In the pages of this 43rd edition of Resilience, you will find the voices of community
members who are living this reality through vulnerability, stark honesty, and self-evaluation.
By sharing their passions and pains, they offer us intimate access to their
relationships with the land. Through their messages and gifts, we are reminded of
what is important in this life and what we stand to lose. As an ecological researcher,
I find sanctuary in the pages of this issue of Resilience. After years of quantifying and
objectifying biodiversity loss as numbers, figures, and facts, I feel sudden rushes of
repressed sorrow and anger as I read this issue’s stories and pour over its artwork.
Creating a space for the expression of emotionality around our climate and
biodiversity crises is so incredibly important–our selected storytellers in Resilience
embody this space. Their narratives and imagery welcome you into their intimate
experiences with nature.
