Steve Hawk

Steve Hawk is Sierra's former executive editor.

Maya Gabeira Found Fame on a Borrowed Board

The "indestructible" Brazilian and lifelong environmentalist pays homage to the borrowed board that launched her career.

By Steve Hawk April 6, 2015

In this story: surfing, adventure, oceans, women

The "indestructible" Brazilian and lifelong environmentalist pays homage to the borrowed board that launched her career.

Steve Hawk's Environmental Vice

By Steve Hawk April 6, 2015

In this story: surfing, oceans

If not for surfing, I might never have become an environmentalist. The rush of spearing through a backlit breaking wave--the blue-green curl, the bracing cold, the salty smell and taste of it--connects me to the natural world in a way that no walk through

Fury Road: All Your Darkest Environmental Nightmares Come True

Is there an environmental message at the core of George Miller's new high-octane "Mad Max" film?

By Steve Hawk April 9, 2015

In this story: film, oil

In the environmentally degraded future portrayed in the film Mad Max: Fury Road, oil is precious, cars are worshipped as religious artifacts, and "half-life war boys" drive around the desert in synchronized style.

Capitalism vs. the Planet

Naomi Klein dares to discuss the C-word

By Steve Hawk December 3, 2014

In this story: books, climate change, clean energy, solar, wind

Branching Out Against Illegal Logging

How a little-known U.S. trade law has clipped the global black market for lumber

By Steve Hawk October 3, 2014

In this story: Industrial Transformation, forests, saving wild places, politics, endangered species

Logging Truck in Para StateA truck loaded with timber on the Curua-Una road after crossing the River of the same name, near Santarem, Para State.

The Finer Side of Flotsam

By Steve Hawk July 30, 2014

In this story: art, saving wild places, recycling, lifestyle

Jack Johnson's Jack Kerouac

By Steve Hawk July 24, 2014

In this story: music, surfing, books, , lifestyle

Wild at Heart

The Club rebrands--and rethinks--the struggle that started it all

By Steve Hawk June 4, 2014

In this story: saving wild places, wilderness

The Wilderness Act at 50: Hope in the Unseen

By Steve Hawk June 4, 2014

In this story: saving wild places

A "teddy bear" cholla cactus in California's Joshua Tree Wilderness.

Savor More, Consume Less

By Steve Hawk March 5, 2014

In this story: food and drink, shopping, home