Kosmos Journal
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Now in our third decade, Kosmos Journal informs and inspires by sharing transformational thinking, practice and policy grounded in spirit, beauty and action. Hospice the era that is passing away and participate in the birth of a new one with Kosmos!
A new Issue of Kosmos
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The Master keeps her mind always at one with the Tao;
that is what gives her her radiance.
The Tao is dark and unfathomable.
How can it make her radiant?
Because she lets it.
— Tao Te Ching
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The Master keeps her mind always at one with the Tao;
that is what gives her her radiance.
The Tao is dark and unfathomable.
How can it make her radiant?
Because she lets it.
— Tao Te Ching
Reweaving the Light
Click here to read the newest issue of Kosmos. In a time of unraveling—personal, planetary, spiritual—'Reweaving the Light' explores how coherence returns not through control, but through deeper prese...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A new Issue of Kosmos
www.kosmosjournal.org/2025-4/
The Master keeps her mind always at one with the Tao;
that is what gives her her radiance.
The Tao is dark and unfathomable.
How can it make her radiant?
Because she lets it.
— Tao Te Ching
www.kosmosjournal.org/2025-4/
The Master keeps her mind always at one with the Tao;
that is what gives her her radiance.
The Tao is dark and unfathomable.
How can it make her radiant?
Because she lets it.
— Tao Te Ching
www.kosmosjournal.org/2025-3/
From the subatomic to the cellular, resonance appears to be the thread that weaves order into matter. Long before the first cells emerged, quantum resonance guided particles into coherent structures—quarks, protons, atoms, molecules, and eventually, life itself.
From the subatomic to the cellular, resonance appears to be the thread that weaves order into matter. Long before the first cells emerged, quantum resonance guided particles into coherent structures—quarks, protons, atoms, molecules, and eventually, life itself.
The New Coherence
From the subatomic to the cellular, resonance appears to be the thread that weaves order into matter. Long before the first cells emerged, quantum resonance guided particles into coherent structures—q...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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From the subatomic to the cellular, resonance appears to be the thread that weaves order into matter. Long before the first cells emerged, quantum resonance guided particles into coherent structures—quarks, protons, atoms, molecules, and eventually, life itself.
From the subatomic to the cellular, resonance appears to be the thread that weaves order into matter. Long before the first cells emerged, quantum resonance guided particles into coherent structures—quarks, protons, atoms, molecules, and eventually, life itself.
A new issue of Kosmos
What Water Can Teach Us
“Water’s wisdom invites us to reimagine power—not as something imposed from above, but as something rising from beneath: the collective strength of people in right relationship with the Earth and each other.”
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What Water Can Teach Us
“Water’s wisdom invites us to reimagine power—not as something imposed from above, but as something rising from beneath: the collective strength of people in right relationship with the Earth and each other.”
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What Water Can Teach Us
Welcome to the newest issue of Kosmos. Click here for the full list of features and to read the Editorial: "In this time of accelerating climate crisis, social unraveling, and spiritual amnesia, water...
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March 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A new issue of Kosmos
What Water Can Teach Us
“Water’s wisdom invites us to reimagine power—not as something imposed from above, but as something rising from beneath: the collective strength of people in right relationship with the Earth and each other.”
www.kosmosjournal.org/2025-2/?fbcl...
What Water Can Teach Us
“Water’s wisdom invites us to reimagine power—not as something imposed from above, but as something rising from beneath: the collective strength of people in right relationship with the Earth and each other.”
www.kosmosjournal.org/2025-2/?fbcl...
Shannon Willis in Kosmos
“To rebel softly is to refuse to be reduced. It is to remain tender in a world that would harden you, to insist on connection where division is sown.“
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“To rebel softly is to refuse to be reduced. It is to remain tender in a world that would harden you, to insist on connection where division is sown.“
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The Mycelial Art of Soft Rebellion
Soft rebellion refuses urgency and exhaustion. It listens, weaves, and roots. It resists not by mirroring violence, but by embodying tenderness as strategy—disrupting systems with care, beauty, and th...
