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SWIPE THROUGH! Bhutan is the greenest country in the world AND it’s the only country that is carbon negative, which means it produces more oxygen than it consumes - and has only been open to visitors for a couple decades. BUT still, while trekking through the most magnificent forests of the Himalayas, at nearly 15,000ft, we still collected at least 1 to 2 massive bags of plastic every day. This has inspired me to team up a @boxwater and for every photo you post of your favorite forest or hike with hash tag #BetterPlanet, Box Water will plant two trees! Box water is an alternative to drinking out of plastic and is a sustainably sourced, 100% recyclable container. Protect our planet and our ability to breath! I nominated these lovely ladies @lovebreckenridge who were on the trek with me to begin the ripple effect of #betterplanet https://www.instagram.com/p/B4DoKF7FJZt/?igshid=1bgvwx2cd86kj

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Bhutan is the greenest country in the world AND it’s the only country that is carbon negative, which means it produces more oxygen than it consumes - and has only been open to visitors for a couple decades. BUT still, while trekking through the most magnificent forests of the Himalayas, at nearly 15,000ft, we still collected at least 1 to 2 massive bags of plastic every day. This has inspired me to team up a @boxwater and for every photo you post of your favorite forest or hike with hash tag #BetterPlanet, Box Water will plant two trees! Box water is an alternative to drinking out of plastic and is a sustainably sourced, 100% recyclable container. Protect our planet and our ability to breath! I nominated these lovely ladies @libalove @lovebreckenridge who were on the trek with me to begin the ripple effect of #betterplanet (at Bhutan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4DnSJ8FY46/?igshid=g4txo4rgk59q

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A little village boy came running through the Himalayas, screaming, and into the village where I was resting in the tent with the worst flu of my life while my parents prepped our group for our high altitude trek. “Alison” he yelled! “You mom you mom!!!!” Before I could ask any questions my mom stumbled in behind him holding her arm. It’s was covered in blood and a bone was sticking out of her wrist. It was like a zombie movie and I thought for a moment I’d wake up from a nightmare (sparing you gore photos in this post:). Trying to snap into emergency medical mode (and not puke) I wrapped her arm and ran for the elder of the village, our friend Dojey - who happens to be the most famous Ladaki singer in India - with hopes to find transport (other than yak) to a hospital (if there was one??). She had fallen from her bike and since she was in the back no one saw her fall and she walked about a mile holding her hand onto her arm. We found a vehicle and bumped through winding mountain roads to Lei Ladakh in northern India. I held mamas other hand the whole time and sent word to my papa through a runner as there was not phone service. I felt alone and scared I would make the wrong decisions. Upon arrival at the primitive hospital all the locals swarmed to our star singer friend and he smartly used to usher us through the crowds of coughing patients and sick babies strapped like potatoes to mama’s back and into the doctors room. The doc was (supposedly?) trained in compound breaks and popped her bone back in by hand and ordered us to go to the market to buy plaster. We were going to MAKE her cast! Wow! Welcome to India. My mom is the strongest women I know! This is and ode to her! She smiled through it & decided to complete the next 5 weeks in the Himalayas. She stayed in the village while I stepped up to help papa guide 18 people through one of the gnarliest treks ever! But that’s another story....this past month has tested me in ways I can’t even explain and taught me the most important things in life are health, family, & of course trust... . Thank you everyone who helped & @kindomshop It was such a serendipitous blessing to have your shirts with detachable arms (at Ladakh, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3-x-Q3liyC/?igshid=g02s9z6yy26e

A FUTURE WITHOUT NATURE IS NO FUTURE AT ALL. I'm excited to be partnering with @BurtsBees #ChangeForNature campaign. As you know I'm on a quest to protect our greatest treasure on earth, our world waters. Less than one percent of the Earth's water can be used by humans, and we can only survive a week without it, yet each person in the U.S. uses an average of 88 gallons of water per day. 😱 👉 Please go to this link [http://brtsbe.es/alisonsadventures] and take a small pledge to reduce our impact on the planet. For each pledge Burt's will make a $10 donation to the National Geographic Society! 👉 Here are some changes you can make: Take shorter showers. Install water-saving shower heads or flow restrictors. Take baths. Turn off the water while brushing your teeth and shaving. Plant gardens and design your landscape with plants that don't need tons of water! https://www.instagram.com/p/B37p_y7lD6p/?igshid=1dczr04qitfbi

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UNBELIEVABLE (sound on:)! The wildest thing happened at Tigers Nest Monestary in Bhutan - one of the most remote, sacred places in the Himalayas if not on earth. I met a monk who lives there and normally they are deep in meditation and rarely speak - let alone in English - and after he shocked me with a “where are you from” I asked him what his favorite thing to do is/how he learned English - he replied “watch Titanic.” So here I was meeting someone who lives in 24/7 prayer at an extreme high altitude with no technology or knowledge of civilization and somehow through some streaming device once a year he would watch Titanic over and over and over again with English subtitles because he loved the story. For anyone who has followed me over the years, this movie has played a big role in my life as one of the first films I saw after being raised in the wild. Thus today I confirmed that a good story/film is key to connecting cultures, no matter where we come from we are all pretty similar, and love is a universal language! And of course we had to sing the theme song together - and of course take a ton of selfies! This has refueled my excitement to make films that brings us together as a world in these wild times! (at Tiger’s Nest, Bhutan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3uGoetFbsm/?igshid=s0inzzhg22s8

