Burning For Water: Mni Wiconi and its Antipode
We’re not alone in this. The land knows what to do and is striving to do so all around the globe at this very moment. Isn’t it time we notice?
forest ecosystems
Arise for the ancient forests/Save Fairy Creek
We must come together now to take action in solidarity, peaceful civil disobedience to defend and protect these forests, for future generations to come.
The push for standing forest protections in US climate policy
In 2019, Moomaw and his co-authors published a scientific review finding that the capacity of forested lands to sequester carbon dioxide could be increased significantly. They say the fastest way to do this is through what they call “proforestation,” the natural growth and development of standing forest ecosystems.
The Forest Economy: Woodland as New Economy metaphor
As we walked down through this ancient woodland, with its stream, its waterfalls, its trees, moss and lichen, the sun breaking through the canopy, I found myself thinking of this woodland not as an ecosystem, but as a metaphor for the kind of economy we are seeking to create in Transition.
Seeing the Forest
Seeing the Forest tells the story of the Siuslaw National Forest in Oregon — how it made a successful transition from timber extraction to ecosystem restoration.
Seeing the Forest Community Through the Trees
Restoration forester Matthew Hall has a vision for the Aprovecho woods: a managed ancient forest.
Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest
My ecological journey started in the forests of the Himalaya. My father was a forest conservator, and my mother became a farmer after fleeing the tragic partition of India and Pakistan. It is from the Himalayan forests and ecosystems that I learned most of what I know about ecology. The songs and poems our mother composed for us were about trees, forests, and India’s forest civilizations.