Today you’ll hear from Christina Sanchez, of Every Leaf Speaks, as she lends her voice to preserving the Joshua trees. Learn about these beautiful plants, the challenges they face with human development, and what you can do to help.
Resources:
Fish and Game Commission meeting agenda regarding Joshua tree protections.
Christina’s video confronting contractors illegally removing Joshua trees.
Update: The decision of the Fish and Game Commission has been delayed until September, so there’s still time for you to make your voice heard.
To learn more about protecting the Joshua trees, find Christina at www.everyleafspeaks.org and @everyleafspeaks.
Christina Sanchez has a special connection with the desert, originally from a small community named Oasis in Eastern Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert she now calls the Morongo Basin in the Mojave Desert her home. Christina is the founder of Every Leaf Speaks Botanical Studies, she takes folks out into the desert to teach about and have them experience the diversity in desert ecosystems and encourage being stewards. In addition, Christina teaches bio-regional herbalism courses and encourages cultivating native medicinal and wild food gardens. Christina is an environmental activist, passionate about stewarding the land and being voices for the earth.