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He Uses Art to Make State Parks in California More Accessible for All

By Sam Laird — 2021

Joe Colmenares and many others, Bayview-Hunters Point is not simply a representation of urban blight. It’s a living, breathing community where people live and work, love and lose, join together and get by. That’s where the 252-acre oasis of Candlestick Point State Recreation Area comes in—and more specifically, where Colmenares’ mural of willets has a role to play in this overlooked corner of a mural-loving city.

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Humanity and Nature Are Not Separate—We Must See Them as One to Fix the Climate Crisis

A deeper issue underlies each one’s part in the malaise enveloping the planet’s ecosystems—and its origins date back to long before the industrial revolution. To truly bring ourselves into harmony with the natural world, we must return to seeing humanity as part of it.

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Connection with Nature