Tag: ecology

  • New Books: Global Chorus Offers Essays of Hope

    In the new book Global Chorus, 365 different essays – including one of mine – answer the question: Do we have hope? How would you answer? The chorus comes from scientists, authors, artists, humanitarians, political, and spiritual leaders responding to editor Todd MacLean’s not-so-simple, and surprising query. He asked each of us to send him…

  • Mothers in an Industrial World

    Mothers in an Industrial World

    On Mother’s Day, my heart goes out to all the mothers who live in our industrialized world. During pregnancy, we mothers are the home for the new generation. Inside us, new beings miraculously develop from a single cell to a newborn baby. This internal, intensely private home is influenced by all the things around us…

  • Six Scientists Who Rocked My World

    What do you think of when you hear “scientist”? When I hear “scientist” I think of 6 people who shook up my ideas of the world within and around me. Scientists who changed my way of thinking are: Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Rachel Carson (1907-1964) Carl Sagan (1934-1996) Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) Jane Goodall (1934- ) Oliver…