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This weekend I did not get to take part the Protect the Earth Summit. I wish I could have brought pictures of the hike to Eagle Rock and posted them here. I feel inadequate to address the issue of the proposed sulfide mine in the Upper Peninsula. Where I can spout my anger sufficiently enough, when I try to sound coherent and educated I stumble and I know anger is not a positive way to create change. Despite my intelligence, my protests have been limited to bumper stickers, tee-shirts, and the occasional letters to my politicians. What I am doing is not enough.

from Farlane's Blog

Is fresh water important to you? Have you swam in the waters of the Great Lakes? Have you walked the Yellow Dog Plains? Picked blueberries? Fly-fished? Snowshoed? Do you have friends and families living off grid up County Road 550? I like the idea of advocating for pristine waters–don’t you? Farlane, is not just someone I have stumbled across online (although I have never met him in person), he has become part of a family, a community. His use of technology and the Internet to promote and protect Michigan show commitment, and he is the administer of a Flicker Group, called Downstream. The images at Downstream run in a slide show along with Daisy May’s A Letter from Downstream . Please take some time to listen.

Spurred to action, I added a photo to the slide show, it is still not enough. I will call Kristi Mills at Save the Wild U.P. and get her that framed photo I promised. Earlier this year I had a showing at a Mission Gallery inside Dead River Coffee and one of my prints is promised to help the raise funds in a future auction. What else can I do? I can make this post, and a commitment to talk to people, educate, and encourage action.