I’ve been reading about Beatrix Potter and how she loved nature even as a very young child. This post really resonated. Nature is all over the place; it’s not difficult to teach the young to love and respect her!
There is no more powerful recruitment tool for conservation than experiencing the beauty of the wild spaces around us, even if it's in our backyard or the local park.
This reminds me of Robin Wall Kimmerer reminding us we need places for people to come pick the berries, enjoy the sweetness of the plants that we might remember how much we love them, how much we want to nourish them as they nourish us.
while national headlines fixate on Iran, the state is battling its largest wildfire in history. Four active fires have scorched over 850,000 acres, threatening cattle and local food chains. Officials trace the spark to an electrical pole. The mystery isn’t in the ignition, but in the scale how a single fault can cascade into devastation. The useful lesson for the future is clear: resilience isn’t just about geopolitics, it’s about safeguarding the land that feeds us.
Uplifting and contemplative.
Thank you!
This is incredible! I love your writing style and all of the comparisons you made.
Thank you!!!
Theodore Roosevelt definitely learned conservation at home and taught his children the same ethos through the family home at Sagamore Hill.
Would you mind if I featured this article in my Sunday post?
Please do!
I’ll send you the link when it’s published! :)
I’ve been reading about Beatrix Potter and how she loved nature even as a very young child. This post really resonated. Nature is all over the place; it’s not difficult to teach the young to love and respect her!
There is no more powerful recruitment tool for conservation than experiencing the beauty of the wild spaces around us, even if it's in our backyard or the local park.
Well said, Ryan. Appreciate your heart and mind on these principles.
Thank you Jared.
Can visualize it and feel it. Thank you: “ a grey morning at the shoreline with cold hands,”
Beautifully expressed 🙏🏻🌻
Thank you!
This reminds me of Robin Wall Kimmerer reminding us we need places for people to come pick the berries, enjoy the sweetness of the plants that we might remember how much we love them, how much we want to nourish them as they nourish us.
Very good. Just remember that the person to make the berry patch may have to be YOU!
On it ;)
Wonderful essay. ACA has some thoughtful folks. It’s just what’s needed
Thanks Frankie. It's a good group of people.
while national headlines fixate on Iran, the state is battling its largest wildfire in history. Four active fires have scorched over 850,000 acres, threatening cattle and local food chains. Officials trace the spark to an electrical pole. The mystery isn’t in the ignition, but in the scale how a single fault can cascade into devastation. The useful lesson for the future is clear: resilience isn’t just about geopolitics, it’s about safeguarding the land that feeds us.
A great essay, as always! You have a true gift for showing how everything starts at the most simple level - in the home and in our everyday lives.