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March 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Shannon Willis in Kosmos
“To rebel softly is to refuse to be reduced. It is to remain tender in a world that would harden you, to insist on connection where division is sown.“
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/t...
“To rebel softly is to refuse to be reduced. It is to remain tender in a world that would harden you, to insist on connection where division is sown.“
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/t...
In Kosmos - always free
"It’s okay to grieve what we’re leaving behind, even if it was flawed. It’s okay to feel conflicted. There’s a call for a softer approach to change..." - Pauline Baudon
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"It’s okay to grieve what we’re leaving behind, even if it was flawed. It’s okay to feel conflicted. There’s a call for a softer approach to change..." - Pauline Baudon
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Softening the Rhetoric: What Therapy Teaches Us About Social Change
Much of today’s social and climate justice culture focuses on change—yet often skips over the loss that comes with it. It’s okay to grieve what we’re leaving behind, even if it was flawed. It’s okay t...
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February 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In Kosmos - always free
"It’s okay to grieve what we’re leaving behind, even if it was flawed. It’s okay to feel conflicted. There’s a call for a softer approach to change..." - Pauline Baudon
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/s...
"It’s okay to grieve what we’re leaving behind, even if it was flawed. It’s okay to feel conflicted. There’s a call for a softer approach to change..." - Pauline Baudon
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Design Science: Thinking Like a Planet
By Medard Gabel and David Heeney
"It seeks to build capacity rather than merely solve problems"
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Design Science: Thinking Like a Planet
By Medard Gabel and David Heeney
"It seeks to build capacity rather than merely solve problems"
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Design Science: Thinking Like a Planet
Design science is different from other problem-solving and planning methodologies in its comprehensive, anticipatory, inclusive, and transparent approaches to the development of solutions. It takes a ...
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February 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Design Science: Thinking Like a Planet
By Medard Gabel and David Heeney
"It seeks to build capacity rather than merely solve problems"
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Design Science: Thinking Like a Planet
By Medard Gabel and David Heeney
"It seeks to build capacity rather than merely solve problems"
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In Kosmos
Stunning images by Jerry Sage, in this essay by Michael Gray
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Stunning images by Jerry Sage, in this essay by Michael Gray
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Gaia Within | Choosing Care in an Unraveling World
Time might bring back the coral reefs and provide space for species that are not yet extinct to rebuild their populations. Forests could reclaim hillsides while birds, butterflies, and bees construct ...
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February 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In Kosmos
Stunning images by Jerry Sage, in this essay by Michael Gray
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Stunning images by Jerry Sage, in this essay by Michael Gray
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In Kosmos
Bioregioning and Our Felt Sense of Place | Thinking without Borders
By Nate Hagens, Isabel Carlisle, Samantha Power, Daniel Christian Wahl
"When we think about the "islands of coherence" we need, bioregions provide that cultural grounding..."
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Bioregioning and Our Felt Sense of Place | Thinking without Borders
By Nate Hagens, Isabel Carlisle, Samantha Power, Daniel Christian Wahl
"When we think about the "islands of coherence" we need, bioregions provide that cultural grounding..."
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Bioregioning and Our Felt Sense of Place
A bioregion is a coherent geographical entity—a landscape—not politically defined. It has coherent geology, landform types, fauna, flora, rainfall, and human history. So, there's a coherent story that...
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February 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In Kosmos
Bioregioning and Our Felt Sense of Place | Thinking without Borders
By Nate Hagens, Isabel Carlisle, Samantha Power, Daniel Christian Wahl
"When we think about the "islands of coherence" we need, bioregions provide that cultural grounding..."
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/b...
Bioregioning and Our Felt Sense of Place | Thinking without Borders
By Nate Hagens, Isabel Carlisle, Samantha Power, Daniel Christian Wahl
"When we think about the "islands of coherence" we need, bioregions provide that cultural grounding..."
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/b...
