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Conservation Conversations: Aiming to Transform
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Reflections on environmental education, conservation, wildlife issues, and birds; primarily of Southwest Missouri. Sunday, October 9, 2011. The Power of Myth. Throughout human history, cultures have used rites of passage to signify the importance of life transitions. Our own society still recognizes and celebrates transitions with weddings, baby showers, anniversaries, and funerals, but little is communicated about the role of these events in the human maturation process. Graduation exercises have become...
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Conservation Conversations: When the student is ready.....
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Reflections on environmental education, conservation, wildlife issues, and birds; primarily of Southwest Missouri. Monday, May 21, 2012. When the student is ready. His song rang out like a cathedral bell at dawn. A rush of adrenaline increased our momentum as we descended toward the spring branch. Again, his alluring melody arose from this lush cane sanctuary. We stopped to capture this moment, to feel the intensity of this melody. This bird was no ordinary bird, and this quest was no ordinary quest.
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Conservation Conversations: Show Me Oz Link
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Reflections on environmental education, conservation, wildlife issues, and birds; primarily of Southwest Missouri. Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Show Me Oz Link. Read a compilation of my recent blog posts over at Jill Henderson's blog Show Me Oz: The Very Best of the Ozarks. Labels: Show Me Oz. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Ozark, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. ABA #768 - Calliope Hummingbird, 11/12/2014, Home. ABA: #483 - Calliope Hummingbird, 11/12/2014, Home. Birding on the Net.
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Conservation Conversations: September 2011
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Reflections on environmental education, conservation, wildlife issues, and birds; primarily of Southwest Missouri. Tuesday, September 6, 2011. A Bird in the Hand. 8220;Hope is the thing with feathers” Emily Dickinson. The Green Leadership Academy for Diverse Ecosystems (GLADE). They say that a picture says a thousand words. If so, the photographs of Kelsey Rumley, GLADE 2010, spin a heartwarming tale. Taylor gazes at an Indigo Bunting while Martha observes. Bryanna studies the Brown Thrasher in depth.
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Conservation Conversations: October 2011
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Reflections on environmental education, conservation, wildlife issues, and birds; primarily of Southwest Missouri. Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Show Me Oz Link. Read a compilation of my recent blog posts over at Jill Henderson's blog Show Me Oz: The Very Best of the Ozarks. Links to this post. Labels: Show Me Oz. Sunday, October 9, 2011. The Power of Myth. Analysis of life experiences can help us to define the human experience and to appreciate the profundity of our existence. Unfortunately for teens,t...
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Conservation Conversations: There are "Stars in Her Eyes"
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Reflections on environmental education, conservation, wildlife issues, and birds; primarily of Southwest Missouri. Sunday, June 3, 2012. There are "Stars in Her Eyes". As mentioned in my previous post. It was in the heart of the Ozarks that my wife Martha and I made the most important decision of our lives. We chose. Clearly, our children transformed us in countless and irreversible ways. Both of them, Nathan and Laura, throughout childhood and into adulthood, instill in us a sense of wonder. Graduates e...
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Conservation Conversations: Dancing to the Beat of Life
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Reflections on environmental education, conservation, wildlife issues, and birds; primarily of Southwest Missouri. Friday, November 11, 2011. Dancing to the Beat of Life. I dedicate this blog post to my dear family of 2010 TogetherGreen Fellows. You have allowed me to explore my own vision for the past year. I am eternally grateful to every one of you, and am humbled to have received the Mentor Award from you. A man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it. If anyone tells us that the way is i...
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Conservation Conversations: January 2011
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Reflections on environmental education, conservation, wildlife issues, and birds; primarily of Southwest Missouri. Tuesday, January 25, 2011. A Place Where Science Rules. Map of Drury-Mincy Conservation Area (courtesy of Bull Shoals Field Station website. Aerial photo of Drury-Mincy Conservation Area (courtesy of Bull Shoals Field Station website. It was not until Henry Rowe Schoolcraft and his team of explorers began their journey of southern Missouri in November of 1818 that the Ozarks, its people, its...
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Conservation Conversations: The Lethal Lure: Monofilament Fishing Line
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Reflections on environmental education, conservation, wildlife issues, and birds; primarily of Southwest Missouri. Thursday, June 7, 2012. The Lethal Lure: Monofilament Fishing Line. A picture says a thousand words and so it goes with today's blog entry. A year ago, the Greater Ozarks Audubon Society. Was notified by the Dickerson Park Zoo. On Saturday, May 5, while Big Day birding at Lake Springfield with youth from GLADE. Let's use these tragedies to educate the public and change behaviors. Please ...
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Conservation Conversations: February 2011
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Reflections on environmental education, conservation, wildlife issues, and birds; primarily of Southwest Missouri. Thursday, February 10, 2011. Rescue the Eggs - GLADE Leadership Activity #4. As mentioned in the description of the GLADE Leaderful Model. 8226; One 50 foot length of rope. 8226; 16 Ten foot sections of rope. 8226; One 6 foot section of rope. 8226; One coffee can. 8226; Enough ping pong balls or reuse packing peanuts to fill the coffee can. Setting Up the Activity:. Your group has been calle...
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