Eco_Ali

From the original Woodstock generation, instilled with an overwhelming affinity for nature, I managed to make it through college with an AAS in Horticulture and a BS in Environmental Studies while a single mom and now am considered a restoration ecologist and wetlands specialist. Basically now I get paid to hang out by the river and bring home frogs!

In 1999 I finally scored a job with the State in the Dept of Agriculture's Farmland Preservation Program but it didnt go as I thought it would and so a few years ago I thought it would do me some good to attempt a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies which I found most conveniently available online at Thomas Edison State College. I soon found myself inundated with books and articles related to lots of funky philosophy, sociology, evolution of awareness, structures of consciousness, the usual "who am I, why am I here" stuff.  I also completed the required courses for a Masters Certificate in Online Learning and Teaching during which I began to design my own online course titled NATURE, ETHICS & AESTHETICS: RELATING TO THE NATURAL WORLD IN THE 21ST CENTURY as my final Capstone Project.

Unfortunately life got a little too chaotic, I became overwhelmed with the enormity, injustice and trauma of it all and I dropped out with just two last courses to complete...BUT NOW I have been inspired to complete that Capstone Project, dig out my old textbooks and essays and perhaps kick start my creative juices once again.

My life is at a crossroads and I've got my scopes out for opportunities. Perhaps completing this Masters degree will round out my experience and knowledge and I can follow my dreams...what is there if there is no hope?

"Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization..."~ Aldo Leopold

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the Life you've imagined!" ~ Thoreau

"Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground...!!" unknown