Rabbi, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation (and board member, Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life)
Today's Date: 12/31/06
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
No one interaction actually stands out; I came to ecological awareness and sensitivity more from the theoretical than the experiential side.
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood?
Not really
Now? Many! One top pick is Timna Park in the Arava desert in southern Israel
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
bottlenose dolphin: grace, intelligence, kindness, beauty, 'soul' -- and if those weren't enough reasons, a starring role in Douglas Adams' "Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy"...
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Clearly it's anthropogenic global climate change, and its attendant extirpation of species and cultures. Alas, that one will be around for quite a while....
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
In all matters and decisions, take the long view -- as do the Bible (cf Exodus 34:6-7), Aldo Leopold ("thinking like a mountain"), the Iroquois tradition ("seventh generation"), and Creation/nature itself.
Thanks to my sister Michelle McIlroy for designing the logo!
December 31, 2006
December 12, 2006
Scarlet Colley
South Padre Island Dolphin Research and Sealife Center, Texas
Today’s Date: 12-12-06
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
Researching our wild dolphins of South Padre Island
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood?
Yes, I lived in Germany, Connecticut, Arizona, Texas and Massachusetts as a child and love the outdoors in all those places. I was very fortunate to have parents who loved the outdoors and were horse whisperers.
Now? I spend everyday on the waters of the Laguna Madre Bay with my wild dolphin family and thru our sealife center our mission is eco friendliness.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
My Dolphins are my passion
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Saving habitat is the greatest environmental challenge we face now and will be greater in the future as human demands increase on natural resources. Eco tourism can be the answer for many who are now exploiting their natural resources to preserving them.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Teach the Love for nature and how to take care of it above all to the next generation.
Today’s Date: 12-12-06
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
Researching our wild dolphins of South Padre Island
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood?
Yes, I lived in Germany, Connecticut, Arizona, Texas and Massachusetts as a child and love the outdoors in all those places. I was very fortunate to have parents who loved the outdoors and were horse whisperers.
Now? I spend everyday on the waters of the Laguna Madre Bay with my wild dolphin family and thru our sealife center our mission is eco friendliness.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
My Dolphins are my passion
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Saving habitat is the greatest environmental challenge we face now and will be greater in the future as human demands increase on natural resources. Eco tourism can be the answer for many who are now exploiting their natural resources to preserving them.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Teach the Love for nature and how to take care of it above all to the next generation.
December 07, 2006
Henri Roca, MD
Round Table Noble Order of Tara
Today’s Date: 12/6/2006
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
Receiving my medicine shield and then being visited by the animals who agreed to serve as medicine. All my life I have sought out nature as a mirror which can reflect life and its edges back into my awareness in ways that can easily be acknowledged
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood?
Hot Springs, Arkansas - magical and healing
Now? The Spiritual centers of continents - Uluru, Mt Kailash, Grand Canyon, Amazon,...and of course Hot Springs, Northern California, the whole State of West Virginia
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
Jaguar - my spirit teacher and dream guide - fast, stealthful, unseen and so can see all
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Global warming but as a manifestation of species-based arrogance and consumerism. Consumerism and technology will never fix the problem. Only by self-regulating ourselves as individuals and as a society can this rapid march to the brink be averted. Keep in mind that we will not destroy the planet - we will only destroy the ability for life as it currently exists to co-habitate the planet.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Consume less
Be mindful of resource utilization with every choice - where to work, what to buy, where the kids play soccer, etc
Respect the earth and the rock people as living entities
Ask for permission
Walk mindfully
Today’s Date: 12/6/2006
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
Receiving my medicine shield and then being visited by the animals who agreed to serve as medicine. All my life I have sought out nature as a mirror which can reflect life and its edges back into my awareness in ways that can easily be acknowledged
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood?
Hot Springs, Arkansas - magical and healing
Now? The Spiritual centers of continents - Uluru, Mt Kailash, Grand Canyon, Amazon,...and of course Hot Springs, Northern California, the whole State of West Virginia
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
Jaguar - my spirit teacher and dream guide - fast, stealthful, unseen and so can see all
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Global warming but as a manifestation of species-based arrogance and consumerism. Consumerism and technology will never fix the problem. Only by self-regulating ourselves as individuals and as a society can this rapid march to the brink be averted. Keep in mind that we will not destroy the planet - we will only destroy the ability for life as it currently exists to co-habitate the planet.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Consume less
Be mindful of resource utilization with every choice - where to work, what to buy, where the kids play soccer, etc
Respect the earth and the rock people as living entities
Ask for permission
Walk mindfully
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