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The NEW
AND IMPROVED section is now found on this page:
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2010 April 9
available on The Life and Contributions
of John Muir, Current Events, and Chronology
(Timeline) of the Life and Legacy of John Muir:
- Added Prizing
the Power of the Sea by Michael Russell, Scotland's Cabinet secretary
for education and lifelong learning, and former minister for the environment.
- Added John
Muir's Legacy Lives On - by The Scottish Government, News Release,
April 9, 2010. Michael Russell is quoted about Muir's inspiration to
combat climate change today, and the Sierra Club stated: "The
Sierra Club is honored to share John Muir's legacy with the John Muir
Trust and the Scottish Government. Together, we can face the greatest
global challenge of our generation. Together, we can bend the arc of
history and beat climate change." - Carl Pope (April 9, 2010).
2010 February 6
available on Songs About John
Muir and Annotated
Bibliography, Music :
- Added Jonathon Sprout's song Come
Back Home celebrating John Muir, from his album, American Heroes #3.
2010 January 3
available on
Bibliographic Resources , Film
and Video:
available on Bibliographic
Resources , Historical
and Literary Analyses:
available on Current Events :
- Added announcement about April, 2010 - John Muir: Naturalist and
Scientist Symposium at University of the Pacific.
2009 December 26
available on
The Life and Contributions of John Muir
:
- Added Thank You John Muir -
poem by M.P. Khan
- Added link to John
Muir and the Sierra Nevada – Creating an Icon of Conservation By
Carl Zichella, Regional Director, Sierra Club.
In this essay, Carl Zichella reflects on how the commanding words of John Muir
and the monumental imagery of the Sierra Nevada changed his perspective and his
life. Zichella also examines the ongoing significance of these dual icons—Muir
and the Sierra Nevada—on our national and international perception of environmental
protection and respect for wilderness.
2009 December 5
available on Letters by John Muir:
- Added John
Muir Correspondence - Holt-Atherton Special Collections - Digital
Collections (off-site link) - Part of the official John Muir Papers,
this collection consists of the correspondence of John Muir from 1856-1914.
The correspondence forms part of the John Muir Papers microfilm set
that filmed letters located at over 35 institutions. The digital collection
is full-text searchable, and includes both images of each page and
a typed transcription. Muir correspondence acquired after the microfilm
was created in 1986 is not currently included in this digital collection,
although it may be added at a later date.
2009 November 9
available on Live Presenters Portraying
John Muir
2009 October 19
available on Bonnie Johanna Gisel - Living
People Influenced by John Muir and Audio,
John Muir Bibliography and , Nature's
Beloved Son, Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy.
2009 October 2
available on Geography of John Muir, Retracing
John Muir's Famous Walks
- Added Alex McInturff
- California Transect - (2009) (off-site link)
In 1868, when John Muir first arrived in San
Francisco, he almost immediately crossed the Bay to Oakland and began
walking to Yosemite. On April 6, 2009, Stanford University grad student
Alex McInturff set off to retrace Muir's path across California.
Alex is a master's student in the Earth Systems Program in the School
of
2009 September 20
available on Current Events, Tributes
to John Muir, and Life and Contributions
of John Muir:
- Added John Muir - A Great Scot - Nomination
of John Muir for Scotland TV contest for "Greatest Scot." - from
Friends of John Muir's Birthplace (with comments by John Muir Exhibit webmaster)
2009 September 19
available on John Muir California Quarter:
2009 August 22
available on Current Events and Chronology
of the Life and Contributions of John Muir:
- Added
link to - US
Muir coin designer in Dunbar
An American [Garrett Burke] who designed a 25 cent coin in memory
of Dunbar-born conservationist John Muir has said that East Lothian "looks
a million dollars". (offsite link - East
Lothian Courier, July 30, 2009)
Includes a photo of a sand-sculpture of his quarter dollar design on
the East Beach at Dunbar, as part of the John Muir Birthplace annual
sand castle modeling competition. Note: this article incorrectly
states that Burke helped create the sand sculpture above, but everyone
involves affirms the sand sculpture was solely the creation of Jo Moulin
and Duncan Smeed.
- Added links to:
- Added items for 2009 to Chronology of the Life and Contributions of John
Muir
2009 July 17
available on Current Events, Tributes,
and on Places and Schools Named
After John Muir
available on What's New:
available
on John Muir Lesson Plans -
Science Lesson Plan:
Grades 9 - 12: Forest
Management
- Added links and embedded video for "Sequoia -- Ancient Race of
Giants "on YouTube: Part
1 | Part
2
2009 June 12
available on Book
Press Releases, and Bibliographic
Resources, Annotated
Bibliography, Children's
Books
2009 May 10
available on Book
Press Releases, Nature’s
Beloved Son, Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy:
- Added John
Muir's botanical pursuits brought to life:
Nature's Beloved Son' examines the conservationist's fascination with plants
and features stunning images of the specimens he collected by Bettijane Levine Los
Angeles Times (February 28, 2009)
2009 April 24
available on Songs About John
Muir and Annotated
Bibliography, Music :
- Added Doron Diamond's song John
Muir, a rock-pop instrumental on Diamond's album Silo.
2009 April 19
2009 April 17
available on Current Events, Tributes, and on Places
and Schools Named After John Muir
available on The Life and Contributions
of John Muir, and
- Added In
the (Low Carbon) Footsteps of John Muir by Greg Haegele, Sierra Club
on Treehugger.com (April
18, 2008) - "Muir was a visionary who worked hard to protect land
even when there was plenty of open space around. Sometimes he was a lonely
voice, because not everyone around him understood or supported the need
to conserve magnificent places for future generations to explore and enjoy.
Kind of like being a global-warming activist in places that still deny
it's happening. Muir persevered, and we're all better off for it."
2009 April 14
available on Home Page
- Added a "Share " button allowing people to share this site via email,
by print, or on Facebook, Myspace, and other social networking websites:
2009 April 3
available on Nature’s
Beloved Son, Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy,
and Sound and Music About John Muir
- Added link to John
Muir's Botanical Travels - Radio Interview of Bonnie Gisel and Dean
Taylor by Tom Ashbrok, On Point Radio (Boston NPR affiliate wbur.og)
available on Home page:
2009 March 20
available on Live Presenters Portraying
John Muir - Lee
Stetson, and Sound and Music About
John Muir
2009 February 13
available on John Muir National Historic Site
2009 January 17
available on Songs about
John Muir :
2009 January 15
available on
Songs about John Muir
:
2009 January 12
available on Writings of John Muir, Bibliographic Resources,
2009 January 10
available on Bibliographic
Resources, Book
Reviews:
- Added a book review for A Passion for Nature: The Life of John
Muir by Donald Worster: Reviewed
by Mark Cocker, titled "Mountain Man" The Guardian (January
10, 2009) (off-site link)
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