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Preparation for We Are Water Retreat

2/23/2014

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Vibration of Water in Sacred Tibetan Bowl
Marie Butcher and I are looking forward to offering  this special retreat in the hills of Carmel Valley. We will also be creating with the Carmel River in Cachagua. Go to the RSVP for workshops tab to learn more. We hope to see you there!
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StoneSpine at Rio Carmelo
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Greater Roadrunner sighted crossing Carmel Valley Road about a mile beyond the Tassajara Road turn-off. I have also seen one at Hastings. The Greater Roadrunner has been said to be extirpated from Carmel Valley among other locations in CA due to habitat loss from urbanization and agricultural use of land. About 35 years ago I saw one on Telarana Way, Mid Carmel Valley. Could these latest sightings be a sign of hope??
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Yin Yang Water Light
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TED Radio Talks:  Everything is Connected

2/7/2014

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Photograph© Paola Berthoin
This series of talks featuring various aspects of what we all depend on...oxygen maintenance, bee pollination, the wild, sounds of the natural world. How are these aspects connected and why should we care? Absolutely worth your time to listen...

You will hear from Bernie Krause and the significance of the loss of natural sounds for habitats and and for humans; George Monbiot on rewilding and the significance reintroducing extinct animals (yes, a wild idea!) and of maintaining the web of life from the microscopic to the megafauna; Jane Poynter on what was learned from Biosphere Two ---Oxygen anyone? Marla Spivak talks on the crisis of disappearing bees--- bees, through pollination, make it possible for us to enjoy all the wonderful foods available to us.

This isn't just about "environmentalists" and "the environment". This is about everyone's future.

Think like a bee,
hope is what we need. 
Through rewilding
the orchestra of the natural world 
comes alive, 
once again,
given a chance.
Slowing down, listen ---
what do you hear
where you live?
Plant a seed, flowers pollinated,
bees do the heavy lifting.
Think like a bee society.
Think like a whale pod.
Think like a bat family.
Plant flowers!
Create pollinator habitats.
Build  connections
for us all,
A small act---free of toxicity.
Oh, what a wonderful world
it could be!



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    Author
    Paola Berthoin is the designer/creator/publisher of  Passion for Place: Community Reflections on the Carmel River Watershed. Her focus is inspiring and educating people about the natural world through the arts. She is available to design your book, create (illustrate and write) interpretive materials for your watershed community, consult for healthy gardens, paint a commissioned painting of your favorite place in the Carmel River Watershed and beyond!


    When we allow wildness, our own spirit, to flourish within, we can also respect and allow nature’s spirit, the wild outside, to exist.
             - Paola Fiorelle Berthoin
                                                                                                                                                               

    Blog photographs, land art, and text © Paola Berthoin, unless otherwise noted. 
    All Rights Reserved.

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    Photograph © Marie Butcher

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