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 […]
“Planning A Sustainable Future” September 15-18, 1994 (Thursday thru Sunday) Location: Mendocino County. Redwood Coast. Mendocino Woodlands Camp, on the Little North Fork of Big River, off Mendocino -Little Lake Road (County Road 408). Conference: The focus is on the unique ecosystem of the coastal forests, watershed and fisheries, where the land and the ocean interact. Discussions will cover: bioregional issues, explore our cultural heritage, […]
Earth Day 1994
Earth Block 1993
Planet Drum’s exhibit at Earth Block Carnaval 1993 displaying Nancy Morita’s San Francisco: Wild in the City Map
“Building a Bioregional Culture”(“A celebration of unity in diversity!”) September 10-13, 1992 (Thursday thru Sunday) Location: Siskiyou County. Near Mount Shasta. Methodist Church Camp (about a mile from Castle Lake, amidst old growth forest, native wildflower meadows, bubbling streams and spectacular views of Mount Shasta). Goal:Bringing bioregional culture to new levels of application, deepening understanding and commitment, better filling the system’s leadership vacuums, and building […]