His mission? More love. More trees.

Meeting people like Jeff Shell is exactly why I started Humans of Galveston.

You think you’re about to hear one story…

…and you end up hearing something completely different.

Jeff told me about running one of Houston’s biggest modeling agencies and living in Venice Beach.

But what lit him up was talking about planting trees.

He wants neighborhoods full of butterflies instead of just perfectly cut grass.

He wants birds singing again.

He wants people to quit letting themselves be divided.

For a guy who’s been around the world, his message was refreshingly simple.

Love people.

Plant something.

Leave things a little better than you found them.

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