Eric Chivian<\/a><\/span><\/span> contacted me about the possibility of contributing one of my Barn Owl photos to a booklet he was preparing for an upcoming special meeting of the United Nations. A copy of the booklet, titled “How Sustainable Engineering Solutions Depend on Biodiversity”, would be presented to the United Nations delegation from each member state during a special meeting of the U.N. General Assembly. That meeting, called “A Moment for Nature”, took place on July 19th.<\/p>\nRecently I received a package in the mail from Eric.<\/p>\n
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Among other things it contained a copy of the 27-page booklet. I’m delighted to have a copy of my own.<\/p>\n
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This is the Barn Owl photo I donated. Eric used it in the portion of the booklet that explains how modeling wind turbine blades after owl feathers that produce silent flight results in much quieter wind turbines and reduces objections to them because of the noise and air vibrations they typically produce.<\/p>\n
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I was thrilled to discover that Eric had signed the booklet, including a very nice note.<\/p>\n
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He even included a handwritten thank you letter. Eric’s handwriting isn’t much better than my own so it’s a little hard to read.<\/p>\n
“Dear Ron,<\/em><\/p>\nEnclosed are copies of our engineering models booklet, as well as our updated, reprinted booklet on biodiversity and health.<\/em><\/p>\nThank you for your enormous generosity to us – in providing us with your extraordinary Barn Owl photo and your wonderful blog post.<\/em><\/p>\nBest Wishes,<\/em><\/p>\nEric”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
I realize that all this means much more to me than it will to anyone else but I hope my readers can share in my excitement. I consider contributing to such an important cause as kind of a capstone to my photography ‘career’, made even more fulfilling when, after weeks of correspondence with him as we touched on many personal matters, Eric turned out to be such a kind and considerate soul.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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