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by Rivera Sun
Writer, Dandelion Salad
October 17, 2021
Winds of Change is the third novel in the Dandelion Trilogy by Rivera Sun. It’s a wild tale of resistance and resilience, people-powered democracy movements and the race for climate justice.
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TheRealNews on Sep 25, 2019
The policies of Brazil’s right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro are provoking more forest fires and deforestation, not only in the Amazon rainforest. Environmental activists are now trying to counter the trend by engaging in reforestation.
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by Shepherd Bliss
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Santa Rosa, California
June 26, 2014
A loud, crashing sound startles my young farm-hand Emily Danler awake in the dark of the night. She camps out in order to start picking berries at sun-up. My dog, inside, barks. After a physically-demanding day farming, I sleep through it all.
Looking down the boysenberry field to the bottom of Kokopelli Farm the next morning, tears come to my eyes. The tall, old black oak had split right down the middle of its deep, wide trunk. I would never again see its crimson leaves announcing the beginning of Spring. Continue reading
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by Shepherd Bliss
Guest Writer
Dandelion Salad
September 13, 2012
Morning: Listening
Trees transform, shield, shade and provide oxygen, fruit, and beauty. They offer many other gifts. Without trees, humans would not survive. Through the magical process of photosynthesis, tree leaves and other green plants release oxygen by transforming carbon dioxide and water.
As our human learning community walks into the woods here beyond the Dominican University of California, I invite you to experience the plant community. Continue reading
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June 08, 2010 — The uprooting of the olive trees and destruction of the land of Abu Nidal in the village of Al-Walaja. This heartbreaking experience was exacerbated by the fact that the apartheid wall being built will encircle the village on all sides cutting all the villagers from their agricultural lands. 30 homes have been demolished and others are slated for demolition. The village is basically being ethnically cleansed methodically. It started in 1948 when villagers were removed from half their lands and continued after 1967 as the Zionist movement coveted and went after the rest of their lands.
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