If you took a cross-section of a tree’s branches from above, you'd see endless individuals.
If take a step back, you'll see it was one tree all along.
#Jewish
#TuBShevat
#Mazeldon

a very good & thoroughly researched piece here by @Shane_Burley who says “For #TuBShevat I wrote about trees and the battle over what ‘environmentalism’ even means. Two competing visions for ecology come to the fore on this holiday: The JNF's ‘aforestation’ vs. the Atlanta #ForestDefenders. One is liberatory. One is not.”

“There is nothing inherently liberating about the environmental movement, unless that movement sees saving the Earth as just one part of eradicating suffering and oppression for all. That is why Jewish radicals have turned their attention to the ‘forest defenders’ near Atlanta, who have been spending years now blocking the destruction of a forest region to build a police complex colloquially known as ‘copy city’ as well as an entirely unnecessary film studio.”

#stopcopcity #environmentalactivism

https://maiseh-review.ghost.io/tu-bshevat-and-speaking-through-trees/