Thursday, September 30, 2010

Teach Nature Appreciation

Benefits

Environmental Benefit: ★★★★★
By sharing your appreciation and knowledge of nature and the world around us, you help to develop that same appreciation in others. This can multiply the effect of your own conservation efforts by encouraging them to also care for our environment.

Money Saved: ☆☆☆☆
This one doesn't save you any money, except maybe in great Karma!

Lifestyle Benefit: ★★★☆☆
When you truly appreciate and enjoy caring for our earth, it is a joy to share that with others. This is the benefit.

What We're Doing
In the picture, you can see Shannon and our girls out on a little nature hike. The girls are holding identification guides for bugs, bird, and plants - as well as an animal track identification pamphlet. Having something to look for, and learning about the things you see, makes a nature walk so much more than just a little exercise! There is so much about our world to learn that you can never run out of interesting things to discover - and its more fun to do it with someone else along. Hey, another benefit might even be to impress your neighbors! My oldest daughter identified poison ivy growing by our neighbor's home, which they were very glad to be warned about (having 4 small children of their own)! For your own benefit, here's also an identification photo of that particular plant as it grows here in central Texas!


A Little Humor
What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant? -- George Carlin
"The college idealists who fill the ranks of the environmental movement seem willing to do absolutely anything to save the biosphere, except take science courses and learn something about it."
— P.J. O'Rourke


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