“When the last tree is cut,
the last fish is caught,
and the last river is polluted;
when to breathe the air is sickening,
you will realize, too late,
that wealth is not in bank accounts
and that you can’t eat money.”
~ Alanis Obomsawin ~
1972
Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in La Gomera in November 1991.
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“Only to the white man was nature a wilderness and only to him was the land ‘infested’ with ‘wild’ animals and ‘savage’ people. To us it was tame, Earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery.” ~ Black Elk, Oglala Lakota Sioux (1863-1950)