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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.

Juan Manuel Carrion videos

Learning From Nature

Environmentalist and artist Jose Manuel Carrion shares some of the lessons he's learned from observing the natural world.

(3:24)

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.

(2:17)

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.

(2:32)

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.

(4:53)

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.

(6:33)

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.

Juan Manuel Carrion
in Who are We?