#pristinewilderness

The #ValleyOfTheSun is filled with #Saguaros and #Powerlines which proves there is no such thing as the false construct of #pristinewilderness. Such radicalized myths of virgin untouched landscapes stem from the #DoctrineofManifestDestiny, which brought about the #culturalgenocide of #Indigenous #FirstNations. The #PhoenixValley, is the homelands of the #SaltRiverPima and the various bands of #Apache... Long live #NativeAmerica and cheers to their continued survival and strengthening of culture and language. . #saguarosandpowerlines #apachejunction #arizonastateuniversity #arizona🌵 #arizona_landscapes #arizonahighways #arizonalife #igarizona (at Apache Junction, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1WdU5vhkXD/?igshid=18ibh7kczk5gv

The #PhoenixValley and it’s human population of over four million in the arid #SonoranDesert is the perfect subject to scrutinize the false construct of #PristineWilderness which is is promoted by so many environmental groups. What most supporters of these environmental organizations fail to realize is that this rhetoric is also steeped in the same colonial doctrine of #ManifestDestiny which led to the genocide of #FirstNations peoples. I believe in a certain level of environmentalism because I want clean air and water but we need to challenge the myths@and decolonize this distorted outlook steeped in mythic lies and untruths. . Captured north of #ScottsdaleArizona. (at Scottsdale, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0MMDCxFO8S/?igshid=1vzrejadvu4yu

After sundown in the #SonoranDesert. Please don't look at the power lines as eyes sores because there is no such thing as #pristinewilderness. They've been dubbed the White Man's #Katchinas by my friends and I, LOL! #saguaros #sonora #scottsdale #phoenix #phoenixvalley

#PristineWilderness is not apart of #ZionNationalPark because the area is heavily exploited by what #EdwardAbbey coined #IndustrialTourism and as support such, Zion Canyon is anything but untouched. I might as well capture its beauty with the man made! Man is inseparable from nature: to say the opposite is to believe in genocidal myth of #ManifestDestiny!

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Beautiful #rundown #Arizona. I love this #Arizona because there is no such thing as #pristinewilderness! https://www.instagram.com/p/BoUW8ZfAvHX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dcinu7jxd4gl

One should definitely hike on the ancient routes through Bhutan’s pristine mountain forests. Pic by: @max_copestake #bhutan #avidbhutan #hike #trek #travel #visitbhutan #nature #pristinewilderness #hikingholiday