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Awe and Wonder – One Earth Conservation
Villagers in Honduras experiencing the wonder of listening to the heartbeat of a wild scarlet macaw, guided by Dr. LoraKim Joyner of One Earth Conservation. One Earth Conservation’s Nurture Nature Program aims to inspire, motivate, educate, and support people to take...
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For the Sake of Earth
Written by Susanna Wu-Pong Calvert We’re more powerful than we know. Together we can collectively create a miracle to reverse climate change and help provide the conditions for Earth to heal. I’m hopeful, because even though I may be completely wrong, it’s a strategy...
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Climate Change: You’re More Powerful Than You Know
I admit I’m a worrier. I don’t worry about some things, like do I need to bring a jacket or umbrella? Will I enjoy this trip or this conference? Will they like me? I don’t worry about those things because they’re relatively inconsequential. I worry about the big...
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The Art of Forest Bathing
Shinrin-Yoku, or forest bathing, is the Japanese art of immersing oneself in a forest or natural area for healing and wellness. The practice is supported by years of research, which demonstrate forest bathing’s benefits to mood and the cardiovascular and immune...
read moreJourney With One Earth Conservation
Written by special guest Gail Koelln of non-profit organization One Earth Conservation. In 2014 I met an amazing woman, Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner, who changed my life and is changing so many others as well. LoraKim is an avian wildlife veterinarian and parrot...
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A No Cost Climate Change Solution Requiring Less Than Five Minutes A Day
Earth is always there for us. She is inescapable. She feeds us and provides all that we need. Are we there for Earth? Since you’re reading this blog, chances are that you are there for Earth as much as you feel you can be. I know that I’m as fanatical of a...
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Nature, Earth, and God
I spent the vast majority of my life as an atheist, a PhD trained in a laboratory-based science, and an academic. I believed that everything can be understood, eventually, through empirical methods and reasoning. The idea of the divine was an abstraction that I could...
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Circling Back to Mother, Nature
Though our ancestors once survived and even flourished by living off the land, it seems we now feel comfortable only with controlled intrusion of animal, insect, temperature, air, water, or even pollen or dirt. Indeed, a recent study shows our disconnection from...
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My Long-Lost Companion: Earth
Do you know how something can be right before your eyes, yet you just miss the whole thing? During the 4-years and 400 Finding Positive Perspective posts that I wrote about wellbeing and creating healthy relationships, it never occurred to me that I was missing the...
read moreA Proposal for a More Holistic Approach to Climate Change Solutions
Americans are increasingly concerned about global warming and the deteriorating state of the environment. An ongoing Gallup poll of American’s view of the environment reveals our evolving view of climate change issues since the poll began over 2 decades ago. Over...
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