Comments on: The Battle for Our Home http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/ se wo were fi na wosan kofa a yenki Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:08:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Nine Nations: The Longhouse (The Anthropik Network) http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-152270 Nine Nations: The Longhouse (The Anthropik Network) Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:58:18 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-152270 [...] In the Longhouse bioregion, the trauma of the invasive culture touches everything. Even the original People of the Longhouse are no longer sure if they want to keep building a longhouse together. The reservation system is naturally part of civilization's par for the course—genocide and obliteration of all cultural diversity, all lurching towards self-destruction. The trauma runs so deep that it's hard to see a future cut along any racial lines. The original vision of the Great Tree of Peace united many warring peoples with ancient feuds under its protective boughs. That is the native vision of the land, the vision of the old-growth white pines that once proliferated through this land. There are new forests trying to grow back, waters trying to heal themselves, and cities trying to find a new, sustainable life.53 The eastern coyote is getting bigger and hunting deer in packs, because when nature needs a wolf, it makes a wolf.54 The Longhouse may have been burned down by the fires of the Foundry, but now the whole community of life in this bioregion is getting back to the ancient task of building a longhouse together. And like the five figures on the Hiawentha belt, they're holding out their hands for more to join them. So what's our answer? The lines that divide us run deep, from the urban ghettos of the Rust Belt to the ongoing genocide of the Haudenosaunee reservations. We could fall upon each other in endless war; that's something our bioregion has seen before, too. Or we could be inspired by the same vision—the same vision that inspired the United States' "Founding Fathers," the same vision that we talked about with "melting pots," and "burying the hatchet." We could join hands together, move beyond civilization together, and take our refuge beneath the boughs of the Great Tree of Peace, or we could war upon each other forever. [...] […] In the Longhouse bioregion, the trauma of the invasive culture touches everything. Even the original People of the Longhouse are no longer sure if they want to keep building a longhouse together. The reservation system is naturally part of civilization’s par for the course—genocide and obliteration of all cultural diversity, all lurching towards self-destruction. The trauma runs so deep that it’s hard to see a future cut along any racial lines. The original vision of the Great Tree of Peace united many warring peoples with ancient feuds under its protective boughs. That is the native vision of the land, the vision of the old-growth white pines that once proliferated through this land. There are new forests trying to grow back, waters trying to heal themselves, and cities trying to find a new, sustainable life.53 The eastern coyote is getting bigger and hunting deer in packs, because when nature needs a wolf, it makes a wolf.54 The Longhouse may have been burned down by the fires of the Foundry, but now the whole community of life in this bioregion is getting back to the ancient task of building a longhouse together. And like the five figures on the Hiawentha belt, they’re holding out their hands for more to join them. So what’s our answer? The lines that divide us run deep, from the urban ghettos of the Rust Belt to the ongoing genocide of the Haudenosaunee reservations. We could fall upon each other in endless war; that’s something our bioregion has seen before, too. Or we could be inspired by the same vision—the same vision that inspired the United States’ “Founding Fathers,” the same vision that we talked about with “melting pots,” and “burying the hatchet.” We could join hands together, move beyond civilization together, and take our refuge beneath the boughs of the Great Tree of Peace, or we could war upon each other forever. […]

]]> By: Political Actions (The Anthropik Network) http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-111723 Political Actions (The Anthropik Network) Wed, 23 May 2007 20:24:58 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-111723 [...] As we've so often said before, the ultimate solutions for our problem must lie in finding new ways to live, and there's little any government agency can do to help that. But government can stay out of the way, and do less harm. There's a couple issues we're facing right now that could use your support, and the internet could hardly make them easier: just a little click, and you'll have helped keep the goverment from despoiling our home. [...] […] As we’ve so often said before, the ultimate solutions for our problem must lie in finding new ways to live, and there’s little any government agency can do to help that. But government can stay out of the way, and do less harm. There’s a couple issues we’re facing right now that could use your support, and the internet could hardly make them easier: just a little click, and you’ll have helped keep the goverment from despoiling our home. […]

