Interviewees

Juan Manuel Carrion

Juan Manuel Carrion is an artist, ornithologist and environmentalist living near Quito, Ecuador. For many years he has worked to raise Ecuador's public awareness about the need to preserve and protect its natural environment and its bio-diversity.

Videos featuring Juan Manuel Carrion

  • Learning From Nature

    Environmentalist and artist Jose Manuel Carrion shares some of the lessons he's learned from observing the natural world. Although the natural world may be repetitive, Juan asks, why is it only human life that is monotonous?

    (3 min 24 sec)

  • We are Servants, Not Owners

    Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion describes how within one generation most of Ecuador's forests were eliminated, leaving a struggling fraction of the original ecological richness. He asks: What is needed to change the destructive economic model that profits from destroying natural environments? Do we need a cataclysm to force us to change, or can we find a model based on shared spiritual values of service to the planet?

    (6 min 33 sec)

  • Who are We?

    Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion explains that, since the essence of the human being is common to all, the philosophical question, who am I? starts with the wrong premise. It is as a community that the human being finds its deepest meaning, but what does this mean with regards to the inequity that divides us?

    (4 min 53 sec)

  • An Attitude of Service

    Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion answers our question about his core message with a heartfelt appeal to live life in service to creation.

    (2 min 32 sec)

  • The Role of Art

    Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion describes the role of art as rousing humanity from its collective amnesia and guiding it toward its purpose in the world.

    (2 min 17 sec)
"Egoism originates from individualism. The big problem in the contemporary world is that we think of ourselves as individuals and forget about the rest. That's the big veil in front of our eyes."
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Who are We?