HR!Day474 - Endangered III: Creating the Future We Want
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Our current relationship with nature, economics and society is out of balance. How can we fix it? A dialogue with John Horning, Executive director of Wild Earth Guardians
Humanity is facing a great reckoning driven by climate change, biodiversity loss, and economics which are exposing the underlying inequities and systemic nature of the problems. We have belatedly come to realize we are living on a planet with finite resources and have systems built on capitalism, colonialism, racism and other “isms” that can’t be supported. The relationship of nature, economics and society are out of balance. The challenges of our time can’t be addressed without bringing these into equilibrium. It is time for bold action with clarity about the future we want to create and live into.
Conveners:
Tom Eddington, Founder, Endangered Global; and George Cappannelli, Founder, Age Nation
Presenters:
- John Horning, Executive Director of WildEarth Guardians, was born and raised in Washington, DC and grew up on a street that bordered Rock Creek Park, one of the wildest urban parks in our country, where he cultivated an appreciation for the solace of wild spaces. He fondly recalls a childhood searching for salamanders, hearing Pileated woodpeckers and watching fireflies light up summer evenings. Mr. Horning graduated in 1989 from Colorado College, where he not only played football for four years (becoming the offense’s MVP his senior year) but also first developed a life-long appreciation for Wallace Stegner, the writer and the man. After biking around the country and then working for a variety of environmental education and advocacy groups he moved to New Mexico in 1994 to join the staff of what would later become WildEarth Guardians. He has been the Executive Director since 2001. He feels privileged to be a voice for the voiceless.
- Sarah McMillan grew up half-feral in Montana and Washington, exploring mountains, rivers, and coastlines, developing a healthy respect and deep affinity for the natural world. After a high school year in Europe and graduation from Williams College, she rushed back home to the Western United States. Various jobs- including waiting tables, baking, and teaching natural history and environmental policy to college students on 1-2 month field courses, led circuitously to law school. Before joining WildEarth Guardians in 2013- first as Legal Director and now as Conservation Director, Sarah practiced public interest law with Jack Tuholske PLLC and Western Environmental Law Center. While she dreams of tramping adventures around the world, you’re most likely to find Sarah wandering the mountains and rivers of Montana, gardening, or reading and watching the sunset reflect off Mt. Jumbo in Missoula, Montana.
- Chris Smith grew up in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, where he developed a rudimentary, but deep appreciation for natural beauty and ecological processes. He moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2005 where he eventually began working as a community organizer and environmental activist, advocating for coastal forests and rivers and the human and wildlife communities that rely upon them. Thrilled to return to the high desert landscapes of his upbringing and to help protect the resilient wildlife of the area, he joined WildEarth Guardians in 2017 as the Southern Rockies Wildlife Advocate. Chris has a formal education in Religious Studies, including a bachelor's degree from Lewis and Clark College and a masters degree from the University of Chicago.
WildEarth Guardians is an effective, top-rated 4/4-star 501(c)(3) non-profit vetted by Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator.
We are Guardians. We protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the American West. We envision a world where wildlife and wild places are respected and valued and our world is sustainable for all beings.
We believe in nature’s inherent right to exist and thrive. We speak for the wild life, places, and waters that have been dominated and abused to serve the interests of a greedy few. Bit by bit, we are restoring the balance.
Recommended Resources:
::https://wildearthguardians.org/::
Co-convener:
- Jim Garrison, President, Ubiquity University
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