by blog-nelson | Apr 22, 2019 | Art Science and Creativity, Conservation, Roadless Project, Writings
The idea of earth day is funny when you think about it. Shouldn’t we always be thinking about the earth? After all, it’s the place where we live. The only one. This is it. Can’t upgrade or move to a new neighborhood. I used to be clueless about all...
by blog-nelson | Jan 1, 2014 | Writings
Your nights of silence have roared past my ears and your birds have flown down from their star filled trees to lift me from darkness.
by blog-nelson | Oct 16, 2011 | Art Science and Creativity, Conservation, Featured, Writings
“We want to live in peace with the elephants, but they are crazy.” from a Masai volunteer for WWF who monitors elephant conflicts in Masai communities. Driving into Transmara from the Rift Valley around the Masai Mara is a bit shocking. Lush green...
by blog-nelson | Oct 5, 2011 | Enemies Project, Writings
This post is from the first trip for my ENEMIES Project. I love the airport in Aweil, South Sudan. A thatched grass hut, with a giant hanging fish scale to weigh the luggage. Wouldn’t it be great if our airports could be so simple? South Sudan was...
by blog-nelson | Sep 21, 2011 | Enemies Project, Writings
One of the biggest impressions I’ve had in Kenya is the staggering amount of poverty and the massive income inequality here. All the cities I have been to are filled with people who are clearly unemployed or underemployed. Official unemployment...
by blog-nelson | Sep 13, 2011 | Enemies Project, Writings
She reached out her hand. it was small, delicate like a flower. And when I held my hand she tentatively took one of my fingers. “How are you?” Her voice was small and full of innocence. While we held hands a sea surged around us “How are you, how are...