by Beth Allgood | Nov 27, 2023 | Stories, Stories from OneNature
As we approach the end of 2023 and Giving Tuesday tomorrow, I have been reflecting on all I am grateful for and wanted to share a brief recap of OneNature’s exciting year. Over the last year, OneNature worked closely with our partner, the Happiness Alliance, to...
by Beth Allgood | Nov 20, 2023 | Stories, Stories from OneNature
With Thanksgiving this week, I wanted to reflect on gratitude and connection. Here is a fascinating article from the Library of Congress about how Thanksgiving became a federal holiday and the presidential drama around doing so. In recent years, many...
by Beth Allgood | Nov 13, 2023 | Stories, Stories from OneNature
Fighting climate change seems overwhelming and disempowering. Sometimes, this narrative runs around in my head (I wonder if it sounds familiar?): “The climate is changing, and we are crossing the environmental thresholds scientists said we had to meet to...
by Beth Allgood | Nov 6, 2023 | Stories, Stories from OneNature
When I was growing up, the family lore was that my dad’s grandmother was Cherokee. He grew up in High Point, NC. He lived in Michigan when I was young, and after my parents divorced, I would visit him during the Christmas and summer holidays. I have vivid memories of...
by Beth Allgood | Oct 30, 2023 | Stories, Stories from OneNature
In the last few weeks, I have been thinking a lot about coexistence with animals. Actually, I always think about it, but I have been thinking about it in a new way. I read a story yesterday about a case of human-bear conflict and coexistence in Wyoming that inspired...
by Beth Allgood | Oct 26, 2023 | Stories, Stories from OneNature
Excerpts from Keynote Speech to the Animal Grantmakers Conference, October 23, 2023 Beth Allgood Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our Gross National...
