Hi my name is Robin and I am applying for a grant to start an Environmental Ezine. Because I value your input, I’ve created a simple survey on survey monkey that only takes a few minutes. Please help me by answering a few questions. My survey is online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3SNVXYW. Thanks!

Hi Robin,

Welcome to the forum. Typically, I would not allow a post like this from a new member who has never posted before. However, I will let it stand. I realize that you are applying for a grant for this ezine - can you tell more about this? Anyway, for anyone who chooses to answer the survey, just remember that this is in no way sanctioned by our forum.

James

Yes, and thank you for asking. I am a professional environmental journalist and science writer as well as a photographer. I want to start an online magazine called Connections: Whole Person, Whole Planet. The goal will be to present stories that are based in science and also that enhance the readers' sense of connection to the natural world. I specialize in articles about our relationships with wildlife, including political and psychological. Anyone interested can read some of them online. My personal favorite is "Saving Luna?" on www.sharkfriends.com, about an orphaned baby whale who tried to bond to humans. The ezine will have articles about physical environmental issues, focusing on how we choose to relate to the environment and why, our relationships with animals, both wild and domestic, our relationships with each other and with ourselves. I will include interviews with some top scientists in these areas, including an extensive interview with Marc Bekoff for my first issue. The ultimate goal of the ezine is to enhance our sense of relatedness to the natural world, which I believe is ultimately the only thing that can save it.