Meet Eryn Gordon
Eryn Gordon is a travel journalist and the founder of Earth To Editorial, a global community and blog for culture-curious travelers. She’s contributed to top publications including The Zoe Report, Matador Network, Fodor’s, Wanderlust UK, and The Italy Edit. Through her storytelling, Eryn connects people across cultures with a shared love of adventure and mindful exploration.
What was your first job?
My first job was at a flower farm. This was before online shopping was the norm, and the farm had a clever ordering system fit for that time. Across five fields, each flower variety was organized into a plot with a specific number. Shoppers flipped through a catalog and picked their numbers; I trudged through fields and dug them up. I spent almost every summer in high school doing that for about eight hours a day!
Share a fun fact about yourself that most people don’t know:
I’m a certified diver! I’m just as interested in the world underwater as I am in the world above it.
What’s one TEDx talk, book, or podcast that inspired you recently?
I loved Rita Pierson’s Every Kid Needs a Champion. As a kid with dyslexia, I believed that I was a destined failure because I couldn’t perform as well as other students. I spent a lot of after-hours with tutors to try to get ahead of the concepts I couldn't understand during the school day, and was lucky enough to learn from someone who challenged my perception of myself.
Describe your talk in 3 words:
Curiosity, adventure, stewardship
If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be?
Something might be uncomfortable now, but it will make for a great story later.
Favorite place in New Hampshire?
Littleton: New Hampshire’s best-kept secret! Or, Tuckerman Ravine. It depends on the day and how athletic I’m feeling.
What song captures the essence of your TEDx talk?
“Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell — it’s nostalgic and cautionary. As Mitchell says, “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone,” which points to tourism’s potential negative impact if not done carefully.
