A Commonplace Book

Category: wildlife...

  • whooping cranes or caribou at a national wildlife refuge
  • Aldo Leopold argued that the Golden Rule applies to the land and its animals as well as to people
  • over the past 2000 years, the world has lost, through, extinction, well over 100 species or subspecies of mammals - 2/3 since the mid-19th century
  • Natural species are the library from which genetic engineers can work. (T.E. Lovejoy)
  • learning about wildlife on National Geographic, Animal Planet, Discovery, and PBS
  • adopt-an-animal programs
  • More than 71 million Americans are "wildlife watchers," and a majority of those are avid bird watchers.
  • turning your backyard into an eco-friendly animal sanctuary

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