by Michelle Doerr | Sep 18, 2023 | Leadership, Outdoor, Wellness
As I take a healing lens to my work, I am imagining the future of conservation. I believe we can bring more healing to our field by incorporating a new mindset, practices, and relationships into our work. Previously, I described three elements of a healthy mindset:...
by Michelle Doerr | Aug 26, 2023 | Leadership, Outdoor, Wellness
As I take a healing lens to my work, I am imagining the future of conservation. I believe we can bring more healing to our field by incorporating a new mindset, practices, and relationships into our work. In my previous post, I described three elements of a healthy...
by Michelle Doerr | Jun 7, 2023 | Leadership, Outdoor
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...
by Michelle Doerr | Sep 14, 2022 | Outdoor, Wellness
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...
by Michelle Doerr | Mar 1, 2022 | Outdoor, Wellness
I am working hard to transform human relationships with nature, including my own. As I continue to learn and grow, I encounter other individuals and efforts doing similar work. One that comes up often is the Nature Rx movement. I believe it may have started with Park...
by Michelle Doerr | Jan 29, 2022 | Outdoor, Wellness
Who is worthy of leading the work in conservation? I have pondered this question since hearing a presentation about the myth of meritocracy by Edward Dugger III as part of the Center for Purposeful Leadership’s Essential Conversations series. This topic resonated with...
