“While acute smoke is bad for human and environmental health, smoke in moderation can be part of human and environmental health and well-being.”

Beyond the Plume of Smoke
June 23, 2021 •
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“While acute smoke is bad for human and environmental health, smoke in moderation can be part of human and environmental health and well-being.”
In the beginning, fire burned the world. Don Hankins’ Plains Miwok ancestors passed on this understanding of fire through generations, and he draws from it as a traditional cultural practitioner pyrogeographer when burning landscapes in California.