I wanted to do this for the rest of my life, but I wanted to do it at a much, much larger scale. So then two years later, at 22 years old, I came up with a plan, and the vision was to build an animal sanctuary that nobody visits, or at least not in person.
it's a place that's been treated like a wasteland for a really long time. And that story has been very cooperative and convenient for extraction and exploitation of the natural resources.
In order to solve the megafire crisis, we need to bring our Western landscapes back into a healthy balance by reducing the overgrown brush and trees in the wildlands and the forest. Here, we're finally starting to take to heart the wisdom of the indigenous peoples of the Americas who knew that fire was a natural part of the landscape and who introduced low-intensity fire, good fire, on a regular basis at the right times.
I believe at the core of conservation is love. Love for the land, love for the people of the land and most importantly, love for those who will come after us.
The truth is that conservation works only if it creates income to people living closest to nature. That means we have to make nature not just something to protect, but something to invest in.
7mo ago
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