The Hill said it best.
This is not about what side of the party lines one chooses to promote. When you follow the money, you can see who benefits from the Trump Administration wiping out the public from the management and uses of public land.
“This administration’s recent decisions aren’t partisan — they’re a blatant strategy to ignore bipartisan support for public lands and hand them over to their oil and gas industry friends.”
Read the whole article here.
Conservation biologist Dr. Dominick DellaSala came to see us here in Santa Fe and observed with his 30+ years of research and expertise what’s happening in our forests.
It’s fair to say he was very concerned.
Listen to his story and his impressions of what “thinning” can and cannot do for our beloved city on the following two podcasts:
He spoke with the generous hosts of “Living on the Edge” on KSFR (Listen here) as well as KSFR News Director Tom Trowbridge (Listen here – scroll to the bottom of the page and click the play arrow next to the word “Listen”).
Nature isn’t something that you’re “into” or “not into.”
We are nature.
Our connection to this planet we call home is not up for debate or worthy of the segregation of something as small and temporary human interests. Our ability to understand how alone we are not as a result of “inter-being” impacts not only our ability to survive but our capacity for happiness.
This beautiful video by Sustainable Human is one crack in our hardened modern mentality to bring our holistic existence back into the light.
We entrust the Forest Service with the care of our planet – the mother from which we were all born. If you were going to hire someone to care for your mother or another precious woman in your family, what qualifications would you want this person to have?
According to a PBS report, there’s a long history of misogyny in the Forest Service making it a threatening place for women seeking to care for the earth to maintain a career (and their dignity).
See the whole story and watch the video here.
“Nature shrinks as capital grows. The growth of the market cannot solve the very crisis it creates.”
― Vandana Shiva, Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis
We love this short video about the woman who spearheaded the Chipko Movement. Vandana Shiva demonstrates the power of women and the dedication of those who protect our ultimate mother, the Earth.
