“For Palauans to be able to appreciate their surroundings and to take care of Palau,” Noah says, “I think they need to have that connection with environment, to have that sense of being part of it. In Palau, if you grow up in the village, everyday you have some activities relating to your environment. You may be swimming, you may be going fishing, or you may be in the forest collecting firewood. Throughout that time you’re always making observations, engaged in ways of knowing the environment. I think that’s what gives a Palauan a sort of sixth sense that allows them to be really in tune.”