How do we perceive the lives of the Others who share our planet with us? In his enlightening book, The Biology of Belief, author and scientist, Bruce Lipton, writes that we as humans only see what our perception filters allow us to see in the world beyond ourselves. And our perceptions and their filters form…
Our species views the behaviors of Coyotes from our human perspective…. a perspective that often cannot fathom how Coyotes see us and their world. Three behaviors especially are perceived as aggressive, but this interpretation is the farthest from the truth ~ Following: This behavior is more about their intelligence, which makes them CURIOUS about anyone…
The best way to understand what that word biodiversity means….is to create it right where you live…..where you can see it happening…as you step outside! This is how ~ Create habitat…..a place where herbivores can thrive. And where herbivores thrive….so do their predators. Where caterpillars (herbivores) have abundant native plants, the birds (predators) have plenty…
IT IS OUR TIME NOW….it is our time now to recreate our relationships with the sentient lives with whom we share our planet Earth. As our carnivores are recovering or expanding their range, our generation has the exciting opportunity to find ways of sharing the land and the sea with them. I’m wanting to share…
A sure sign of Spring is the return of our American robins and their melodious song. They are considered common, and oftentimes do not excite a word of wonder. But despite this oftentimes human perspective, they are amazing survivors of the past centuries of abuse and have regained their abundance as they are meant to…
Over and Over and Over again I read: There are SO many Coyotes… they are not endangered… they are survivors….no need to be concerned about them. RIGHT….? NO…..not so right! The following excellent article speaks to this. What kinds of lives do Coyotes live when we as humans are continually persecuting them…year round …in every…
photo by Christine Hanrahan “Coyotes let us know that the mental boundaries we keep—between the human and the wild— are more porous than we may have ever imagined. In the midst of our attempts to control the landscape, to put humans here and nature there, coyotes express an alternative set of ideas about boundaries. If…
“When the mind gives a living being a NAME, the mind thinks it knows what it is. But really it is just an attachment of a concept to a being who is PROFOUND.” Eckart Tolle Our future Coyote Center for Carnivore Ecology and Coexistence will aim to take our people to whole new levels of…
OH … WOW … THIS ISN’T A COYOTE! NO … IT IS A COD! And it is an important predator fish of our ocean. Our earth has evolved to include predators in all the diverse spaces of our planet: the land, the sea the sky! They all play the important role of sustaining biodiversity…
“Man’s respect and awe of predators turned to hatred when man’s lifestyle changed from tribal hunters – when he ceased to be a kindred spirit living by his wits as a hunter. And instead, took the land himself. He took the land without forethought once he began his agrarian mode of life, his domesticated plants…