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Research RCLI is committed to research projects, which will expand present theories and provide additional information about living systems, their components and the relationships among them. Since the home ground for RCLI is a mixed grass prairie ecosystem, observations, experiments and conclusions will enrich our understanding of that system and will, no doubt, shed light on important concepts that characterize all living systems. In keeping with the tenets of place-based education, we look to our research endeavors to enrich our sense of place and to contribute the answers to vital questions of the future:  How will we feed ourselves? How will we harness energy? How will we make things? How will we heal ourselves? How will we store what we learn? How will we conduct business? Where will we go from here?[These questions are proposed by Janine M. Benyus in her book, BIOMIMICRY, Innovation Inspired by Nature]. At present, RCLI has conducted land inventories in the areas of: birds, mammals, grasses, plants/trees, ethnobotany, and cultural history. These inventories are up-dated annually as more data are gathered and as new and past-dormant (or damaged) species appear on Cove Canyon Grasslands. RCLI is also conducting ongoing research on the concept of Holistic Wealth, which seeks to name and encourage a healthy sense of place by identifying the social, economic and ecological components of wealth. |
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