Report From Ecuador #1 It’s in the humid summerish 80s Fahrenheit here a few minutes south of the equator, with curtain-rippling breezes and light gray clouds. The small city of Bahia de Caraquez (named as though it was a whole bay in the ocean) is shaped like a thumb (with the part of the hand that holds it) jutting out into the Pacific on a […]
Communiques 1998 Guard Fox Watch is bioregional activists in Japan, who provided an alternative view of the Winter 1998 Olympics at Nagano. Guard Fox Watch Statement I, February 4, 1998 Statement of Concern Regarding the Ecological Impact of the Nagano Winter Olympics (Globalist Games) The ecological impact of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Nagano has become an urgent concern of local residents, environmentally-conscious citizens of […]
“Restoring Watersheds, Communities & Ourselves” September 4-7, 1997 (Thursday thru Sunday) Location: Humboldt County. Sue-meg State Park (formerly Patrick’s Point State Park), within traditional Yurok/Karok land; near Eureka, just north of Arcata, California. “The host Six Rivers area of Shasta Bioregion possesses a wealth of advanced ecological programs and activities, knowledgeable professionals, and highly dedicated resident practitioners. Many Northern California communities that have been dependent […]
This year’s Shasta Bioregional Gathering provided a chance for long-time bioregional activists to assemble and a platform on which young enthusiasts could express their ideas. The featured events were a vital mix of the practical and the spiritual, emphasizing the fact that it will take a great deal of physical, mental and emotional work to restore the health of Shasta Bioregion. The panels […]
The great thing about watersheds is that they are the visible and sensual containers of our collective being. That visible and sensual part is very important. It’s really very hard to find ourselves in the trophic levels and energy exchanges that have come to define the ecological sciences. Watersheds are something we experience. We walk in them. We feel their winds and smell their […]
Meeting I “Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Work Group” Date:November 17, 1995 (Friday) Location:San Joaquin County. Terminous, CA. Schedule: Opening & Introductions: Nat Bingham. Welcome: Yvonne Mabee. Description of Tower Marina facilities and history of site as rail terminus for Delta agriculture Announcements: Nat Bingham, Leon Davies. Conference Reports Water Policy V Conference in Sacramento: Nat Bingham. Watershed Reports:This year special emphasis is to be on stories […]
“Bridge to the Future” September 14-17, 1995 (Thursday thru Sunday) Location: Sonoma County. Redwood Camp (also known as Berkeley Music Camp), on Austin Creek (the last tributary of the Russian River before its confluence with the ocean). The camp is set in old growth and secondary growth redwoods. Located 5 miles north of Highway 116 on Cazadero Highway, near Cazadero. Town Square: Public meeting place […]