Chaparral Wisdom
To celebrate the magic and beauty of Nature & the chaparral
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State of the Chaparral – 2025
Despite the negative impact it can have on our hearts, it is prudent to be aware that a growing anthropocentric mind-set is posing increasing challenges to, as John Muir wrote, our fellow mortals. During the late 1960s and 1970s, the respect for Nature and… Continue Reading “State of the Chaparral – 2025”
The Preciousness of Life
As a reader of our journal, and thus caring about the world, about others, about Nature, I’m pretty sure you’ve had moments like I had yesterday morning. Since the election, the internal framework we have assembled to protect our hearts will occasionally shudder. Mine… Continue Reading “The Preciousness of Life”
Nature is Not Our Garden in Need of “Tending”
– How the California Coastal Commission is Failing Us –The clearance of old-growth Bishop Pine Forests at Tomales Bay State Park In the summer of 1972, my friend Eric Strom and I went door to door to encourage our neighbors to vote for Proposition… Continue Reading “Nature is Not Our Garden in Need of “Tending””