Individual care for one pond can leave sacred polluted waters unattended

Evidence

I spend countless hours improving the water quality of my half-acre pond. I stand here raking algae so that my kids can swim in clear water, while standing silent on the cleanup of Onondaga, where no one can swim. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 324

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes chapter 20’s point that well-intentioned single-site restoration can blind one to broader harm — the scale question in environmental justice.