New at Nature :: Spirit:

"In old Hawaiʻi, turning water permanently out of its streambed was against the law. It wasn’t just illegal, it was unthinkable. Because to the Hawaiians, ola i ka wai: water is life. Water is for everyone, and for everyone equally."

Where Water Wants to Go: thoughts on Lahaina, colonialism, and mālama ʻāina, or caring for land

#water #colonialism #irrigation #wetlands #fire #plantations #Indigenous #swamp #Mesopotamia #GreatBlackSwamp

https://priscillastuckey.substack.com/p/43-where-water-wants-to-go#details

43. Where Water Wants to Go

Listen now (23 mins) | Lahaina, conquering water, and mālama ʻāina

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