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Co-founder @WonderLabs1 Catalyzing technology & capital to address climate impacts in caring, equitable & just ways. @MegafireAction @convectivecap @Fire_MDPI
Oct 6, 2020 12 tweets 2 min read
The notion of the ‘Wildland-Urban Interface’ or ‘WUI’ is messy and problematic. It has actively shaped the fire exclusion and suppression paradigm. Why do we still use it? What are some alternative framings? Some early morning thoughts below #wildfires We’re slowly progressing from a colonial understanding of the ‘wilderness’ to indigenous practices of stewardship. Looking into our climate future, there can be no ‘wildland’. We now understand the need to actively steward the land & this includes living with periodic ‘good’ fire