One Earth Conservation

Birds are good for us - they help us come into a sense of peaceful interconnection.

There are many demands and challenges in caring for ourselves, others, and the world. We can improve our care through ethical discourse.

We explore multiple examples of collaboration among different species, including birds, invertebrates, fish, and humans.

We'd like to share a success story -- made possible by people like you -- about a two-week-old Red-and-Green Macaw in Paraguay. We found...

By Gail Koelln and Dr. Sylvia Margarita de la Parra Martínez One Earth Conservation’s Board of Directors is excited to announce that we...

Taking care of ourselves means we can take better care of others and this earth. Empathy is like a mirror, reflecting earth's beauty in us.

Enjoy this photo essay to see what is happening with parrot conservation on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua. Or join us in person in December 2022

Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner, wildlife veterinarian and Unitarian Universalist minister, show how birds teach us valuable lessons.

Batavia, Suriname is a pilgrimage site for those who wish to honor and care for all life, including the people and parrots of the region.

We describe the Apu Pauni Project, a coalition of communities and organizations striving to recover the macaw populations in La Moskitia

n July Honduras and Guatemala came together to do the first binational count of the endangered yellow-headed parrot. We found low numbers.

We can transform ourselves and our world with simple steps, yet challenging, as we imagine and act on our connection to other species.

During August 2021 a diverse team came together to count the vinaceous-breasted amazon at Limoy Reserve in Paraguay.

The sun parakeets of Guyana symbolize freedom and so much for those who live with them and protect them.

A mother scarlet macaw lost her chicks twice to poachers in the same year. Her loss echoes our own, as does her strength.

By turning to nature, to the jungle, to parrots, to one another, and to the great beauty and tragedy around us, we can heal the earth.

"...that's the real core, that if you are going to an area where parrots are in trouble, the people are in trouble too." - LoraKim Joyner...

These opening remarks, given at the Foster Parrots Fundraiser and Memorial, invite us to go on without hope, but with love and connection.

Birding helps us embrace the reality of life and death, and hence become better stewards of earth.

Looking at parrots is a scientific art, such as during parrot conservation in Paraguay. It changes one to listen to what the parrot says.