Morning Earth
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February 17, 2010
Each day when I open my e-mail, Morning Earth is the first message I read. The photos and poems are inspirational. I've added some of the photos to my screen saver. Each day I forward the message to a colleague in my office. When I discover a particular poem that resonates, I often forward it to our daughters. We are John Caddy fans; his books of poetry line our home bookshelves. Often, John's sharp, imaginative photos and poems are the best part of my day! I'm also friend on John's facebook page. When I was teaching, I often shared the poems with my students and developed creative writing lessons around them. Morning Earth is the best!
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
my daily life; I share the site with a colleague each day.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
get more people engaged.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
The daily photos and photos.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
John Caddy.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
broaden it's reach to people across the United States.
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Morning Earth is amazing just as it is.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
February 17, 2010
I consider the day I found Morning Earth a truly profound beginning of meeting with those who love and cherish the earth. The website and each day of Morning Earth photography and verse engenders a reverence for even the smallest and overlooked forms of life. John Caddy's photography is sensitive and beautiful accompanied with words that convey his deep knowledge and appreciation of the natural world. I consider him the modern day Aldo Leopold. Many days I am moved to forward Morning Earth to friends in hopes of giving them just a moment of pause to reflect on some gem of nature we forget exists. It would be fantastic if the school systems had a way of incorporating the daily Morning Earth into each day as a touchstone for students.
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every day life.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Having the personal pleasure of promoting it to those I know.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
Did not meet staff - only e-mail from John Caddy.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Become a world-wide internet educational force.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
One time
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
February 17, 2010
Ever since a friend sent me a link to the website of Morning Earth, it has lifted my heart every morning with striking images in both words and photographs, taking me places I could not otherwise have visited, showing me aspects of familiar sights that I hadn't noticed, renewing my gratitude for a world of such beauty. Then I go for a walk in the park, looking for insights of my own. Food shelves feed the hungry in body. Morning Earth feeds the soul. It encourages respect for nature, an appreciation that makes people who come to be fed more likely to serve the world as well as inhabit it. Nobody could measure the general lift in spirits that John Caddy's free service, a photograph and a poem every week day, contributes to the world, but I know the benefit is substantial. The value of joy should not be underestimated. Mr. Caddy runs Morning Earth on his own, supported by donations. He could surely use further financial support.
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If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
I doubt that it needs ten million bucks. Some thousands would enable the generous man who takes the photographs and writes the poems, on his own, just sharing what he sees with others, to keep on doing what he so brilliantly does.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
February 17, 2010
Reading a poem every day brings out the honesty and passion and goodness in us. Reading a poem about our natural world every day helps us plant our feet and demand that some natural areas be left for our grandchildren. Caddy's poems are of interest to even those who normally wouldn't read poetry, because they speak in terms of relationships we can see through his lens. The photographs are stunning. The poems even more so. If I were a Biology teacher, every class would start with MorningEarth.
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my daily life
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
hire a software engineer to make sure the images and text appear the same on different computers and operating systems.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
learning to see the world more closely
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
It is an Internet site
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
find its way into every classroom.
Ways to make it better...
I'd have known about it sooner
In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are...
need to be exposed to a larger audience.
One thing I'd also say is that...
when is the beautiful calendar appearing in bookstores?
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
February 17, 2010
I begin every weekday morning with Morning Earth—a nature picture and a poem by John Caddy delivered to my email. It's great to start the day with beauty and new ecological understandings. Even more impressive is the Morning Earth website which is rich in photographs of animals and plants and stunning scenery, information about our world and our interpenetration with it, introductions to naturalists and much more. It is a great resource for educators and anyone who wants to more fully experience the wonders of the world we live in.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
the beauty of the Morning Earth photographs and the ecological insights that accompany them.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
February 17, 2010
Always Inspiring. A wonderful way to start my day - The pictures are beautiful - I save them for my desktop sometimes and the poetry often captures some aspect of the world, about which I need to be reminded.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
The beautiful daily reminders of the importance of nature and the planet in our lives.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
February 17, 2010
John Caddy's Morning Earth is always my second awakening. For his subscribers, each morning opens to a new and unexpected camera-glimpse of Nature's "back 40" and a poem the scene inspired. His amazing knowledge of the intricacies of life's circling and his gift for connecting outer to inner worlds is a jolt of joy reminding us to really see the Natural world; think about it! It's a feast!
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It enriches me every morning
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
would not
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
He teaches me more than I would ever know otherwise about how life sustains itself, lant by plant.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
None
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
help educate thousands more people in the care and preservation of the earth
Ways to make it better...
NA
In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are...
It's doing fine
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
One time
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
February 17, 2010
John's daily images and words are so uplifting, honest and true and are a real insight into the natural world.
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Daily inspirational email
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Everything
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
John Caddy is charming
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Improve the natural world
Ways to make it better...
It's perfect the way it is.
In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are...
Not being seen by enough people
One thing I'd also say is that...
Don't change something that isn't broken
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
One time
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
February 17, 2010
The poet, John Caddy, sends a daily email with an artistic photograph of a nature scene about which he has written a poem. The images are strong--both the written and the visual. Caddy has an eye for beauty and an ear for beautiful expression. I look forward to the daily reminder to pay attention to and be inspired by the world around us. I have used Morning Earth in my college classes and I often forward them to friends and family. We need more poetry in the world and Caddy's poetry is both accessible and profound so it appeals to a wide reaching audience.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
the daily reminder to pay attention to detail and stay connected to nature.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
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