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Category Archives: nature
Compassion footprint
Last night I went to hear one of our local Boulder treasures, animal scientist Marc Bekoff, talk about improving the lives of animals—increasing our “compassion footprint.” Marc is world renowned for his studies of animal behavior. For years he has … Continue reading
Animism 101
Last week while I was at Prescott College, where I teach in the grad programs, I had a wonderful conversation with Mary Sweeney, who also teaches there. Mary is a cofounder of Her Feet on the Earth, a nonprofit that … Continue reading
Posted in education, nature, spirituality
Tagged animism, connection, ecopsychology, tracking
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10 things to love about rocks
When I wake up in the morning, they’re still there. They’ve been there longer than I can imagine. They appear in all different colors. They’re the closest thing to permanence you can find on this earth. When they get really … Continue reading
Teaching kids about nature
A few years ago I volunteered in the kindergarten class of the elementary school down the street in Grass Valley, California, where I lived at the time. This school had been singled out as one of the top thirteen K-8 … Continue reading
Posted in education, nature
Tagged children and environment, environmental education, Groundhog Day, place-based education
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My latest hero, an Ottawa boy saving the lives of birds
The tiny, brown-and-white-mottled bird sat panting on a boulder by our porch on a warm July day last summer, its head cocked strangely to one side. It was a pine siskin, a small finch with bits of yellow on its … Continue reading