15/10/22
A blue sky with cold butterflies looking for warmth
Ravens, gravel throated call from valley to hill.
22/10/22
A man chases another man down the hill waving a baseball bat.
25/10/22
Partial solar eclipse
Politicians with small thoughts - hearts fixed on economies, boundaries, weapons and violence
holding power , unable to see through the illusion
A slight darkening
Humanity does not live on economies alone, but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of all that lives
under our feet, in the air and the cold bright water.
1/11/22
Prophecy
A song is sung from the valley head
drifting down to the sea
a South Wales song
of coal waste wanting trees
A song of rewilding
blackberry bramble cwtching oak, birch, willow and hazel
She sings to the river
of reeded edges
of meanders
of inter-tidal marshes
of salmon no longer impeded
of sewin
and otters on the Twrch
3/11/22
On Tuesday as part of the Environmental Justice Foundation 'People's COP 27', I listened to lawyers, scientists and activists discuss the urgency involved in stopping the leaders of the Northern Hemisphere continuing their dependency on fossil fuels. The speakers highlighted that the economic costs in cleaning up and putting bandaids on the increasing damage to communities will eventually catch up with them.
Last night, we had torrential rain again. This is happening more and more frequently. It overwhelmed Victorian infrastructure, washed out roads and drains and flooded properties. There has been very little investment by government in helping councils deal with the new reality of our climate. It is in denial as it continues to hold on to oil and gas instead of investing in renewable energy and working now to mitigate flood risks and updating infrastructure.
This is the reality for us, but it is far far worse in the Southern Hemisphere where promises of financial help to build resilience have been reneged on. They don't want charity, they want recognition that the damage caused is directly linked to the former and current greed of the North, and point out that investment in the affected regions in the Southern Hemisphere will benefit all.
This is a global issue, this is the earth telling us we need to change.
4/11/22
Today I read this:
'.... The problems of a Western worldview are obvious. The way of life demonstrated by Western peoples leads to alienation from the Earth, from others, and from all of creation. This lifestyle creates a false bubble called " Western civilization," which people in the West think will protect them from future calamity. This false hope is detached from all experience and reality.
..... How do we avoid the impending disaster brought on by a settler lifestyle of living ON the land and against nature ? The answer is simple : we learn to live WITH nature. '
R Woodley, Becoming Rooted ( Broadleaf Books 2022)
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