Astoria dunes
"At some point, every society finds itself confronted by forces that the reigning worldview cannot successfully address. It is at this point that societies rise or fall, [based on the ability of] grasping the significance of such moments and making the deep shifts in thinking, perception and behavior required to succeed."
-- Bob Dopplet, in The Power of Sustainable Thinking
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"If the people forget how to praise God, the trees, moving in the wind, alive and growing, do it. The ocean, rolling in and rolling in, over and over again, does it.”
Nina Baumgartner, Chehalis elder
Words that ask to be spoken
Ask the river how to see this world
With a mind of water,
Holding the sky in your eyes,
Embracing the stone you stumble over,
Laughing in the face of the rain
As you gather it in–
So that everyone you pass
May quench their thirst
On you.
Urban forest
You may download this pdf file for a detailed description of ecological values and practices in the indigenous Pacific Northwest.
This file includes substantial amounts of oral history. Happy reading!
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Be inevitable:
Fight like the sun
Fights for the day.
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To flower in the rain
Takes such faith--
To expose your tender
Petals to the
Thunderstorm.
Such hope that just one bee
Will fly to you
On its own sodden wings,
Risking everything
So that the fruit within you
Might ripen
And you might do some good
In this world.
Intrinsic value of natural life
Stories of the living land
Words passed between generations
Gifts must always move
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