Only in Kosmos
Softening the Rhetoric: What Therapy Teaches Us About Social Change
By Pauline Baudon
So much of today’s social and climate justice culture focuses on change—yet often skips over the loss that comes with it."
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/s...
Softening the Rhetoric: What Therapy Teaches Us About Social Change
By Pauline Baudon
So much of today’s social and climate justice culture focuses on change—yet often skips over the loss that comes with it."
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/s...
Softening the Rhetoric: What Therapy Teaches Us About Social Change
Much of today’s social and climate justice culture focuses on change—yet often skips over the loss that comes with it. It’s okay to grieve what we’re leaving behind, even if it was flawed. It’s okay t...
www.kosmosjournal.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Only in Kosmos
Softening the Rhetoric: What Therapy Teaches Us About Social Change
By Pauline Baudon
So much of today’s social and climate justice culture focuses on change—yet often skips over the loss that comes with it."
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/s...
Softening the Rhetoric: What Therapy Teaches Us About Social Change
By Pauline Baudon
So much of today’s social and climate justice culture focuses on change—yet often skips over the loss that comes with it."
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/s...
The new issue of Kosmos is here!
Beyond Conditioned Thinking
with features on Bioregioning, Design Science, Earth-centered thinking and much more.
In this issue:
Nate Hagens
Charles Eisenstein
Medard Gabel
Samantha Power
Daniel Christian-Wahl
Pauline Baudon
...more
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Beyond Conditioned Thinking
with features on Bioregioning, Design Science, Earth-centered thinking and much more.
In this issue:
Nate Hagens
Charles Eisenstein
Medard Gabel
Samantha Power
Daniel Christian-Wahl
Pauline Baudon
...more
www.kosmosjournal.org/2025-1/
Beyond Conditioned Thinking
Welcome to the newest issue of Kosmos, 'Beyond Conditioned Thinking'. Click here for the full list of features and to read the Editorial: "The news of the day can make our heads spin. But what is actu...
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February 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The new issue of Kosmos is here!
Beyond Conditioned Thinking
with features on Bioregioning, Design Science, Earth-centered thinking and much more.
In this issue:
Nate Hagens
Charles Eisenstein
Medard Gabel
Samantha Power
Daniel Christian-Wahl
Pauline Baudon
...more
www.kosmosjournal.org/2025-1/
Beyond Conditioned Thinking
with features on Bioregioning, Design Science, Earth-centered thinking and much more.
In this issue:
Nate Hagens
Charles Eisenstein
Medard Gabel
Samantha Power
Daniel Christian-Wahl
Pauline Baudon
...more
www.kosmosjournal.org/2025-1/
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Visionary from @anandwrites.bsky.social "When I look down at the ground of the present right now, I feel depressed. If I lift my head to the horizon, I see a different picture. This is not the chaos of the beginning of something. This is the chaos of the end of something." the.ink/p/january-6-...
January 6 was a revolt against the future. The future will prevail
A reflection, four years on
the.ink
January 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Visionary from @anandwrites.bsky.social "When I look down at the ground of the present right now, I feel depressed. If I lift my head to the horizon, I see a different picture. This is not the chaos of the beginning of something. This is the chaos of the end of something." the.ink/p/january-6-...
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Sharing the wisdom of Britain's #indigenous #spirituality these winter long-nights: the knowing of oak and river and mountain to bring us into deeper connection with the Web of Life
accidentalgods.life/heart-of-oak
#AccidentalGods #Podcast w Philip Carr-Gomm of 'Tea with a #Druid'
#Druidry
accidentalgods.life/heart-of-oak
#AccidentalGods #Podcast w Philip Carr-Gomm of 'Tea with a #Druid'
#Druidry
Heart of Oak: Talking Druidry, Spirituality and the nature of Magic in the MetaCrisis with Philip Carr-Gomm
How is Druidry alive in the contemporary world? What are the values and practices that make it so suited to the inflexion point of the moment? Why - and how - does it mesh so well with other, more spi...
