This
I Believe .... (08/20/05)
What do you believe about human and environmental
health, sustainability, the biotic community?
(see submissions below)
This is a slightly modified version of the NPR series "This
I Believe". I wanted to encourage you to accept the challenge
to write a short 500 word essay on what you believe related to human
and environmental health. Please send in to me and I will post them
as below.
This I Believe is based on a 1950s radio program of the same name,
hosted by acclaimed journalist Edward R. Murrow. In creating This
I Believe, Murrow said the program sought "to point to the
common meeting grounds of beliefs, which is the essence of brotherhood
and the floor of our civilization."
What I believe about the
health of ....
"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity,
stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when
it tends otherwise." - Aldo Leopold, 1949, A Sand County Almanac
Below are recent examples (pdf).
S. Gilbert (Seattle,
WA)
K. McDonell (Gig
Harbor, WA)
B. Weiss (Rochester,
NY)
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