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Posted On: January 24th 2025, 03:35 am
It’s been a crazy past few weeks here in LA. We’ve all witnessed parts of the city burn that seemed out of reach from wildfire and seen destruction on a scale that was once unimaginable.
The smoke hadn’t even settled yet before the finger pointing and blame started, calling out all of the missteps that contributed to “the perfect storm”. A lot of these are probably valid and played some role, but I can’t help but see the overarching picture of a humanity living in opposition to its environment.
I hope as we rebuild and reimagine things, that we start to consider our relationship with the land as a part of that process. Very little of how we settled this place a few hundred years ago has ever taken that into account.
From the local ecosystems we’ve destroyed to the global climate crisis we find ourselves in, we’ll continue to be reminded in increasingly drastic ways that we too are a part of the land we’re on. How we treat it is how it will treat us.
Link in bio to sign a petition that would prioritize Traditional Ecological Knowledge and partner with indigenous organizations to guide restoration efforts.
1. Palisades Fire from 10,000 feet 📷 @kelseyfordham
2. Fire along interstate 5
3. Smoke filled skies of Sequoia National Park
4. Lake Fire burn scar
5. Prescribed burn at Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
The smoke hadn’t even settled yet before the finger pointing and blame started, calling out all of the missteps that contributed to “the perfect storm”. A lot of these are probably valid and played some role, but I can’t help but see the overarching picture of a humanity living in opposition to its environment.
I hope as we rebuild and reimagine things, that we start to consider our relationship with the land as a part of that process. Very little of how we settled this place a few hundred years ago has ever taken that into account.
From the local ecosystems we’ve destroyed to the global climate crisis we find ourselves in, we’ll continue to be reminded in increasingly drastic ways that we too are a part of the land we’re on. How we treat it is how it will treat us.
Link in bio to sign a petition that would prioritize Traditional Ecological Knowledge and partner with indigenous organizations to guide restoration efforts.
1. Palisades Fire from 10,000 feet 📷 @kelseyfordham
2. Fire along interstate 5
3. Smoke filled skies of Sequoia National Park
4. Lake Fire burn scar
5. Prescribed burn at Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
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