This is the post I thought I lost, the other night:
I've been working on a project for a workshop presentation called The Ecology of Loss. It is in three parts and focuses on the natural world and loss, companion animals, and climate/species extinction and the grief that accompanies (or should) it. I am always trying to discover novel and powerful ways to introduce participants to the concepts and get them to a place of caring about "the other" at a corporal level. Today I was reading an interview at
http://www.motherearthnews.com with Joel Salatin (Everything He Wants to Do Is Illegal). He speaks eloquently about respect and honor vs. abuse and disregard in the section talking about meat. At his farm, they are trying to offer people alternatives to cultural extremes when it comes to food. His husbandy is based on respect and gratitude and a wider angle view. It is hard though to break through the "trance" a lot of folks are in so that they even consider their actions.
Today, may you receive and bestow respect.
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