Douglass Trombly:  

Blessed. That is the single word I would use to describe my life. There have been plenty of difficult moments and trying times but net/net I have been profoundly blessed. Through the years I have been able to do and be whatever I put my attention on doing and being. I have studied wherever and whatever I wanted to. I continue to study and do research just about every day. I have traveled and worked and lectured all over the world and I continue to. I have met a wonderful assortment of people from many, many different countries, cultures and social stratas. I have been blessed with an amazing group of elder friends and mentors. They have empowered and encouraged me at every turn of my life. Sometimes they have kicked my behind when inertia and subjective dismay temporarily slowed my apparent progress and growth. I have also seen and learned from incredible suffering and just plain evil all over this planet. I have stood for and continue to stand for the healing of the deep and horrible wounds in the Earth and in the hearts of billions of our fellow planetary citizens. As a small portion of my work for Project Earth I have been privileged to study and interact with cetaceans. Last year, while listening in the water for the song of humpbacks, I found myself (along with two other researchers) right in the middle of a family group of very large (40-55 feet) whales. They were incredibly sensitive to our presence and we were blown away by the intensity of their communication. I am still and always a student of love and learning to be more loving. I am also rather fierce when confronted with loveless stupidity. I have had to grow a lot in this lifetime and I pray that I will always continue to grow and learn and leave old bad tendencies in the rubbish bin of the past. Although there is still much more I hope to accomplish I am exceedingly grateful for having been able to participate in shaping several moments in recent history for the better. For those who might be interested I am the cofounder along with the late R. Buckminster Fuller of Project Earth. I have been Director of Project Earth for thirty years now. I am also President of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Aspen. During December, January and sometimes February I do research and live part time on the island of Maui where the Institute has a couple of beautiful facilities including a small, but beautiful observatory. I have invented several technologies. The most famous of these is the Closed Pat...Expand for more