UNBELIEVABLE DISCOVERY! When I was about 7 years old my explorer parents decided it was time to trek through the tallest mountains on earth - the Himalayas. After weeks of walking 10 miles days, we met a young guy (about 20 yrs old?) in a very very remote village named Dorjey and I discovered the incredible option of riding a horse! Dorjey accompanied us on all of our Indian Himalayan adventures, leading me through wild terrain and teaching me how to make the best chapati bread! One day, when I told him I was sad because I never could play with kids my own age, he took out a rope, summoned nearby village kids, and we held the first high altitude Himalayan Tug-of-war game AND jump rope! Dispite his humble roots, Dorjey had huge dreams of becoming a famous singer. He would belt out traditional tunes to get us through the toughest times and his smile was contagious - he became like a brother to me and his family became our family. Flash forward to last year I was going down the rabbit hole of Facebook one day and I came across a page with an impressive amount of followers for a Ladakhi famous singer named Dojey Stokmo - it was him! There were photos of him traveling with the Dali lama and gracing huge billboards across the world - he even was on Spotify! My parents and I couldn’t believe our eyes and ears and after contacting him - one of the most heartfelt phone calls of our lives - we began to plan a trip back to the Himalayas to visit him and his family! And now we are here and this past couple weeks I got to live with Ladakhi celebrity Dorjey:)) - it was surreal! Every child, man, and yak in the mountains know and respect him! In a post to follow I will share his incredible voice! He has recorded hundreds of cultural songs to make sure they are not lost forever. We shared laughs, momos, tears, and even dressed up and danced for old times sake! Moral of the story - even if you live in the most remote place on earth, if you follow your passion, your biggest dreams can come true. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ATgcNl7qF/?igshid=xmvgnrrubtuf

Happy birthday mommy! Thank you for being my role model and a loving, strong compassionate, adventurous example for all women!! The lives you have touched as a yoga teacher from villagers top medical doctors is transforming the humans can not only survive but thrive! And your such a darn hotty!! Even though this month has tested our family with many challenges, ayour strength and smiles always shine through in the darkest of times and make me feel at home even in the most remote regions of this wild earth! I love you more than every language could express and I can’t believe we are back in the Himalayas where our adventures as a family began!! https://www.instagram.com/p/B2oDGgFF2e3/?igshid=jzdnt2co3mpj

@kindomshop is donating a portion of proceeds to protect the Amazon Rainforest! Buy clothes that support good causes! Responsible for producing a whopping 20% of the world’s OXYGEN, the Amazon - home to 3 million species of plants & animals, plus 1 million indigenous communities - has been burning for three weeks straight now, at a rate of one-and-a-half soccer fields PER MINUTE (wider than a football field!). The fires are so big, you can see them from SPACE. There have been 74,000 fires in the Brazilian Amazon since the beginning of this year—a staggering 84% increase over the same period last year (National Institute for Space Research, Brazil). What can we do about it? ☑️ Plant a tree... Or two, or three! ☑️ Be a conscious consumer - reduce your paper (go paperless if you haven’t already) and decrease wood consumption, or buy rainforest-safe products through @rainforestalliance; their website has a list of 779 certified products (sidebar - and of course reduce your plastic consumption too!) ☑️ Reduce beef consumption, especially fast-food burgers and processed beef products, which rainforest beef is typically found in ☑️ Protect an acre of rainforest through the @rainforestactionnetwork ☑️ Help buy land in the rainforest & protect it through the @rainforesttrust ☑️ Support the rainforest’s indigenous populations with @amazonwatch, @amazonfrontlines, @socioambiental @tribesontheedge ☑️ Share this and comment any other ways to help!!?? https://www.instagram.com/p/B1v-hvhFGC4/?igshid=14uloxtmtnaug

The world is a bit coconuts right now and we need to spread aloha! Follow @kindhumans_movement and join the “Kindness. Pass it on.” campaign, an online giveback program that aims to spread kindness and raise an initial goal of $1M for important causes. 📷 @hisarahlee (at Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1re25_lvWT/?igshid=1i7p3pzb5bs7g

Since I don’t want to be surfing a sea of plastic I’m excited to be a part of @theinertia's EVOLVE Summit: Uniting the Brightest Minds in Surf and Outdoors. A collection of amazing humans will be coming together this weekend in Southern California sharing ideas about how to preserve and appreciate our planet - AND YOU’RE INVITED! I’ll be speaking on a panel with @thecigarettesurfboard and @4ocean about creative approaches to protecting our oceans, and we hope to see you there! Link to event page in @theinertia bio #evolvesurfoutdoors 📷 @hisarahlee https://www.instagram.com/p/B1KsykDl5Ic/?igshid=xofdld244uok

