Role of National Park Ranger and it promotes Hindu environmental ethos

1. 3. My role / An individual's role
An individual’s duty to protect the environment
and to understand the environment
Why?
1. Environment/Nature is our teacher
2. Environment affects us [‘We are part of the environment’]
Sri Dattatreya’s 24 Gurus
the Earth, wind, sky, water, fire, the Moon, the Sun, some pigeons, a python, the
ocean, a honeybee, a beekeeper, an elephant, a deer, a fish, a reformed prostitute, a
small squirrel, a child, a hawk, a young housewife, an archer, a snake, a spider,
and a wasp
[The Uddhava Gita]
Haigh, M., ‘Sri Dattatreya’s 24 Gurus: Learning from the World in
Hindu Tradition’, Canadian Journal of Environmental Education (2007), 127 -142
Sri Dattatreya is an environmental Guru
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2. My attempt at protecting & understanding
Nature
Role of Ranger
Public access
Conservation
Visitors
Local community
Environmental Education
Countryside safety
Qualified as volunteer Ranger with Peak District
National Park Authority in 2011
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http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/rangers/job

3. ASHA walk at Longshaw Estate, Peak District NPA
(2013)
Caving trip to
Bagshawe
Cavern in the
Peak District NP
(2013)
With volunteer
ranger Jack, who
has been rangering
for 50 years! (2012)
Hydro power projects in the
Peak District, 2012 , 2013
‘Elephant in the Park’
Ganesha Guided Walk in
the Peak District, 2012
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4. The National Park in four
seasons……
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5. Millstones in the Peak District National Park – forms the logo
of the Park Authority
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6. The famous Stanage Edge
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7. With Alport farm in the background (2013)
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8. Alport Castles
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9. Chatsworth House
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10. River Derwent on Chatsworth grounds
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11. ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped grounds of Chatsworth House
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