Because I grew up in the era of concern for the environment, I have always done things like plant a small garden, recycle plastic, buy food from bulk bins,and drive a small car. But after I lost my home to a wildfire in the Southern California mountains during a  long drought period, I got really serious about living my life in ways that can sustain and rejuvenate the planet.

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       Over the years, I have come up with several ideas, experimented with the ideas, retained many of them and discarded some of them. The pages of this site discuss the ideas I have stayed with.

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       Suzanne Jones is an artist, musician, and teacher of Compassionate Communication. She also has a master’s degree in communication studies including relational, political, nonverbal, educational and business communication, as well as conflict resolution. She wrote her thesis on the topic of partnership education, doing research at the elementary and university level on how egalitarian (rather than hierarchical) communication between teachers and students could create effective classroom environments and greater academic and emotional learning for students of all ages. She currently resides in the Victorian Sea Port of Port Townsend, Washington

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