Steve Zwick
Steve Zwick’s Biography
Born and raised in Chicago, I spent my 20s earning money in commodities markets and donating it to environmental groups. Later, I began to donate my time as well.
One reason for this: nature isn't just about cuddly animals, it's about our own survival, because in the long run everything we buy, sell, eat, and produce is derived from nature. If we destroy nature, we destroy our own livelihoods.
Mangroves, for example, provide shelter for vulnerable fish and breeding ground for shrimp. They also shield the coast from slow erosion and sudden storms; they extract impurities from water and pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, depositing it in the ocean floor – thus helping to reduce the greenhouse effect and slow climate change.
Today, I write about this impact.