During our time on the coast last week we made it down to Muir Woods a protected old growth Coast Redwood grove, named after John Muir. I have only been to see the coast redwoods a few times but everytime I walk amoung these big trees it is a spiritual experience. To see and touch something so colossal and old and
living is humbling. As humans we feel like we have things pretty well figured out, we feel so secure in our selves and our institutions and technology, but these trees have watched human civilizations come and go and will maybe see ours go as well. Maybe they are the ones that have it all figured out.
Holding up the sky
Boys and Mom in the UN Grove. The United Nations met here in this grove several days after they formed. At the meeting FDR gave a speech outlining that without sustainable use and conservation of natural resources world peace was impossible. That being said the US has cut the old growth coastal redwoods so extensivley that there is only about 6% of the stands left. Not very sustainable.
The Pinchot Tree
Holding up the sky
Boys and Mom in the UN Grove. The United Nations met here in this grove several days after they formed. At the meeting FDR gave a speech outlining that without sustainable use and conservation of natural resources world peace was impossible. That being said the US has cut the old growth coastal redwoods so extensivley that there is only about 6% of the stands left. Not very sustainable. 
The Pinchot Tree
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