]]> By: The Agony of an American Wilderness (The Anthropik Network) http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-45390 The Agony of an American Wilderness (The Anthropik Network) Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:56:54 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-45390 [...] There are only a handful of books about the Allegheny National Forest in particular, and of them, most are books of photographs. The Agony of an American Wilderness is the only substantive book I know of on the region. Its author, Samuel MacDonald, was once the Washington, DC editor of Reason magazine. I've read his weblog for some time now despite my deep disagreements with him for the same reason I felt compelled to read his book: because there are so few people writing about the Allegheny National Forest. Consistently, my disagreements have been rooted in his Libertarian orthodoxy, even in the face of overwhelming evidence. Given that I can no longer support the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party because of its single-minded crusade to destroy my home, I did not expect to find much common ground with MacDonald's book on the forest. Even the review from aBetterEarth.org, a website of the Institute for Humane Studies, admitted "it becomes clear that his sympathies lie more with improved management techniques and continued logging than with zero-cut," but quickly added, "he is fair to show the virtues and foibles of those he questions on every side of the debate." Of course, as I mentioned at the outset, his is the only substantive, book-length discussion of the region, and it focuses on the "timber wars" brewing there, but as Ovid wrote, "Fas est et ab hoste doceri."—"We can learn even from our enemies." [...] […] There are only a handful of books about the Allegheny National Forest in particular, and of them, most are books of photographs. The Agony of an American Wilderness is the only substantive book I know of on the region. Its author, Samuel MacDonald, was once the Washington, DC editor of Reason magazine. I’ve read his weblog for some time now despite my deep disagreements with him for the same reason I felt compelled to read his book: because there are so few people writing about the Allegheny National Forest. Consistently, my disagreements have been rooted in his Libertarian orthodoxy, even in the face of overwhelming evidence. Given that I can no longer support the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party because of its single-minded crusade to destroy my home, I did not expect to find much common ground with MacDonald’s book on the forest. Even the review from aBetterEarth.org, a website of the Institute for Humane Studies, admitted “it becomes clear that his sympathies lie more with improved management techniques and continued logging than with zero-cut,” but quickly added, “he is fair to show the virtues and foibles of those he questions on every side of the debate.” Of course, as I mentioned at the outset, his is the only substantive, book-length discussion of the region, and it focuses on the “timber wars” brewing there, but as Ovid wrote, “Fas est et ab hoste doceri.”—”We can learn even from our enemies.” […]

]]> By: Canids of the Allegheny National Forest (The Anthropik Network) http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-29683 Canids of the Allegheny National Forest (The Anthropik Network) Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:23:10 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-29683 [...] Given the special bond humans and canids share, it seems only natural that I turn to the specific role that they've played in my home. What emerges is an amazing testimony to the power of the spirit of that place. Like everything else there, it is fundamentally a story about a primeval ecology that was destroyed, and a new ecology emerging in the same place—something new, something different, but something unmistakably related to its ancestor. If there's a single line that could sum up the story of that place, found like fractals in the story of every community nested in that place, it might be that phrase so often attributed to Mark Twain: "History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes." [...] […] Given the special bond humans and canids share, it seems only natural that I turn to the specific role that they’ve played in my home. What emerges is an amazing testimony to the power of the spirit of that place. Like everything else there, it is fundamentally a story about a primeval ecology that was destroyed, and a new ecology emerging in the same place—something new, something different, but something unmistakably related to its ancestor. If there’s a single line that could sum up the story of that place, found like fractals in the story of every community nested in that place, it might be that phrase so often attributed to Mark Twain: “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.” […]

]]> By: TonyZ http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-29236 TonyZ Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:11:16 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-29236 yeah I was surprised to find a black cherry tree on our nature hike through the Allegheny.A big fucker, too. Man those taste good. yeah I was surprised to find a black cherry tree on our nature hike through the Allegheny.A big fucker, too.

Man those taste good.

