For a few days last week clouds filled the desert sky. It does not happen often. I make photographs when it happens. Sun is the norm.
Would you cover this landscape with solar collectors to generate electricity?
Many people would. Green people.
The wind is often strong here. It breaks the branches of mighty Joshua trees.
Would you cover this land with windmills to generate electricity?
Many people would. Green people.
Beware of the greens. Like the browns and grays who came before, to them all the earth is mere resource, and they mistakenly believe life is a resource management problem.
Love the wild. As long as it lives.
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February 3, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Chris
I call it the ‘myth of management.’ It’s this notion that if somehow we manage things differently, an ideal world must result.
Your post makes me want to bump a certain book, ‘The Solace of Fierce Landscapes,’ up near the top of my reading list.
Peace to you today.
February 4, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Ken
Chris, I just looked at an excerpt from the book online. It looks like a really good book. I am so glad you mentioned it.
February 14, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Vic Fields
Hi,
I’ve linked to your site from mine. I hope you don’t mind. I enjoy reading your words.
Thanks,
Vic
February 15, 2009 at 1:37 am
Ken
Thank you, Vic. I plan to link yours to mine as well and plan to spend some time reading the postings at your blog.