Restoring a place requires healing acts beyond mere love of it.

Evidence

“My love of this country motivated me to purchase land at Shotpouch,” he wrote. “I wanted to do right here, even if I had little idea of what ‘right’ meant. To love a place is not enough. We must find ways to heal it.” If he used the herbicides, the only tree that could tolerate the chemical rain was Douglas Fir, and he wanted all the species to be present. He vowed to clear the brush by hand. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1057

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Supports the Grafting & Growth article’s case that entering a place fully — not just protecting it — is the prerequisite for genuine restoration.
• XREF: Builds directly on ch. 20 ‘restoring a place requires abandoning protection and entering it fully’ and ch. 51 love-as-healing. — connects to: A place has a soul and an intelligence that seeks to heal itself — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 192; Land restoration cannot proceed without healing the land story narrative — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 46; Restoration counteracts despair by restoring relational agency — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 1203 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Land restoration cannot proceed without healing the land story narrative #expands (0.85) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 46
• A place has a soul and an intelligence that seeks to heal itself #expands (0.80) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 192
• Restoration practice is guided by what land means #expands (0.80) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1205
• Restoration counteracts despair by restoring relational agency #expands (0.75) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1203
• Ecological restoration is an artistic practice requiring artistic sensibility #expands (0.72) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1077