]]> By: Ryan http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-29060 Ryan Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:42:12 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-29060 Just so it's clear, the logging that occurs in the Allegheny is largely for black cherry, which is not used for paper. Much of it is exported to China or Europe to be made into veneer or furniture. Just so it’s clear, the logging that occurs in the Allegheny is largely for black cherry, which is not used for paper. Much of it is exported to China or Europe to be made into veneer or furniture.

]]> By: Rory http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-29022 Rory Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:55:15 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-29022 or you could make paper out of kudzu. http://www.nancybasket.com/gpage10.html or you could make paper out of kudzu.

http://www.nancybasket.com/gpage10.html

]]> By: -Sean. http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-29015 -Sean. Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:16:21 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-29015 <i>and if hemp cultivation hadn't been made illegal</i> What are you talking about? Corn and Soy farms are pulling their hair out trying to get rid of a similar native species. Look up Dogbane, otherwise known as Indian Hemp. Milkweed is similar, too. Both make very nice cloth, cordage, etc. Just remember that paper implies Sodium Hydroxide, which also fuels the markets for biodiesel, glass, metals, soap, drinking water, ..... You don't need the NaOH to make rope and cloth, if you have patience. The point being that hemp isn't required for making paper more efficiently, as an amazing variety of alternatives exists for both hemp and wood; switchgrass, dock, ... use your imagination and look for cellulose. Additionally, it isn't just the cellulosic source that is the problem; caustic soda involves heating limestone and burning a forest of kelp (unless mining is your answer). and if hemp cultivation hadn’t been made illegal

What are you talking about? Corn and Soy farms are pulling their hair out trying to get rid of a similar native species. Look up Dogbane, otherwise known as Indian Hemp. Milkweed is similar, too. Both make very nice cloth, cordage, etc.

Just remember that paper implies Sodium Hydroxide, which also fuels the markets for biodiesel, glass, metals, soap, drinking water, ….. You don’t need the NaOH to make rope and cloth, if you have patience.

The point being that hemp isn’t required for making paper more efficiently, as an amazing variety of alternatives exists for both hemp and wood; switchgrass, dock, … use your imagination and look for cellulose. Additionally, it isn’t just the cellulosic source that is the problem; caustic soda involves heating limestone and burning a forest of kelp (unless mining is your answer).

]]> By: The Edge of Grace » Authentic Politics http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-29009 The Edge of Grace » Authentic Politics Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:36:11 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-29009 [...] The primitivist group Anthropik is currently gearing up to fight against the clear-cutting of their home, the Allegheny National Forest. That’s far more honorable and honest a fight for survival than “defeating the enemy abroad before they can attack us at home.” Yet still, I could not imagine taking on that kind of fight right now. I have enough trouble inhabiting my own body, enough trouble with even the thought of learning how to defend it physically. [...] […] The primitivist group Anthropik is currently gearing up to fight against the clear-cutting of their home, the Allegheny National Forest. That’s far more honorable and honest a fight for survival than “defeating the enemy abroad before they can attack us at home.” Yet still, I could not imagine taking on that kind of fight right now. I have enough trouble inhabiting my own body, enough trouble with even the thought of learning how to defend it physically. […]

]]> By: janene http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-28986 janene Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:06:04 +0000 http://anthropik.com/2006/11/the-battle-for-our-home/#comment-28986 Hey -- <blockquote>Taking some fallen trees from time to time has little effect, but these are systematic operations that go in to find and remove all the fallen trees, and when you do that, what do you think happens to the soil?</blockquote> ...and that's only half of it. Perhaps half of the biodiverstiry of the forest <i>lives int hose fallen trees and decaying organic material</i>. If you take away that food source, what happens to all that life? ;-) Janene Hey —

Taking some fallen trees from time to time has little effect, but these are systematic operations that go in to find and remove all the fallen trees, and when you do that, what do you think happens to the soil?

…and that’s only half of it. Perhaps half of the biodiverstiry of the forest lives int hose fallen trees and decaying organic material. If you take away that food source, what happens to all that life? ;-)

Janene

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