a few survey reply's to remember
As i posted earlier a lot of the work that i am doing is collecting data. I've been doing that in multiple ways. E-mailing/mailing out survey's has taken up a lot of my time. My survey contains two main questions.
1) At the conference you signed a pledge and commitment to action in response to what you learned at the conference. I would be very pleased if you could share with me what action you may have taken so far. Are there any plans you have in place for future activities? If so, what are they?
2) How did the conference impact your attitude and views about the environment, and how did it change your understanding of the responsibility we have to care for God’s creation?
So really there is more than one question but they are hidden in there.
So far i have received 50 reply's. Each one varies. Some are better than others. It's been exciting to receive responses. Some are more memorable than others. I'd like to post one that was kinda cool. As a 'researcher' I probably shouldn't do that. But i will omit the name and hopefully that will be ok. I just really want to share some of the excitement that goes with this position! I haven't changed any of the words so that it may stay as original as when i received it! Happy reading!
One of the out standing things we did was to rehabilitate and protect a nature spring which was over used and mismanaged.
When we first sighted it the livestock were drinking manure tea like water and never quash their thirst. So the camels were coming for watering every 2 to 3 days. That is usual for camels.
We removed the manure which blocked the water source, cleared the area of 100s tons of the manure. Fenced the area about 1 hectare with chain links. Made water trough for livestock a way from the sources.
Wonderful result. The camels now take clean water and watering takes about 10 to 12 days. The fenced area has recovered supporting plants and wildlife which were not there before or seen to be there before.
It is becoming a green forest in the centre of desert. Many plants and birds species now found there enjoying nature in its fullness. If the people enjoy sitting there and water breeze, birds songs adds value to the beatifullness of the nature restore.
How wonderful is God’s creation?
The conference has changed my thinking and perception on how look and consider things of nature and God creation and its importance in our lives. I now understand live as no meaning without fullness of God’s creation in full harmony.
1) At the conference you signed a pledge and commitment to action in response to what you learned at the conference. I would be very pleased if you could share with me what action you may have taken so far. Are there any plans you have in place for future activities? If so, what are they?
2) How did the conference impact your attitude and views about the environment, and how did it change your understanding of the responsibility we have to care for God’s creation?
So really there is more than one question but they are hidden in there.
So far i have received 50 reply's. Each one varies. Some are better than others. It's been exciting to receive responses. Some are more memorable than others. I'd like to post one that was kinda cool. As a 'researcher' I probably shouldn't do that. But i will omit the name and hopefully that will be ok. I just really want to share some of the excitement that goes with this position! I haven't changed any of the words so that it may stay as original as when i received it! Happy reading!
One of the out standing things we did was to rehabilitate and protect a nature spring which was over used and mismanaged.
When we first sighted it the livestock were drinking manure tea like water and never quash their thirst. So the camels were coming for watering every 2 to 3 days. That is usual for camels.
We removed the manure which blocked the water source, cleared the area of 100s tons of the manure. Fenced the area about 1 hectare with chain links. Made water trough for livestock a way from the sources.
Wonderful result. The camels now take clean water and watering takes about 10 to 12 days. The fenced area has recovered supporting plants and wildlife which were not there before or seen to be there before.
It is becoming a green forest in the centre of desert. Many plants and birds species now found there enjoying nature in its fullness. If the people enjoy sitting there and water breeze, birds songs adds value to the beatifullness of the nature restore.
How wonderful is God’s creation?
The conference has changed my thinking and perception on how look and consider things of nature and God creation and its importance in our lives. I now understand live as no meaning without fullness of God’s creation in full harmony.
posted by Sarah at 3:21 PM
7 Comments:
Thats a great succuss story Sarah, replys like this must really encourage you and make you feel passionate about your work. Nice blog.
Pete
Wow sarah that must be neat to hear things like that!! It makes me want to go and see it
Lots of love Cass
I have goosebumps hearing about all your adventures.
It's not just people in Kenya who need clean water and tree presentations. A lot of the farmer idiots in this provence let their beef range free along creeks and rivers and they not only screw up the wetlands and river banks were they drink really fouled water, but they also foul the streams they drink from, damaging fish habitat, and creating horrible errosion. No one seems to care much, most don't see anything wrong with it! We all need more education.
So true Dad!!! It seems to backwards when i read about that. Does it not make any sense to these people??? As a Christian wouldn't you want people to drive by your fields/farms/property's and be able to say, "you can tell a Christian lives there." And I don't mean displaying a cross or anything.
Its the same thing in alberta, there are problems with farmers letting their cattle be too close to streams. Our team deals with this sometimes and makes the farmers fence off the stream and divert water into a trough or something away from the water. But they need more legislation or something to make it manditory for all farmers to do this. Otherwise we will all end up like Walkerton. (I think that was the place...)
Great blog! You're having some neat experiences.
Thanks for sharing. :)
It's such a hopeful thing that somebody somewhere is making the natural world a better place.
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