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Earth

Property

June 26, 2024June 25, 2024 by Michaela McCormick
A scenic photo of Oregon's rolling hills, covered by a patchwork of health forests and horrible brown patches of clear cuts.

Property in our ravenous economy  is dead matter.  It comes alive only  as someone puts a price on it.  It has no value unless and until  a human being owns it.  The same entity,  in … Read more

Tags Earth, growth, mother earth, property

Indebted to Earth

August 24, 2023 by Michaela McCormick
Scorched ferns after the heat dome.

Human arrogancehas done what we couldto subdue our Mother Earth,extracting what we dubbed her riches –the wood, coal, and oil to fuelour frantic race for comfort and convenience,the spices, sugar, tobacco, tea, and coffeeto sate … Read more

Tags Climate Breakdown, Earth, Nature, overreach, Poetry

Water is Life

October 17, 2022 by Michaela McCormick

Stories can kill or save our planet. The story ruling the world in recent centuries is the one pushed by white settler colonialists for their own profit and power. It depicts the Earth as an … Read more

Tags Dakota Access Pipeline, Degrowth, Earth, Environmental Injustice, Indigenous, Sacrifice zones, Water Is Life

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