accidentalgods.life
January 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Sharing the wisdom of Britain's #indigenous #spirituality these winter long-nights: the knowing of oak and river and mountain to bring us into deeper connection with the Web of Life
accidentalgods.life/heart-of-oak
#AccidentalGods #Podcast w Philip Carr-Gomm of 'Tea with a #Druid'
#Druidry
accidentalgods.life/heart-of-oak
#AccidentalGods #Podcast w Philip Carr-Gomm of 'Tea with a #Druid'
#Druidry
Kosmos Top Ten Most-Read of the Year
#7
“True systems transformation requires an inner shift in consciousness, aligning our values with the well-being of all life on Earth.” - Inner Dimensions of Systems Transformation, by Earth4All
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#7
“True systems transformation requires an inner shift in consciousness, aligning our values with the well-being of all life on Earth.” - Inner Dimensions of Systems Transformation, by Earth4All
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Inner Dimensions of Systems Transformation
At both individual and societal levels, it’s possible to develop the cognitive, emotional, and relational capacities to better comprehend and navigate complexity. Wisdom traditions have long advocated...
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December 30, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Kosmos Top Ten Most-Read of the Year
#7
“True systems transformation requires an inner shift in consciousness, aligning our values with the well-being of all life on Earth.” - Inner Dimensions of Systems Transformation, by Earth4All
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/i...
#7
“True systems transformation requires an inner shift in consciousness, aligning our values with the well-being of all life on Earth.” - Inner Dimensions of Systems Transformation, by Earth4All
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/i...
Kpsmos Top Ten Most-Read of the Year
#8
Kosmos Founder shares her journey at 94
"I got rid of the oxygen equipment supplied by Hospice and filled my room with living plants. I am drawn to the magical images of the new cosmology...." - Nancy Roof
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#8
Kosmos Founder shares her journey at 94
"I got rid of the oxygen equipment supplied by Hospice and filled my room with living plants. I am drawn to the magical images of the new cosmology...." - Nancy Roof
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/n...
The Ageless Wisdom of Nancy Roof
"Those who study the ageless wisdom are aware that the universe is organized around cycles and rhythms of transformation. Dark times precede transformative breakthroughs. We are called to dig deeper t...
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December 30, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Kpsmos Top Ten Most-Read of the Year
#8
Kosmos Founder shares her journey at 94
"I got rid of the oxygen equipment supplied by Hospice and filled my room with living plants. I am drawn to the magical images of the new cosmology...." - Nancy Roof
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/n...
#8
Kosmos Founder shares her journey at 94
"I got rid of the oxygen equipment supplied by Hospice and filled my room with living plants. I am drawn to the magical images of the new cosmology...." - Nancy Roof
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/n...
Ending 2024 with a retrospective short film pulling from the amazing interviews I’ve had the opportunity to film in the last year plus!
In the Making...
YouTube video by In the Making
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December 30, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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If you're curious about my work, this short documentary by Katie Teague - Living in the Metacrisis - is a good place to start.
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LIVING IN THE METACRISIS with Jonathan Rowson
YouTube video by In the Making
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November 14, 2024 at 6:52 AM
If you're curious about my work, this short documentary by Katie Teague - Living in the Metacrisis - is a good place to start.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjOQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjOQ...
Kosmos Top Ten #Most-Read of the Year
#9
Roughly five to twelve #local folks gather to form a Beloved #Community Circle. It is deliberately intended to be a small, intimate group who can support, train, and act together.
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#9
Roughly five to twelve #local folks gather to form a Beloved #Community Circle. It is deliberately intended to be a small, intimate group who can support, train, and act together.
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It's Time for Beloved Community Circles
Beloved Community Circles is a network of small groups of 5-12 people, geographically local to each other, who make three commitments: to engage in spiritual practice and healing together so that heal...
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December 27, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Kosmos Top Ten #Most-Read of the Year
#9
Roughly five to twelve #local folks gather to form a Beloved #Community Circle. It is deliberately intended to be a small, intimate group who can support, train, and act together.
