From Environmental Despair to the Ecological Self: Mindfulness and Community Action
Mishka Lysack
Mindfulness and Social Work June 1, 2009 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9781933478609.003.0013 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | The author describes watching a 2007 CBC documentary that reported 26,000 elephants, or 5 percent of the world's population, were poached in 2006 despite laws and protection efforts, framing this as a dramatic increase. |
Abstract
Abstract One evening in February of 2007, I was watching a CBC documentary report on the dramatic increase in the slaughter of African elephants for ivory. The journalist reported that in 2006 alone, 26,000 elephants—5 percent of the entire population on earth—had been ruthlessly poached, despite the presence of laws and the efforts of sanctuary officers to protect the elephants.