"Dominant Western culture (through hierarchal systems like scala naturae, settler colonialism and manifest destiny), has suppressed and even demonized the idea of nature as sentient. The result is a pervasive cultural disconnect and abandoning of our ability to communicate with the natural world, something that's intrinsically available to each of us. It's my intention to use my story to teach others how to develop and strengthen that relationship."
"Freeing dammed rivers can ignite ecosystem and human recovery in magnificent, unexpected ways. When I changed majors from English to biology as an undergrad in the 90s, it was because I'd found home. The immediate sense of belonging, of being embraced by what I already knew to be true-that the natural world was my family-re-ignited a force of kin-relationship with Earth that many of us have lost."
An individual found deep kinship with rivers, experiencing the Snake River as family and learning to communicate through meditation and intuition. This kinship provided belonging, guidance, and healing, helping to recover from multigenerational dysfunction. Dominant Western hierarchical systems have suppressed recognition of nature's sentience, creating cultural disconnection and loss of innate communication with the natural world. Restoring kin-relationships can teach people to develop reciprocal bonds with ecosystems. Freeing dammed rivers can catalyze extraordinary ecological and human recovery. The intention is to share lived experience and practical approaches to strengthen relationships between humans and the living Earth.
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