About Eric Alan

Eric Alan is an author, photographer, lyricist, workshop and meditation leader, and advocate for the natural world. The insights in his fourth nonfiction book, Grateful by Nature, integrate with touring gratitude gatherings created with other musicians, authors, poets, community service activists and more, as The Nature of Gratitude. He was a founding board member of Cerro Gordo Land Conservancy, successfully preserving pristine Oregon territory through conservation easements.

This essay originally appeared as part of Celebrate What’s Right with the World, a project founded by former National Geographic photographer Dewitt Jones, to which Eric Alan has contributed for a decade. Please visit celebratewhatsright.com for more celebration and gratitude.