naturally

A "tree-hugger" some have called me. I accept the appointment, I guess. A rare being, I am, in this town, which was once honored for saving its trees.

They don't care as much for the land here as they used to. Money is involved, as always is. The land is scarred, the animals seeking shelter.

There must be a better way.

And so, in my search for ideas, I ran across this bit of wisdom somewhere, which is thought to be the translated words of the known Chief Seattle.

Teach your children
what we have taught our children...
that the earth is our mother.
Whatever befalls the earth
befalls the sons and daughters
of the earth.
If men spit upon the ground,
they spit upon themselves.

This we know
The earth does not belong to us,
we belong to the earth.
This we know.
All things are connected
like the blood which unites one family.

All things are connected.
Whatever befalls the earth
befalls the sons and daughters
of the earth.

We did not weave the web of life,
we are merely a strand in it.
Whatever we do to the web,
we do to ourselves. Chief Seattle