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.

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.