We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force that can diminish intolerance and expand our empathy towards others - both human and animal.
Gregory ColbertI have invented nothing. I have simply documented a magical alchemy that I want to share.
Gregory ColbertIs it only humans that look up with wonder at the stars and the vastness of the universe?
Gregory ColbertThe stars you see at night are the unblinking eyes of sleeping elephants, who sleep with one eye open to best keep watch over us.
Gregory ColbertThe whales do not sing because they have an answer, they sing because they have a song.
Gregory ColbertEvery culture from the Egyptians to the Mayans to the American Indians to the Bedouins created bestiaries that enabled them to express their relationship with nature. Ashes and Snow is a 21st-century bestiary filled with species from around the world. Natureโs orchestra includes not just Homo sapiens but elephants, whales, manatees, eagles, cheetahs, orangutans, and many others.
Gregory Colbert