Hi
and welcome to The Eclectic Planet. I’ve been told more
than once that I have a problem focusing, as I have many
passions. I also have trouble with grammar, driving
directions, spelling, etc. etc. But I have a love of life,
of my family and friends, and I am a humanist - I just wish
I could see the future. But we can’t so it’s up to us to
keep making it!
This site is intended to share what I've learned in my long
and eventful life. I hope it becomes a repository of
knowledge, of references — and questions — to which I
invite discussion and advice.
Please select from the menu items above.
The site is (obviously) new, and will be under constant
construction and change. I plan to have separate
advertising pages that hopefully will support my work, I’ll
keep these distinct from the site content, and will make
sure that the products and/or services are relevant to the
subject matter. Just consider them reference points.
There’s also a donation page somewhere inside, so if you
feel like supporting my efforts, that would be much
appreciated.
If you purchase through the site ads, that would be
wonderful. I urge you also to contribute to the
Central Asia
Institute,
headed by Greg Mortenson. If you haven't read it, buy
"Three Cups of
Tea".
More about this inside...
The premise of this site (and Mr. Mortenson's single minded
passion), is that education is the only way that the world
will solve it's divides and peacefully resolve it's
conflicts.
So, parents may have to sit with their kids to go through
some of the material. Or conversely, some kids may have to
explain it to their parents!
I love Astronomy and Space-related activities as you'll
see, but I know that we cannot really make progress if half
the people on the planet live in poverty and without even
rudimentary health care nor basic education.
I was selected by NASA in late 2006 to provide outreach
into the school systems where I live. I try to encourage
kids to stay in school, to open them up to their cultural
heritage, and see the possibilities of really interesting
jobs and careers. This site information will be left with
students as an extension of that work. There is more about
this work in the Space Section.
I see Science, Art and Technology going hand in hand.
Together, they give us imagination, dreams and inspiration
to lead full lives, to help others, and to quote George
Carlin in a film I’d better not mention: “Be excellent with
Each Other”.