My journey toward ecological consciousness

My story of moving into deeper ecological consciousness begins on a day I still vividly remember. It was in the early 1980s. I was a young adult, walking along the side of a wooded lane near my apartment in Lakewood, Colorado. With growing despair, I noticed all the litter lining the bank of the lane. As I walked, I  pondered why decades-old campaigns like “Keep America Beautiful” were so ineffective.

An idea began to take shape. Could it be that ecological consciousness is a journey that happens from the inside out? In other words, could it be that people won't stop littering because they are told to do so? No, something must change in what they believe about themselves and their relationship to others and the planet. That idea seemed worth pursuing, and from that point on, the issue of personal transformation became a passionate interest that guided my ministry path.

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