Comments on: Speaking for the Voiceless

By: Eric Wilson

Eric Wilson — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 03:24:57 +0000

Your notion of speaking for the voiceless bring me back to Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax. Keep up the plastic-less-ness.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:28:33 +0000

It can be easy to forget, when I walked along the beach or surfing it´s plastic I find. Plastic, plastic plastic. Thankfully not very often dead animals – but they are the reason. Coming across the video A Tale of Entanglement on the night of doing a beach clean changed my life. I don´t think I would have felt so strongly had I just seen facts & figures. It´s hard to see, but needs to be.

Alan´s story was beautiful. People can really overcome the hardest of things.

I really hope you don´t call it quits. Thinking of you Beth at this hard time.

By: Charise @ I Thought I Knew Mama

Charise @ I Thought I Knew Mama — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:22:15 +0000

I am soooo glad Cloth Diapering Mama sent me your way! I’m not following you on Twitter and FB. I am really trying to reduce my plastic use and you are an inspiration!

By: Rebecca Prince

Rebecca Prince — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:42:33 +0000

I am inspired by what you do. I have started picking up trash on my daily walks to and from school. I’ve been especially trying to grab loose plastic bags. I’ve also been teaching my three kids how bad plastic is, so you’ve inspired me, and hopefully, I will inspire my three kids, and so on…..so slowly maybe things will get better.

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Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:55:29 +0000

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By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:52:21 +0000

I’ll be thrilled if I see a post here on the Marine Mammal Center someday! It really is a neat place. In addition to all the animals they help directly, they also publish a lot of research that advances other people’s knowledge.

We were there in January, but I think from now into summer, there will be more activity there. They said that spring is the busiest time for them because the young animals are so vulnerable – they find more animals that need help then.

Be sure to take the guided tour – mine was given by a staff person named Barbara, and it was absolutely great. Link for the Google-averse: http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/

By: Beach Mama

Beach Mama — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:41:52 +0000

. . . and I am so sorry for your loss Beth . . .

By: Beach Mama

Beach Mama — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:39:48 +0000

Beautifully said Beth. In my decade plus of work on behalf of animals and the environment there were days I could hardly sit at the computer. Researching the horrors perpetuated on animals had a real impact on how I viewed human beings. There were many times I felt whatever I did was not enough, I felt hopeless . . . the animals and the Earth were doomed. But my members cheered me on, they reminded me of all that we’d accomplished. This is common in the type of work that we do, it’s to be expected from time to time. That we are able to communicate our sadness and frustration so freely and get the feedback and encouragement to go on is such a blessing!

To extend Katie’s comments about the Marine Mammal Center . . . I recently shared a story of my direct impact in the life of a seal suffering from leptospirosis, a bacterial infection. The Marine Mammal Center and the caring volunteers on the coast that work tirelessly to care for our marine life deserve our gratitude.

Thanks for all you do Beth, you are an inspiration and an angel . . .

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:22:00 +0000

Katie, sounds like a good, inspiring field trip. I’ll add the Marine Mammal Center to my list of places to visit. I had a terrific visit to the Farm Sanctuary near Davis last year.

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:23:34 +0000

Beth, thank you for what you do, and thank you for this reminder of one of the things that’s really important to me, too.

Have you been to the Marine Mammal Center up near Sausalito? It’s great to see the commitment and expertise they bring to helping animals – it made me feel recharged to visit there. When I was there, they had a display on the dangers of plastic to marine animals and I thought of you.

Peace to you, your mom, and your family.