microphone for saving the outdoors.
Our Founders
Brian Havenner
The journey to founding Piassa Climate Media was winding, and the tarmac was not always smooth. After receiving an MBA in social Entrepreneurship, founding two agencies and launching the US operations of the largest indigenously led East Africa based NGO, Brian set his eyes on helping tell stories about saving the one thing we cannot get back if climate change becomes climate destruction, the outdoors. His on ramp to this field is through his writing on the natural world, rock climbing and trail running.
Vishal Bobba
Vishal is a multi-passionate adventurer and creative whose work explores the spirit of adventure within the diverse landscapes of the western United States.
His life is a tribute to the places, activities, and people that facilitate a return to flow, a state of effortless existence - of simply being.
Let’s meet up in real life to share in the beauty of the natural world.
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