Today is a day of anticipation, exhilaration, fear and utter release. I set out on a journey with no definitive end or time line. I know only this much, the road ahead will hold many lessons and many more memories. I am traveling with a group of trusted friends whose passion and drive to affect the world around them, goes unmatched. I am a man whose reserved skepticism sometime gets the best of him, but i refuse to stop fighting and simply accept the status quo. The apathetic trends of this culture have gone too far and they will not win this battle, not for this man.
The date is August 25. I sit in a upper middle class home in the heart of Tacoma. We are staying at one of my traveling compadres parents home. I will likely not be exposed to such luxury for some time. We leave here at noon, heading south, Olympia is to be our next stop. From there Portland, and by Friday we will be east of Albany; meeting with a group of forest defenders. They climb trees all day in search of the elusive red tree vole; an endangered species whose habitat is rapidly being raped and exploited so that we may enjoy three ply toilet paper for our delicate asses. Needless to say i am not in favor of the logging. I am not i favor of any form of modern day resource extraction, in which we take from the land far more than we could ever use responsibly. Humans of course need resources, what we do not need is clear cuts, strip mines, oil extraction and spills so large we could never even attempt to truly "clean" them up. What we need is a change of mind, realizing we do not own the land, we are part of it, without it we die. From here i can only hope our actions will change.
Have to cut this short, no time. Tune in at some point in the near future for more updates from the field. Until then...pick up a brick!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment