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Being Human in Healthcare • Resilience in a Changing Climate Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks • Tribute to a Local Hero NEWS & VIEWS FROM THE SUSTAINABLE SOUTHWEST Being Human in Healthcare • Resilience in a Changing Climate Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks • Tribute to a Local Hero February 2014 NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO’S LARGEST CIRCULATION NEWSPAPER Vol. 6 No. 2 2 Green Fire Times • February 2014 www.GreenFireTimes.com www.GreenFireTimes.com Green Fire Times • February 2014 3 4 Green Fire Times • February 2014 www.GreenFireTimes.com Vol. 6, No. 2 • February 2014 Issue No. 58 PUBLISHER Green Fire Publishing, LLC Skip Whitson NEWS & VIEWS FROM THE SUSTAINABLE SOUTHWEST ASSoCIAte PubLISher Winner of the Sustainable Santa Fe Award for Outstanding Educational Project barbara e. brown ONTENTS edItor-IN-ChIeF C Seth roffman INCREASING RESILIENCE IN A CHANGING CLIMATE . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..7 Art dIreCtor Anna C. hansen, dakini design ‘THINKING LIKE A WATERSHED’ PANELS COME TO THE KIMO THEATER . .. .. ..8 CoPy edItor A VISIT TO THE PROPOSED ORGAN MOUNTAINS–DESERT PEAKS NATIONAL MONUMENT .. .9 Stephen Klinger BOOK PROFILE: WATER ETHICS – A VALUES AppROACH TO SOLviNG THE WATER CRISIS .. 11 WebmASter: Karen Shepherd PEOPLE AND PLANET: PARTNERS IN WELLNESS .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 CoNtrIbutING WrIterS Camille Adair, esha Chiocchio, Susan Guyette, DROUGHT AND FLOODS: IMPACTS OF 2011-2012 FIRES AND 2013 FLOODS .. .. 13 Amanda hessel, Japa K. 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BEING HUMAN IN HEALTHCARE . .. .. .. .. .. .. 27 Joseph yaroch SUSTAINABLE HEALING . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 PubLISher’S ASSIStANtS Lisa Allocco, Cisco Whitson-brown, MEDICINE OF THE PEOPLE: MASSAGE AND SELF-ACUPRESSURE .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31 Susan Clair HEALTH BENEFITS OF FOOD AS MEDICINE IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE FOR ANIMALS . 33 oFFICe ASSIStANtS Camille Franchette, Claire Ayraud OP-ED: NEW MEXICO HAS A DEMOCRACY PROBLEM. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35 AdVertISING SALeS NEWSbiTES . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25, 32, 35, 37 Skip Whitson 505.471.5177 [email protected] WHAT’S GOING ON .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 Anna C. hansen 505.982.0155 [email protected] Lloyd Santiago Covens 505.236.8348 [email protected] Jenny Gallucci 505.620.5318 [email protected] dIStrIbutIoN Lisa Allocco, barbara brown, Susan Clair, Co-op dist. 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Sun Companies publications seek to provide our readers with informative articles that support a more sustainable planet. To our LAMY, NEW MEXICO, SITE OF PLANNED CRUDE OIL TRANSFER STATION publisher this means maximizing personal as well as (SEE NEWSbiTE, PAGE 37) environmental health by minimizing consumption of meat and alcohol. GFT is widely distributed throughout north-central New Mexico. Feedback, COVER: angel oak by elliott mcdowell • www.elliottmcdowell.com announcements, event listings, advertising and article submissions to be considered for publication Green Fire Times is not to be confused with the Green Fire Report, an in-house quarterly publication of the New are welcome. Mexico Environmental Law Center. The NMELC can be accessed online at: www.nmelc.org . www.GreenFireTimes.com Green Fire Times • February 2014 5 6 Green Fire Times • February 2014 www.GreenFireTimes.com INCREASING RESiliENCE IN A CHANGING CliMATE ESHA CHIoccHIO ong periods of drought, unprecedented storm events, warmer average temperatures, rising seas, unpredictable weather patterns—we are already seeingL the impacts of a changing climate. Whether we like it or not, we are entering a period of warming on a global scale that is shifting weather patterns everywhere. Here in the southwestern United States, these changes are being expressed through reduced snowpack, shifting precipitation patterns, decreased water supplies and increased temperatures. As a result, we have already experienced catastrophic wildfires, flooding and reduced agricultural yields—trends we expect to continue. Fortunately, there is something we can do about it. Seeing these patterns take hold, The Santa Fe Watershed Association (SFWA) contracted with the Model Forest Policy Program (MFPP) to develop a climate adaptation plan through its Climate sha Chiocchio e Solutions University (CSU) planning process. Under the MFPP’s guidance, I led © a team of experts from the greater Santa Fe community, including former city of this section of the upper Santa Fe watershed has been Santa Fe Water Resources Coordinator Claudia Borchert, Jémez y Sangre Regional treated to reduce fuel loads and stabilize the soil. Water Planning Council Chair Charlie Nylander, Ecotone Executive Director Jan-Willem Jansens and La Ciénega Valley Association President Carl Dickens, Forest and Water Climate Adaptation: A Plan for the Santa Fe Watershed, outlines to develop a holistic approach to address the most pressing vulnerabilities and specific strategies and action steps to safeguard water resources and reduce create an action plan to add long-term resilience to the watershed and Santa Fe hazards from storms, fires and floods. These strategies include increasing rainwater community. infiltration, developing municipal water reuse systems, expanding forest-thinning Three potential strategies: do nothing, migrate treatments, improving the functionality of our rivers and arroyos, promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy, and developing long-term financing structures from the area, or proactively work to adapt that enable all of this work to be implemented. Over the course of several months, the planning team studied the predicted In order to ensure lasting change, everyone in the community will have to climate shifts as well as the forest, water and economic vulnerabilities of the area. participate. To be a part of the solution, you can conserve water and energy, increase From this information, we used a prioritization system to analyze the climate the permeability of your landscape, capture rainwater, reduce fuel loads on forested risks and determine the areas of highest priority. Perhaps not surprisingly, the properties, support local farmers, and invest in renewable energy. resulting priorities include reduced water supplies, increased risk of wildfire and forest degradation, flooding, and a dearth of job opportunities to retain and Our overarching goal is to ensure that Santa Fe thrives for attract working families. Taking into consideration the pillars of sustainability centuries to come. What will be your role in shaping Santa (environmental stewardship, economic health and social justice), the planning Fe’s future? i team developed five goals that address these issues and have the greatest chance To read Forest and Water Climate Adaptation: A Plan for the of long-term success. Santa Fe Watershed, visit www.santafewatershed.org. GOAL 1: Increase the water security and ecological integrity of the Santa Fe Esha Chiocchio is the Climate Solutions coordinator for the Santa watershed through conservation, infiltration, groundwater recharge and reuse. Fe Watershed Association and chair of the Energy Committee of the GOAL 2: Improve forest health for resilience in the face of climate change. Sustainable Santa Fe Commission. © Jamey Stillings GOAL 3: Develop the workforce training needs to implement this plan. GOAL 4: Increase energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE) to achieve a reduction in fossil fuel-derived and water-consumptive energy sources by 45 percent by 2030. GOAL 5: Establish financing systems that facilitate (equity) investments, emergency funds and cash-flow availability to fund climate adaptation and innovation initiatives. The implementation of these goals will take time and resources; however, it is imperative that we continue to address our vulnerabilities on multiple levels. History tells us that when communities are faced with changes such as these, there are three potential strategies and outcomes: 1) they do nothing and are subject to the environmental impacts that ultimately destroy their cities, 2) they migrate
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