Lynnwood Ridge Refinery Park
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Our Solstice Earth Exchange was a beautiful evening to sit and be with the earth. Themes of caring, transformation and reclamation were strong. Co-facilitator, Noreen Demeria opened with a land acknowledgement which sparked my own awareness that the history I prepared to share about our location was only one (colonial) narrative. Our act of #RadicalJoy included quiet reflection, healing touch, song to honour the earth and yarn woven across a hole in the fence. Our act of beauty signifies the union between the built and natural environment, a bridge between us and the #Wild. Suspended from it, a found list of chemicals measured in the area—a most fitting treasure to symbolize the history of the ridge and the push-pull between the natural order of things and human intervention.
Our Solstice Earth Exchange was a beautiful evening to sit and be with the earth. Themes of caring, transformation and reclamation were strong. Co-facilitator, Noreen Demeria opened with a land acknowledgement which sparked my own awareness that the history I prepared to share about our location was only one (colonial) narrative. Our act of #RadicalJoy included quiet reflection, healing touch, song to honour the earth and yarn woven across a hole in the fence. Our act of beauty signifies the union between the built and natural environment, a bridge between us and the #Wild. Suspended from it, a found list of chemicals measured in the area—a most fitting treasure to symbolize the history of the ridge and the push-pull between the natural order of things and human intervention.
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