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In her essay, “The Ecology of Grief”, grief counselor Phyllis Windle includes a section entitled The Grief of Ecologists (Windle. P., 1992). She writes, “Ecologists are both blessed and cursed in seeing natural systems clearly. We see what is there and also what is gone…Our external as well as our internal worlds may make environmental […]

Last year, in an effort to be more reflective about what I am learning and how I am growing, I committed to 52 weekly wisdom posts on LinkedIn. Doing so made a huge difference in what I remember from all the webinars I’ve attended as a participant or facilitated myself. Intentional reflection has helped me […]

For the past two years, I have done extensive work on diversity and inclusion within the field of conservation, both internally and in action. I keep sensing extensive resistance to talking about power, privilege, and diversity. I also see and experience performative efforts (if you don’t know what that means, please look it up). I […]

Early in my journey to develop a series on inclusion, I was asked by a prominent figure what data would be collected to prove the effort successful. As a wildlife biologist and scientist, I appreciate data. While in the archery industry, I was involved in almost every survey put out and enjoyed pouring over the […]