“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.
After a landslide in Oregon, Jim Furnish took an investigative, clinical look at how the forests are managed and logged. The landslide was the result of rushed, mismanaged logging road construction and usage. Salmon and spotted owls were greatly impacted by this enormous oversight and Furnish felt personally responsible.
In addition to needing a better plan for public access roads, Furnish shares something important he learned:
“The Forest Service shouldn’t operate in a vacuum. The public should have its say, and we can’t cut it out of its rightful role just because that would be quick, easy or politically expedient.”
Read the whole fascinating story here.
Doyle Irvin recently wrote a straight-forward explanation of why we need trees if we want to change the trends in drought seasons.
“If you have no trees – or decide to cut them all down – you are staring right down the barrel of drought season. Think of it as similar to the phrase, ‘you need some money to make some money.’ You need trees in order to have the moisture to grow new trees: if you cut them all down, you might not be able to get them back.”
Read the whole article here on americanforests.org.
“Land is already under growing human pressure and climate change is adding to these pressures. At the same time, keeping global warming to well below 2ºC can be achieved only by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors including land and food, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said in its latest report on Thursday.” (ipcc)
This article is well worth the read to understand the essential role our use of land and agricultural practices play in our survival in the changing climate.
Read the whole article here.
This video is such a delightful depiction of the fascinating work of Drs. Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard. See how trees “talk” to each other and form supportive communities with one another underground.
When facing down the harm of deforestation, this insightful look beneath the surface and into the root systems of trees illustrates how much is lost when a tree is removed from its community.
