トミー・コールドウェルのインスタグラム(tommycaldwell) - 6月27日 14時28分

Several people told me this trip to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would be life changing. I had my doubts.  It’s hard to be truly moved by a place after having seen so much. But I must admit, I do feel something deep. Yes the beauty was unimaginable, the adventure epic. But I think it’s more than that. Maybe it’s the context of the place. One of the last truly wild landscapes in our country, seemingly untouched by industrialization, but with this weird dichotomy of being more affected by our warming planet.  It’s now in jeopardy of being trampled and exploited for oil.

Then there’s the human element. The Gwich’ins I shared time with are good humored, sturdy survivors, but they are justly concerned. Their lives depend on the food they get from the porcupine caribou herd. They spoke of how they adapted when their lands were taken by westerners, their children forced into boarding schools.  And how they certainly don’t want their sacred grounds to now be pillaged.
This is a complex topic that I am going to do my best to talk about my experiences over the coming weeks. And don’t worry, it’s not all doom and gloom. Although the topic is heavy, the trip itself was filled with more laughter and good old fashioned fun than any I have been on recently. Thanks to my incredible teammates @clare_gallagher_runs @slukenelson and @austin_siadak. Look for future posts if you are interested, unfollow me if you don’t care. Challenge my views if you feel so inclined. I look forward to the conversations to come.
If you want an easy way to get involved in the fight to protect this place you can text Don’tdrill to 52886 📷 @austin_siadak

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hectorlestani Thank you Tommy for sharing such deep thoughts. I agree with the need for rational consumption patterns and a sustainable use of resources for all man kind. But I have my doubts when it comes to sacred places, they might be an excuse used by a group of people to avoid other people using the same resource. I think no religious nor economical reason should let a group of people own a resource just for them and avoid its use by the rest of man kind, but this would require a very deep and complex change of mind and way of living, together with a discussion of how natural resources can't be appropriated by a group. Interesting and challenging discussion. Thanks again for the thoughts.

don_tapia12 @skydivelj he didn't say "stop use of all oil". Its about drilling responsibilly. This refuge is perfect example...did you know oil companies have currently 25% of their oil reserves in US they are NOT tapping.... the reason? Their profits wouldn't meet their desired margins. So they volunteeruly dont access that oil. But in the Arctic they can reach those profit margins so they make the false claim that we need to drill there cuz we are running out of options. Not true. Already exists other options but they refuse those options purely because they wouldn't make as much money as they would in Arctic. Shameful

6ofnone @shylikesmtns listen I’m in Board with your statement. It’s impossible to do but I enjoy a pipe dream like any other human. We are consumers. Wether it’s oil, food, and resource humans exploit and destroy. Oil is not only in our vehicles it’s used in almost every industry to make medicine, tv’s, roads, the list goes on. It’s impossible. But I will keep doing my best to decrease my usage and consumption. I just won’t drink the cool-aid that we are making a difference. The oceans are heating up and dying at an exponential rate. Once the ocean is dead we won’t be far behind.

shylikesmtns @6ofnone he didn’t say to stop using oil, he said drill responsibly. And if we had other affordable options we would be utilizing those, but the oil industry lobbyists have prevented that. Yes, we all use oil, but should that stop us from trying to preserve our resources and/or evolve to utilize them in a different way? The answer is no. We should be having this conversation and we should be looking at our options.

photographmaui @elsa_f._germi We live in a finite world with finite resources. According to the UN the worlds population in 1950 was 2.6 billion and 7.3 billion in 2015. The growth is exponential. The first billion (date estimated)wasnt reached until early 1800's. Even if every person is aware of what they use and how they use it we live a footprint behind of trash and wasted resources.

wturner79 They set aside 19.3 million acres way back as protected, with the caveat that 1.5 million of those acres may be used in development in the future. Now it’s the future. What’s the problem? It was part of the plan from day one and part of the guidelines under which protecting the other 17.8 million acres permanently was established. Seems like a solid deal...

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