21 Feb Instead of Regulations | Feb. 2017

Why Birds Rejected Regulations

Band-tailed Pigeon, Who Agreed to Appear in This Post

Long ago, when everything was being sorted out, the birds met to make a critical decision about regulations.

Their question was: Do we need rules to guide how we live?

Of course, the birds realized the benefit of having rules: They can facilitate order.

Being wise, the birds also considered the implications of having a system of rules.

First, rules require organizations to invent and enforce them.

Second, some group might create rules that favored themselves while harming others.

Third, setting rules can lead to arguments.

Fourth, all rules are written after a harmful action has become too offensive to ignore.

Fifth, a collection of rules would require large brains to remember them.

So, the birds decided upon a simpler system.

Values.

And now the question was: What value would best serve to preserve the continuation of birds?

After a great amount of thought, they choose Cooperation.

In this case, it’s cooperation with Nature. Because birds are as much a part of Nature as Nature is part of them.

So when birds care for Nature, they care for themselves.

And this value is so basic, so fundamental, so simple, it could be instinctive. Then no one would need to worry about remembering it.

Much success,

Steve Kaye

Find More at:

Manifesto for the Birds

Bird Story About Power

Birds Up Close

Help Birds Tip

Cooperate with Nature.

For example, minimize waste, put litter in trash containers, and use natural resources carefully.

In general, treat Nature as if it were your home, where your wellbeing  depends upon its vitality.

Did You Know?

The most effective way to help birds is to buy land.

Here are three organizations that excel at doing this.

1) American Bird Conservancy

2) The Nature Conservancy

3) The Trust for Public Land

Please visit their web sites to learn about the work they do.

Here’s an excellent book: The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation

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Inspiring Respect for Nature, one bird at a time.

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