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RIP to my grama aka “g-ma.” 💕 growing up in the jungle with my explorer parents - I think my time visiting (and living with) grama in Newport Beach is what has made me semi normal ;) She introduced me to the most incredible and bizarre foreign things: ice cream, Disneyland (where I freaked out cuz Dumbo was not alive like my elephant in India), and TV. I would pee off her fire hydrant like I was climbing a log in the jungle to pee in the bushes 😂. After a lifetime of learning about wild American culture with Grama such as nail polish, high heels, and Trader Joe’s, alzheimer's swept into her brain and I went to live with her. It was the first time in my life I had a real room. She never lost her wit, her wisdom and most importantly her love - as you can see in these videos only weeks before she passed. She has and always will be an angel. I love you forever cuz you “ain’t too shabby!” (at Newport Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B07CqmMlYRC/?igshid=s4ozf28ik0vt

FIRST STINGRAY OF MY LIFE! I climbed up Everest at 7, survived Naked and Afraid, and surfed with 19ft Tiger sharks - but I barley survived a swim in Santa Monica with thousands of tourists😂🤦‍♀️ Thankfully I was with America Ninja Warrior champion @jessiegraffpwr who literally carried me a ridiculously long and steep way! 🙌🙌🙌 The lifeguard said that the last guy who got was bullet proof recon Marine who had a complete sobbing breakdown and said it was the worst pain of his life, so I’m pretty proud of myself! my papa always told me the most important survival tool to pack on any adventure is humor! Any advice!? (at Santa Monica, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0mecCulYGm/?igshid=1qf3u3z8f3a82

Growing up in the jungle as a real life explore just like Dora, I never dreamed one day I’d be walking the red carpet for a film that mirrors my life story. “If you just believe in yourself anything is possible!” is what Dora says in the @doramovie (played by a true treasure @isabelamoner) and I think it’s important message no matter what jungle you grow up in! Accepting those who are different than you and spreading aloha is what my explorer parents taught me - and this film embodies that! #DoraMovie #alisonsadventures . Dress by @pinkybeachbikinis shoes by @olukai (at Regal Cinema at L.A. Live) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0jeuYbFsUU/?igshid=id8b0rrzun7w

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Dora The Explorer (@isabelamoner) had her hands full filming @doramovie and needed help finding a lost treasure😉🐒 🐍! She sent me on a quest deep into the jungle with the great archeologist @jeronimoavilesolguin 🗺 TOMORROW I’m excited to share our discovery with you!!! #alisonsadventures #DoraMovie 📷 @hisarahlee https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Q_LQkF8Ju/?igshid=1fx9s11xzfdz2

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As a homeschooled child in Hawaii, I grew up obsessed with Hula dancing, but living in a remote fishing village I didn’t have anyone to perform for...so I took some advice from Ariel and went under da sea! 🌴 🎸 🐬 #thelittlemermaid #reallifemoana #alisonsadventures 📷 @hisarahlee https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz92vW0F4H4/?igshid=lz7wnfzfm9l1

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It’s #plasticfreejuly ‼️I gathered this plastic in Bali, pulling it from the sea in the midst of marvelous mantas. Within minutes I was nearly drowning in bags and bottles - I wonder how they feel having our waste in their world 24/7 suffocating them!?? . SOLUTION: Opt for a reusable bag and bottle and join a @orca365 expedition to Indonesia to make a hands on difference!! 📷 @marktipple (at Lembongan, Bali, Indonesia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz6gZA3FUuv/?igshid=gbgbaqu8atb2

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It was rather wild to discover @paramountpics @nickelodeon was making a live action Dora The Explorer blockbuster hit movie literally based upon my life story - especially since my biggest dream is to have an adventure TV series for kids! It has been an honor to make films to promote the movie/inspire kids that there are real life explorers, real treasures to be found, many languages to be learned, and endless environments to protect! The movie is based on a young girl named Dora played by Peruvian star @isabelamoner who grows in the jungles of South America with her Explorer parents and is then sent to high school - as you can see from my pics I grew up in Peru and Spanish was my first language - always on treasure quests and expeditions with my parents to places like Macchu Picchu before many people visited it. And just like the film, my wildest challenge of all was attending school for the first time in the US as a teenager. My first friend was a monkey in the Amazon rainforest - I fell in love with nature, animals, and culture and NOW I’m on a quest to educate the future generations through my stories - and make many more monkey pals, and human friends across the world. And that is a bit of the behind the scenes in on why I’m excited you all to see @doramovie and to work on more projects like this in the future. Never ever did I expect while snuggling with guinea pigs for warmth on the floors of mud-brick huts, that I was would work with Hollywood to inspire the next generation of explorers! Thank you to my wild parents units @yoga_adventure https://www.instagram.com/p/BzrGvSlFQ5i/?igshid=1101h3ymida4z

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