{"id":11585,"date":"2020-02-05t17:14:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-05t17:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/how-do-you-speak-for-the-river\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28t18:47:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28t18:47:12","slug":"speak-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/speak-river\/","title":{"rendered":"how do you speak for the river?"},"content":{"rendered":"

when explaining the concepts of environmental protection and conservation to children, adults often pull out the lorax<\/em>, the picture book featuring dr. seuss’s titular environmental advocate. this book, which was published in 1971, at the height of the early environmental movement, and just a year before the passage of the clean water act, has remained relevant for decades because it encourages a belief in protecting and speaking for the environment, which has no voice of its own.<\/p>\n

the lorax, as he famously states, speaks for the trees. but to speak for individual trees is one thing; how might one speak for as large a body as the river?<\/p>\n

with the help of my friend grace bautista, we put together this storybook guide to “speaking for the river,” inspired by the work done by the potomac conservancy, a d.c.-based group devoted to protecting the potomac river.<\/p>\n