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by Gail Koelln, Co-Director
Oct 17, 2018
Parrots Grow in Brooklyn
When I first heard about it, about four years ago, my reaction was, “Really!?!” Wild parrots in Brooklyn?!?
I had first met LoraKim Joyner


by Gail Koelln, Co-Director
Oct 10, 2018
Nurture Nature for Our Lives: the 2018 IPCC Report
The first paragraph of the just released IPCC report states, “Incheon, Republic of Korea, 8 Oct – Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C w


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Oct 1, 2018
Surveying Parrots, Dreams, and Parks
We need to go beyond this initial survey and impressions, and any defeatist refrain of "it's no use," to return to the area t


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Sep 25, 2018
Mountains of Hope for Parrots in Paraguay
After the count we toured the facilities at the ranger station and were impressed. Though the laboratory building is currently without water


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Sep 19, 2018
Triple Alliance of Compassion, Awareness, and Hard Work: Saving the Parrots of Paraguay
We who love Paraguay and her wildlife assert that we will make a stand here, saying, "Let the parrots live well along with this country


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner with Gail Koelln
Sep 11, 2018
The Mysterious and Threatened Yellow-faced Parrot
Locals in Paraguay told us about the yellow-faced parrots at Retiro (station) Alicia, and so, to learn more about them, we showed up in time


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner with Gail Koelln
Sep 4, 2018
Endangered Species Smuggled to Europe in a Suitcase
On a parrot conservation trip to Paraguay, LoraKim Joyner confirmed the heavy toll of poaching to supply the international illegal wildlife


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Aug 27, 2018
Paraguay: The Journey Home
The future unfolds in ways we cannot predict, however if the heart is open to love of the feathered kind, a path, at least in retrospect, be


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Aug 21, 2018
Tree Hugging
Hugging trees is a act of defiance and resistance, and is good for the trees. Hugging trees also benefits humans. Getting close to the tree


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Aug 14, 2018
Toasting Parrots Before They Are Toast
There is a bird known as the vinaceous-breasted parrot (Amazona vinacea) of South America. The name means “color of red wine,” descriptive o


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Aug 7, 2018
A Vow to Save All Beings
Whether you are a Buddhist or not, you too can take a vow to save all the beings by taking the Freedom Project Pledge. This pledge means tha


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Aug 2, 2018
Mourning as Co-liberation
Freeing ourselves and all life begins with mourning as a necessary action step. We do not mourn to feel better, but with the aim to liberate


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jul 24, 2018
Parrot Who Cannot See Helps Envision A Better Future
Make a pledge today to keep parrots flying free and to end the wildlife trade. Join a global freedom campaign that states:
None are Free un


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jul 17, 2018
Death on a Sidewalk
Squirrels feel pain, they have families, children, relatives, spouses, and probably competitors. They have territories and are known by othe


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jul 11, 2018
Moon Rising Over Macaws in Guyana
The Rupununi savannah in Guyana is full of life. We are here to count the red-bellied macaw that nests, roosts, and feeds in the Ite palms.


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jul 5, 2018
Parrot and People Refugees
In the case of people and parrots, it is not the families' or children's fault that they are refugees. Recalling the words of Tom Pe


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jun 26, 2018
Macaw Children Separated at the Border
We humans can move towards reconciliation by providing support for these birds to return to the wild, and even better, to have their nests a


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jun 19, 2018
Parrots in Guatemala's Mangroves Few and Far Between
We were glad to know that these parrots still exist on the coast, but frightened to know how few and how heavy is the poaching pressure. Wha


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jun 13, 2018
Mourning Over Puerto Rico
Conservation then begins with mourning because the past is riddled with human domination and violence. We have to hold that in our hearts wh


Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jun 5, 2018
Future Parrot Conservationists of Guyana
We began by telling them why we were there in Guyana. I explained because we in North America had lost our only parrot species, the Carolina
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