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LA NATURE A DU TALENT NATURALLy TALENTED
Grand Paille en queue, en approche du nid, photo J.J.R
Pélican brun, à l’envol, étang de St.Jean, photo Becky
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Grande Aigrette, à l’envol, étang de St.Jean, photo Becky
a large network of volunteers and activists, a dedicated staff,
and a highly respected name. The organization's higher calling
is to create a culture of conservation and an environmental
ethic. By inspiring individual and collective action, Audubon
strives to make unsustainable exploitation of the natural world
socially, politically and morally unacceptable. Engaging people
in protecting birds and other wildlife is therefore the essential
corollary of Audubon's mission.
After returning annually for 20 years, Rebecca is becoming
increasingly concerned about the state of the environment of
Saint-Barthelemy. She is hopeful that the year-round residents,
with the help of frequent visitors, will focus on organization and
activity to help preserve this gem of an island and its residents,
whether avian, floral, reptile, animal or human. We are all
interrelated and part of the incredible diversity of species on
this earth.
Rebecca feels very strongly that if ever there was a time for
a culture of conservation, that time is NOW. When she was
young her parents instilled in her the ethic of "From those to
whom much is given, much is expected" and it is her greatest
desire that her work will help inspire more people to notice
nature, to appreciate it, and to recognize the importance of
conserving it. There is no greater indicator of the health of our
planet than the birds and wildlife, water quality, and flora, and
if we do not pay attention to it and preserve and enhance it,
we humans will suffer greatly.