“…fighting for the right of nature to exist for itself”: sierra club’s position on genetically-altered trees

June 7, 2010 by rachel

Although I generally lean toward the positive and upbeat, rampant corporate greed and planetary disregard have proven increasingly intolerable, urging us to more highly-evolved levels of earth stewardship. Therefore, my only response to the (unsurprising) news that paper and  lumber companies are quickly slithering into the production of transgenic trees is this: No, No, No, No, No, No, No! The Sierra Club has this to say, “The result, then, may be a silent forest, one which doesn’t support chipmunks or […]

Categories: inspiration • Tags: Earth, environment, forests, genetic engineering, Nature, Sierra Club

gregory colbert’s ashes and snow: nature at her most sublime

August 7, 2008 by rachel

To balance out the abundance of words in the recently posted, eight-part Making Love To God series, here are two stunning videos of near-unspeakable beauty. They are taken from the “Ashes and Snow” photographic and film exhibition by Gregory Colbert, which has been seen by over 10 million people in five cities worldwide. Part I runs for 2:32 minutes; Part II for 8:32. Click here for more on this unparalleled work of art, which has become the most attended exhibition […]

Categories: eclectica, inspiration, spirituality, video • Tags: Ashes and Snow exhibition, Earth, film, Flying Elephants Productions, Gregory Colbert, inspiration, Nature, Nomadic Museum, photography, video