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Thought For the Day: The Purpose of Conservation: The Greatest Good To the Greatest Number of People For the Longest Time
“The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time.” – Gifford Pinchot
Thought For the Day: You Cannot Begin To Preserve Any Species of Animal Unless You Preserve the Habitat In Which It Dwells
“You cannot begin to preserve any species of animal unless you preserve the habitat in which it dwells. Disturb or destroy that habitat and you will exterminate the species as surely as if you had shot it. So conservation means … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal, Conservation, Disturb Or Destroy, Dwell, Exterminate, Forests, Future Existence, Gerald Durrell, Grassland, Habitat, Lake, Mankind, Preserve, River, Sea, Shot, Species, Thought For the Day
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Na/GloPoWriMo #24: Perishable
Na/GloPoWriMo #24: Perishableby Michael DoylePerishable as a live plantShe insists but just can’tThere a perfect consolation in leafIts in its hiding manifestations of griefIn the soft shame of being seenEach of us fails our push at being human beingsPotted plants … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Call To me, Conservation, Cross, Dishonestly, Domination, Each of Us, Earth's Future, End of Nature, Fails, Fear, Fickleness, Form, Frail Ecology, Grief, Helpless Loss, Here, Hiding Manifestations, Human Beings, Humbled Isloation, Leaf, Little Wonder, Live Plant, Mystery, Na/GloPoWriMo, Observation, Perfect Consolation, Perishable, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Potted Plants, Push, Rooted, Sake of Man, Seen, She Insists, Soft Shame, Tending, Watering of Our Plants, We Can
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World Lion Day 2017
Today is the day to celebrate the king of the jungle. Sadly, due to poachers and encroachment, there are at best approximately 20,000 lions left in this world of ours. The goal of this memorialization is to increase awareness of … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservation, Endangered Species, Extinction, Lions, Poacher, Success, Thought For the Day, World Lion Day
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First Principles: The World Is Borrowed From Our Children
“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.” – John James Audubon A lot of modern day environmentalists and the like love to pretend that early … Continue reading
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Tagged Borrow, Conservation, Environment, First Principles, Give, John J Audubon, Nature, Protection, World
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World Oceans Day 2017
This year, World Oceans Day is today, June 8, 2017. But, when you’re a surfer like I grew up being the ocean is a central focus every day and for good reason. It’s been my home away from home for … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Thought For the Day, Uncategorized
Tagged Aloha Promises Forever, Beauty, Conservation, Food, Inspiration, Journey, Medicine, Oceans, Surf, Surfing, World, World Ocean Day
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 