Redwood Reforestation Video
Looking at the legacy of logging old growth redwood trees in California through the lens of a part of The Land’s forest set to undergo a restoration project.
Earth Fire Program Video
Land staff and neighbors come together to learn from Anderson Valley Fire Chief Andres Avila how to use fire as a tool
H-O-W-L, learning to talk to birds
I didn’t want to immediately disclose that I do bird calls for fun. To connect myself back into this wheel of life that we call nature.
Re-wilding the Carceral Ecosystem through Mycelial Wisdom
What if we learn from mycelial wisdom and embrace the darkness, the messiness, the ugliness and use it to fuel a new purpose? What if people in prison were seen as essential for the transformation of humanity?
Know Your Lifeboat: An Interview with Permaculturist Brock Dolman
We are perched on the tipping point of a “watershed moment.” Now is the time to bring our communities together to set in motion plans and processes that ensure our watersheds will remain healthy in perpetuity.
The Botanical Sanctuary at Mendocino County Jail
The idea of pairing a blue-collar sheriff in Mendocino County, a 33-year veteran of the force, with an ecologist who’s traveled to ninety countries studying large scale damaged ecosystems together in a prison education program might not look obvious at first sight.
Fear and Fire
A year later, March 2021, we found ourselves at a neighboring property lighting the ground around a large stand of Douglas Fir trees. This idea that we could start a fire to make ourselves safer was so foreign but made perfect sense.
The Earth Program: Water Video
What you’ll see in our Water video are highlights of conversations from the Water Summit on The Land with eco restoration expert John Liu, soil conservationist Ray Archuleta, and permaculturist Brock Dolman.
The Land is Our Inheritance
Bare feet. Fruit falling and some still hanging. This apple tree feels like I’m in Eden. The tree of life without the serpent. I think about how it was innate for my ancestors to come to the trees, to know the time for planting them, for eating from them.