Anna Dulisse

Climate and Conservation Writer

Relatable climate and conservation content that is both informed and hopeful.

I use my personal and professional experience to to craft compelling climate and conservation stories that will engage and inspire your audience.

Why I write

My childhood was never boring and almost always loud.

For most of my life, I lived in a small house with my parents and my five younger siblings. If I wanted solitude, I had to go inward, so I would.

My imagination ran amuck, and my creativity ebbed and flowed like the Pacific tide that surrounded me. My mother claims I filled pages with stories as young as four, letting words spill out onto the recycled loose-leaf in front of me.

While my classmates dreamt of becoming doctors, lawyers, teachers, firefighters, or ballerinas, I pasted a 4×6 portrait of myself onto the back of a speckled black notebook and aspired to be a writer (and at times a meteorologist).

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But as time passed, I lost touch with that part of myself.

High school and university writing assignments came easily for me, but the dream to write as a profession slinked away. My adult work life was varied and interesting. I took courses and work opportunities that others usually suggested for me. I was a hard worker and a team player, but I lacked the direction and intention of my peers, floating along without ever stopping to ask myself, “What do you want to do with your one life, and how does this get you there?”

I completed a BA in Geography and am one statistics course away from a BSc in Biology. I worked for non-profits, governments, tour companies, cafes, and a wildlife biologist who became my husband. I protested against new oil and gas pipelines and founded a cycling advocacy group in my hometown. I was busy, it suited me, and it was all I knew.

Then, in 2018, I gave birth to my daughter. I had a beautiful and fierce little person in my care, whom I loved deeply, and the nurturing came naturally. But the stillness that came with it was new. I was often alone. My parents were a nine-hour drive away, and my husband was often away for work, looking for the nests of breeding woodpeckers or the hibernacula of yellow-bellied racers (a type of snake).

There were some days where, aside from a brief conversation with a grocery clerk, I spoke to no other adults. And it was in this stillness that a small and faintly familiar feeling started to nibble at me. It was an uneasiness but also something familiar that I just couldn’t put my finger on until it became a voice that said:

“Anna, you need to write.”

First, it was for cycling advocacy, then for an environmental magazine, then some blogs, fiction, and memoir. A rusty old tap had been turned back on.

I am lucky enough that I have time in both my professional and personal life to write—to process my world, thoughts, feelings, and opinions through words on a page or screen and publish them for no one or anyone to read. Writing is a part of who I am; it is what I do and why I am here.

How I write

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What I write about

I’ve trapped ants, followed snakes, canvassed households, cleaned outhouses, and once spilled an entire glass of iced tea on a customer’s tight, white jeans.

I take my personal life experiences and mix it with my knowledge of and interest in people, wild environments and wildlife to inform my writing and bring your cause or passion to life.

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Storytelling

Whether it is teachers coming together to improve air quality in their industry town, a genocide survivor working to educate the public about reptiles in Uganda, or a mushroom-foraging hockey-mom concerned about forest biodiversity, there is a compelling story about and for you waiting to be told and shared with the world. Together we will work to uncover that story and tell it in a way that feels authentic, informative, and hopeful.

My Background

I have spent most of my adult life going with the flow. I tried on multiple jobs, volunteer roles, and post-secondary pursuits.

It wasn’t until I had my daughter, when my passions for writing, wildlife, environmental advocacy, and parenting collided that I thought I might try to create something unique, impactful, and authentic.

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By leaning on my natural sciences background, wildlife technician experience, and perspective as a parent, I create relatable climate and conservation content for clients who care.

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