Explore Seattle’s urban forest and the humans that live within it in the premiere of “Growing Old”, an audio series launched on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. You can subscribe to the series on all your favorite streaming platforms, follow the story on Instagram, and learn more at growingoldproject.com.
Running-Grass is featured in episode 7, aired on May 6, and on episode 7, to be aired May 27.
The Growing Old Project team came together to consider how Seattle’s forest had changed over the past half century, and where we might go in the next 50 years. They ask:
What would it look like, within the next 50 years, for Seattle to become a place where both trees and humans grow old?
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Zoey Echohawk Photo by Uly Curry
This question travels with you through eight episodes of Growing Old, through parks and reserves throughout our City, to the Chief Seattle Club’s Eagle Village, and into discussions with experts across fields and communities. It explores the histories that have shaped the forest we live in: colonialism, assimilation boarding schools, Japanese internment, and regional restoration among them.
With the Growing Old Project, you’ll hear visions of healthy, abundant Orcas in the Salish Sea, millions of Salmon thriving, and affordable multi-family homes in proximity to beautiful trees. You’ll imagine a Seattle with carbon neutrality, a biodiverse and contiguous forest devoid of litter, and a bountiful landscape with foods and medicines native to this place. And you’ll explore what needs to happen today to make that future a possibility.
Learn more at GrowingOldProject.com.
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