Annemarie Berukoff
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Experience begets Wisdom: teacher / author 4 e-books / activist re education, family, social media, ecology re eco-fiction, cultural values. Big Picture Lessons are best ways to learn re no missing details. HelpfulMindstreamforChanges.com
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Opinion about Billionaires’ Private Space Race with a Suggestion for Earth’s True Frontiers
The Wild West Frontier has come to the Space Age where billionaire cowboys flaunt their supersonic weaponry hanging from holsters of extreme wealth studded with profligate excess. A few weeks ago, their high noon duel was livestreamed to see who is first or farthest or the biggest bang. Or the reason why Virgin Galactic shares soared by beating Jeff Bezos by 9 days.
By Annemarie Berukoff4 years ago in Earth
The Mouse in the Trap who Refused to Die with a Life Lesson for Us
I met my new neighbor last fall, Martha, a middle-aged woman, kindly, soft spoken, always wearing an apron of some kind. She had moved in as a live-in companion for our next door neighbor, a friendly bachelor called Jack who lived down the road.
By Annemarie Berukoff4 years ago in Humans
How One Incident Changed His Life but One Doesn’t Count … A Barn Owl Epiphany
At the beginning of last summer, it was unthinkable that one incident could change his life’s mantra but so it did from one event to a total scope of lifeforces around him before unseen and uncounted. In fact, the number One didn’t make sense anymore in his new world.
By Annemarie Berukoff4 years ago in Earth
How Do We Live in an Anti-Ecological Environment … Four Differences and One Answer
If Ecology rules in a certain environment, where does Anti-Ecology rule? I still vividly remember driving through the orchards in early spring in our region celebrated for fruit growing like apples, cherries, apricots, plums and more. The farmers were driving their tractors hitched to large spray tanks up and down rows of trees. They were dressed safely, with necessity I presume, in moon suits...covered from head with cap, mask and goggles to feet with heavy foam insulated boots. Not an inch of skin was exposed while they sprayed probably some kinds of fungicidal chemicals to avoid plant diseases and insect pests on the trees from the time flowers were opening to several times before the fruit was picked.
By Annemarie Berukoff4 years ago in Earth
In Praise of Walt Disney’s Nature Advocacy and What May Be Missing with 4 Questions
There is no doubt that Walt Disney was an advocate of nature and conservation. Even at the beginning, he brought live deer into the studio so Bambi could be characterized correctly. He brought to life animals, birds and fish photographed in living color to capture every move and emotion. He helped us to walk with elephants, hunt with jungle cats, swarm with dolphins and wait patiently as penguins survived another blizzard. There is no doubt through his nature documentaries and feature films, we were educated, affiliated, bonded and even protective of our wildlife neighbors.
By Annemarie Berukoff4 years ago in Earth
What’s the Missing Link in Emotional Intelligence to Address Nature’s Climate Change?
As a teacher, student of nature, and new eco-fiction writer let me try and make a case that emotional intelligence may be a missing link to help bring attention to nature’s climate change.
By Annemarie Berukoff4 years ago in Earth
Nature’s World Cries Out for More Eco-Fiction Writers to Save Our Planet
What is your understanding of the word ecology? Ecology entered a broader cultural phase in the 1960’s and 1970’s when people became more interested in natural environmental issues and species within human connections.
By Annemarie Berukoff4 years ago in Earth
When Creative Writing Mixes with Science to Express Facts and Feelings about Earth’s Ecology
“We are at a unique stage in our history. Never before have we had such an awareness of what we are doing to the planet, and never before have we had the power to do something about that. Surely we all have a responsibility to care for our Blue Planet. The future of humanity and indeed, all life on earth, now depends on us… Sir David Attenborough
By Annemarie Berukoff4 years ago in Journal
Wanted: Creative Writing for A Kinder Superhero for a More Moral Social Media
Do you ever wonder why there is a general fascination with superheroes, especially for young people in their mastery of maturity? This complicated question must be examined in reference to ancient mythology, today’s shared consciousness within social media, and creative writing to create a kinder, gentler superhero for our times.
By Annemarie Berukoff4 years ago in Humans
Why Does Grannie Play Such an Important Role in this Teen Girl’s Story?. Top Story - January 2022.
One of my nieces asked me, “Why are you writing a book about teen age girls when you are so old?” “Good question,” I said. ”Because I have a lifetime to share with a teenager that is so long, rich and full of flavor with only a few years left. The teen girl has a short, thin, hungry timeline with many years to travel with less experience but perhaps she can find some maturity from mine.”
By Annemarie Berukoff4 years ago in Families
One Assumption Allowed at the Crossroads for Teen Girls on Social Media
“But here is the strangest paradox of Time that it can only be managed in a very small-time frame called TODAY. And TODAY can sometimes be sparked by a tinier matter of CHOICE.” Teen Girl Faces Time in the Sand
By Annemarie Berukoff4 years ago in Families
What If, Every Teen Girl Can Manage One Common Value on Social Media?
As a retired teacher, shocked at many online and offline scenarios of teen girls; always grounded in helping young people realize their potential, I began to research and write about survival in virtual spaces. Sadly, I came across too many stories from news, research and personal experiences about cyber bullying, sexual texting, drug addictions, unwanted pregnancies, family breakdowns and even suicides. I kept reading about shattered dreams but there was only emptiness with no clarity or resolutions to escape this unprecedented social media invasion.
By Annemarie Berukoff4 years ago in Families
