In 1543, Copernicus published this book and changed everything: De Revolutionisis Orbi Before he did that, the Earth was considered the centre of the universe. After he was done, the sun was […]
There is More Than One Sun and More than One Earth
Meditation on Light
The human mind reads patterns. Perhaps it does so because it is formed from an earth rich with patterns. Perhaps the moment of apprehension of pattern is called meaning. Perhaps that […]
This Beautiful World (And how not to lose it)
Look what this lavender bush has done. She has sieved leaves out of the wind. Or is it … … she has stopped them from blowing away? Everywhere the earth is trying […]
Farming and Art: Ancient Sisters
I was walking along the old water canal the other day, and then up the ravine and along the coyote track across the top of the vineyard, and I saw this… Industrial […]
The Ethics of Living on the Earth
Canada administrates half of my land as a nation state. The United States administrates the other half. Within Canada, the region called British Columbia administrates half of my land in terms of […]
Holding Light in Your Hand
You can hold the sun in your hand. Really. Just pick a leaf in the fall. Once photosynthesis has shut down, the photons of the sun stay there for a short time, […]
Haig-Brown and the Energy of the Universe
What if these yellow asparagus ferns in the fall were not wild? What if there were no wilderness? That’s no far-fetched, really. In Nu-chal-nuth culture, on the long beaches and rocky islets […]
Words, Humans, Earth: the Relationship Renewed
Let’s open with poetry today, and then stand firmly in science. First, the earth turns towards the sun … (Trumpets tooting … can you hear them?) … and the starlings hold the […]
These Are the People
Sometimes a man just has to say what is in his heart. I have been writing about the creator of environmental consciousness in the settler culture of British Columbia, on the North […]
I am a Weed and Proud of It
Would you call this a weed? Russian Thistle aka Tumbleweed How about this? Full Bloom! I found four colour variants today: Gold, Yellow, Pink, and Red. What is a weed? The everyday […]
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