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/b...
#9
Roughly five to twelve #local folks gather to form a Beloved #Community Circle. It is deliberately intended to be a small, intimate group who can support, train, and act together.
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/b...
Kosmos Top Ten Most-Read of the Year
#10
Our planet is habitable because the myriad living entities embedded in its lands and oceans continuously maintain and improve its vitality, viability, and evolutionary capability.
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#10
Our planet is habitable because the myriad living entities embedded in its lands and oceans continuously maintain and improve its vitality, viability, and evolutionary capability.
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Biodiversity is Biosecurity
Understanding how life creates a livable Earth radically alters our view of the world. It means that the material (abiotic) world does not simply shape the conditions for the living (biotic) world. Th...
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December 27, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Kosmos Top Ten Most-Read of the Year
#10
Our planet is habitable because the myriad living entities embedded in its lands and oceans continuously maintain and improve its vitality, viability, and evolutionary capability.
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/b...
#10
Our planet is habitable because the myriad living entities embedded in its lands and oceans continuously maintain and improve its vitality, viability, and evolutionary capability.
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/b...
If only we practice this essential teaching...
December 25, 2024 at 8:40 PM
If only we practice this essential teaching...
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"We must come together as individuals, families, cities, and a nation to discuss strategies of self-protection and survival. To get out of the dangerous situation we are in, the practice of mindfulness has to be collective"
-Thich Nhat Hanh (The Heart of The Buddha's Teaching pg 32-33)
-Thich Nhat Hanh (The Heart of The Buddha's Teaching pg 32-33)
December 19, 2024 at 7:08 PM
"We must come together as individuals, families, cities, and a nation to discuss strategies of self-protection and survival. To get out of the dangerous situation we are in, the practice of mindfulness has to be collective"
-Thich Nhat Hanh (The Heart of The Buddha's Teaching pg 32-33)
-Thich Nhat Hanh (The Heart of The Buddha's Teaching pg 32-33)
December 18, 2024 at 3:22 PM
#EARTH #WISDOM
The End of Human #Supremacy
By Arkan Lushwala
Remembering to listen to all the beings of #nature that are not only asking for help but also offering their wise medicine will be the long-awaited end of human supremacy.
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/e...
The End of Human #Supremacy
By Arkan Lushwala
Remembering to listen to all the beings of #nature that are not only asking for help but also offering their wise medicine will be the long-awaited end of human supremacy.
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/e...
The End of Human Supremacy
The healing of the world will be created through the cooperation of everyone who lives on Earth...The Earth knows how to heal the Earth better than anyone. Remembering to listen to all the beings of n...
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December 18, 2024 at 3:08 PM
#EARTH #WISDOM
The End of Human #Supremacy
By Arkan Lushwala
Remembering to listen to all the beings of #nature that are not only asking for help but also offering their wise medicine will be the long-awaited end of human supremacy.
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/e...
The End of Human #Supremacy
By Arkan Lushwala
Remembering to listen to all the beings of #nature that are not only asking for help but also offering their wise medicine will be the long-awaited end of human supremacy.
www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/e...
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A mature Giant Sequoia can use 2000 liters of water every day during the summer. That's why snowy winters are fundamental: with adequate water they can live over 3,000 years
Simply magnificent ⚜️❤️⚜️❤️⚜️❤️⚜️
[📹 Michael Block]
Simply magnificent ⚜️❤️⚜️❤️⚜️❤️⚜️
[📹 Michael Block]
December 18, 2024 at 1:32 AM
A mature Giant Sequoia can use 2000 liters of water every day during the summer. That's why snowy winters are fundamental: with adequate water they can live over 3,000 years
Simply magnificent ⚜️❤️⚜️❤️⚜️❤️⚜️
[📹 Michael Block]
Simply magnificent ⚜️❤️⚜️❤️⚜️❤️⚜️
[📹 Michael Block]