As we work to free ourselves from the constrictions placed on the Earth by colonial understandings and allow it to come to life again, it’s good to remember that the very concept […]
Colonial and Non-colonial Water
Back to the Fire
The west shore of Okanagan Lake burnt last summer, amidst the burns of years before. It was a terrible time last summer, but now that the year is in its last hours, […]
The Evolution of a Dead Planet and What to Do Next
Start with a grassland, maintained in a state of ecological diversity by human care for 5,000 years… …and under human use for 12,000 years. A productive grassland. Then add cattle. Hungry cattle. […]
Everybody Has an Apocalypse Story Now
Hey, look at what’s going down in the news: Scientists Call Northwest Heatwave the ‘Most Extreme in World Weather Records’ Well, um, yeah, and as the source of that article, commondreams.org says, […]
Do Temporary Foreign Workers Feed the Okanagan?
I dunno. Here are some of these hardworking guys planting Frind’s industrial vineyard in Vernon. It’s hard to say, isn’t it. Wine, a tourist product, sold at about $22 a bottle, may […]
When Language Fails Us
The word ‘tree´simply doesn’t describe a ponderosa pine. It doesn’t even come close. In fact, to use the word “tree” for a creature like this is insulting. This English language has some […]
Okanagan Architecture: Fake or Real?
Fake: Thank You to the Globe and Mail Real: Here, a closeup, so you can admire the finer touches. Got that? No? Here’s another fake: Well, lots of room to park tractors […]
The Power of Words in Environmental Perception and Change
Look how the light of dawn … … draws itself in at sunrise. And then reveals the story of water ,,, … and air. Are not water, air and light one single […]
Fate, Race and Populism in the Third Reich (1936) and Cascadia (2020), Part 1 of 5
There is a story to things. This bluff above an old Nimiipu’u village site on the Snake River in Idaho has a story: Hells Gate State Park Note the Fall Rye planted […]
The Mingling Rivers of Life
Spring doesn’t come all at once. As this ravine in Vernon shows… “Spring” is the wrong concept entirely. Experience has to be selectively read in order for the concept to fit at all. […]
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