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fagent full name setup (email.addr@fagent.setup) wrote:
> I'd like to give an ecological non-materialistic gift, something that
> gives a taste of nature.  I'm thinking of perhaps a naturalist guided
> outing, or an ecological restoration project, or an archeological
> dig, or a visit with a traditional Indian storyteller, or just a trip
> as a visitor or volunteer with some one or some group as they go
> about their work in an earth-related field. Maybe someone has an even
> better idea.

> This is for a 13-year-old boy who is a product of the modern consumer
> world and has lived in the city all his life.  The perfect dream
> would be a ticket good for several things he can choose from in the
> Bakersfield, California area or in the Sierras or the coast not
> terribly far away from Bakersfield, second choice Los Angeles area,
> third choice northern California, but I don't expect perfection.
> It's hard to keep up with his shifting interests, but after his first
> loves of hockey and Nintendo he has been interested in marine
> biology, sharks, butterflies, and fossils & rocks.  The gift would
> not necessarily have to be limited to these. He's already done a
> whale-watching tour.

> Any pointers to people, organizations, or other ideas would be
> welcome.

> walter@dnai.com


how about you get him a nice, big, monkeywrench and a bus pass to 
some ecological monstrosity in your area.

isaac.

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