Episode 42: A Necessary Conversation with Everett Bumstead

Welcome to SEASON TWO of The Dirt!!!

A critical review of the One Million Trees documentary published by a planting company sparked this conversation. It ensued a private discussion that has become one I believes need to be public. As planters we often feel we are "trapped in the system". Except we aren't. We have seen more than ever in 2020 how when people stand up, more people will. And as more people do, as a group, change can be created. So many of the ideas brought up in this conversation have been perpetuated by so many of us, so many of us too afraid to stand up and make a change, because it makes our inner world uncomfortable. It makes job security more difficult, it may alienate us from our friends and community we feel we trust in. I am complicit in this, and I choose to be complicit no more. No more censoring, no more pretending its fine. We can only create all this change together, and I believe it is more in the hands and responsibilities of planters than management. I am not discounting their roles, and I do believe the fact this critical review of practices in planting showcased in this documentary directly by a company shows that their is denial, shame, and trauma on ALL fronts.

This is a conversation I want to continue here and beyond. Lets be better. Lets get uncomfortable so we can ultimately transcend from places of fear to a place of love. Love for each other, our community, our job, our Earth.

Stay tuned for more information about this potential fundraising campaign this season. If you are interested in being a part of this, shoot myself or Everett a message! Thank you all for listening and thinking and share around. Discuss. Be open. Love.

LINKS

Canada VPN: Hola

Film: https://gem.cbc.ca/media/absolutely-canadian/season-20/episode-23/38e815a-0134fc83a86

Planet Earth narrated by Josh Lichti: https://fb.watch/2ZOed0mFqF/

Saltwater Hank music video: https://fb.watch/2ZOfh__0sx/

Kiernan Anderson music video: https://fb.watch/2ZOg_s4A78/

Luke English music video: https://fb.watch/2ZOi0adef2/