Dear Mr. Paulson, Re Your Recent NY Times Op-Ed about Mass Extinction

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10/4/21  Dear Mr. Paulson,  You arguably are one of the most powerful, famous, and networked men in the world, with many important accomplishments. I am the completely ordinary, middle class, volunteer steward of 53 acres of publicly owned, remnant floodplain woodland situated on the banks of the Des Plaines River. Based on your eponymously named Institute’s website, you apparently spend much of your time as a “thought leader” working to somehow combine free-market growth with the urgent necessity to mitigate carbon emissions and save biodiversity, while I spend many days studying, thinking about, and working, hands-on, to protect and increase the biodiversity of this small patch of actual land. For example, this very morning, before breakfast, before I was aware of your op-ed in the New York Times discussing solutions to the epochal, mass extinction event humanity is causing, I read a report about the likely effects of climate change in Illinois, including the poor adaptation prospec
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Podcast: "Saving the Ecosystem with Wild Backyards (and other awesome endeavors!)"

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Rivera Sun and Sherri Mitchell
Rivera Sun and Sherri Mitchell of Love (and revolution) Radio contacted me for an interview about native plant gardening and reconciliation ecology. They are warm and encouraging radio hosts. We had a wonderful talk. Here is the link to the podcast. 

 From the Love (and revolution) Radio website: 

 "Rivera Sun is a novelist and non-violent mischief maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance.www.riverasun.com.


 Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit." 

 Rivera and Sherri interview all kinds of folks about sustainable living, so readers might want to subscribe to their email newsletter here.

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Comments

Fernglade Farm said…
Hi Adrian,

Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the podcast and that I agree with you and respect your choice to provide food and housing for the local (and international) birds and insects.

Your observation about the application of the permaculture principles rather than the replication of an equivalent model was very astute.

Books are everything too! I've never taken a course, but rather pick, test and chose what works here and most of that information comes by way of the art of reading.

Plus, I appreciated hearing of your spiritual beliefs and how they apply to your work in the ecosystem. I respect the Quakers.

Thanks

Chris
June 21, 2016 at 5:44 AM
Adrian Ayres Fisher said…
Hi Chris, I really appreciate your comments, especially since I'm interested in what you are doing so far away in Australia. I think that books are one of the greatest of human technologies. The poet Gary Snyder wrote that for many of us, "books are our ancestors." Quakerism is my path, but it's just one of many spiritual paths that can lead a person or a whole society to care for their environment in beneficial ways. We must all be allies, I think.
June 22, 2016 at 2:40 PM
Fernglade Farm said…
Hi Adrian,

Thank you for saying that and also for the excellent quote. Allies is a great way to put it.

Cheers

Chris
June 22, 2016 at 8:31 PM
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