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LoraKim Joyner
Dec 10, 2019
Peaceful Parakeet Rangers
Though it feels like war at times due to the overwhelming challenges and frequent threats and actualities of violence, we must live and brea
by LoraKim Joyner
Dec 9, 2019
Awe and Wonder
People report having three awe-inspiring experiences a week. How many do you have? Think back on this week – how many times did you drop you
by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
Nov 26, 2019
Bird with a Badge
Often when we are out doing parrot surveys in various countries some member of the Brotogeris genera fly by, so high, erratically, and fast.
by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
Nov 12, 2019
Four and Five on the Parrots List
Last week just got away from me, so I’m blogging today about both the fourth and fifth parrots on LoraKim’s list of the world’s most beautif
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Nov 5, 2019
Save a Species by Failing, and Admitting It
The greatest cause of conservation project failure was interpersonal relations, not external factors like politics, corruption, and violence
by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
Oct 29, 2019
Beauty with a Yellow Face
Let’s talk, today, about the third bird on LoraKim Joyner’s list of the most beautiful parrots, which is the yellow-faced parrot. The conser
by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
Oct 23, 2019
The List
Due to “popular demand,” I am providing our readers with LoraKim’s list of which parrot species (living and extinct) she considers the most
by LoraKim Joyner and Gail Koelln
Oct 15, 2019
Beauty is More Than Feather Deep
It’s often the case for me that the more I get to know an individual (human or otherwise) I discover more and more ways that they are unique
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Oct 1, 2019
Saving the Earth by Becoming Animal
Experiencing and imagining catastrophic loss is a motivator, but it might not be enough. At least it isn’t for me on most days, as I mourn
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Sep 24, 2019
Parrots, Poems, Prayers, and Promises
A little over a month ago I wrote about how counting parrots as part of our population monitoring efforts was like a prayer for me. I asked
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Sep 18, 2019
Termites and the Endangered Yellow-faced Parrots of Paraguay
During a nest watch of yellow-naped amazons, I was dreaming in the sun…that one day when those with power and privilege are spied out amongs
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Sep 11, 2019
A Broken Earth: We Must Re-parrot (repair it)!
Every parrot in every home is linked back to the devastating trade. This fact might elicit some shame or anger, but mostly it is a statement
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Sep 5, 2019
Burning Love: A Parrot Shows How to Put Out Fires of Human Desire
When in Paraguay over the last 3 weeks, it was the parrot breeding season. I was outside for 12 days, all day, and nearly every day I was p
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Aug 13, 2019
Making the Impossible Possible - Food Choices Save Parrots and Planets
The Earth has been telling us, for decades (and longer), "I told you so! You can't keep on the way you are without dire consequence
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Aug 6, 2019
Wild Until Death: Praying to Birds
One can't get to heaven without death, but in this case it is the acceptance of death that is the gateway. By embracing death we erase a
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jul 30, 2019
Parrots are People Too
Life is an interconnected whole, and if we help relieve oppression or injustice in one location by getting at the root causes of domination,
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jul 25, 2019
We Count Them Because We Count on Them
The lead parrot conservationist told me on the last day, “This parrot project has benefited so many people on this island.” I teared up, kn
by Gail Koelln
Jul 16, 2019
Biodiversity Loss and the Climate Crisis
I find myself increasingly focused on the intersection of my work with One Earth Conservation on biodiversity loss, specifically among Latin
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jul 9, 2019
Trashed Oceans and Plasticity
So many people have been “sold a bill of goods,” in this case plastic-wrapped or plastic-bagged this or that, while their interests and need
by Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner
Jul 2, 2019
Going Forth in Conservation
Conservation is for us together, then, a prayer that we utter as we look up in awe at forest cathedrals, a silence partaken in mountain abbe
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