A Challenge to our Members

“Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it. They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it.”

----Ursula K. Le Guin

This quote comes to mind as I imagine the potential power that lies latent within this human experience. And in a challenge to myself, “What words do I share in my social minglings to give reverence and gratitude for the natural elements that construct the beauty and life giving environment we all call home”? This should be common ground and relevant to each of us. What will our legacy be? What importance echoed by my chosen words will remain true generations from now? In order to be stewards and teach stewardship we must tap into the power of our words and engage with the back and forth that amplifies what is most important in this human experience. We should not need the resources it took William Shatner, to be humbled and brought to tears by the view of the fragile atmosphere of the earth from space. A walk in the woods should give us similar results.

The Door County Environmental Council has a strong heritage in communicating the environmental factors that affect us locally. This board has the mission to educate the public and bring the conversation live to our community. I ask you as members to engage with this council. I, as a newly appointed board member, would appreciate and value your feedback. Let’s together hone the idea of stewardship and continue to build a value system for the natural resources we all share.

                                                                                Emeil Marks

                                                                                emeilmarks@gmail.com