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Walking the Arroyo
Walking the Arroyo
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Giant sequoias struggle to withstand the intensity of recent fires.    Soumya Karlamangla By Soumya Karlamangla Sept. 21, 2021  ImageFirefighters applied foil wrap to protect General Sherman, a sequoia estimated to be around 2,300 to 2,700 years old. Firefighters applied foil wrap to protect General Sherman, a sequoia estimated to be around 2,300 to 2,700 years old.
Giant sequoias struggle to withstand th…
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Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park
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In weaving well-being for land and people, we need to pay attention to the lessons of the three rows. Ecological well-being and the laws of nature are always the first row. Without them, there is no basket of plenty. Only if that first circle is in place can we weave the second. The second reveals material welfare, the subsistence of human needs. Economy built upon ecology. But with only two rows in place, the basket is still in jeopardy of pulling apart. It's only when the third row comes that the first two can hold together. Here is where ecology, economics, and spirit are woven together. By using materials as if they were a gift, and returning the gift through worthy use, we find balance. I think that third row goes by many names: Respect. Reciprocity. All Our Relations. I think of it as the spirit row. Whatever the name, the three rows represent recognition that our lives depend on one another, human needs being only one row in the basket that must hold us all. In relationship, the separate splints become a whole basket, sturdy and resilient enough to carry us into the future.

⚘ Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass (152-153)
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