![]() We called them the “megaloads.” On four cold winter nights, in January through March, we walked out onto the largest street in Missoula as soon as we saw a megaload and its entourage of pilot cars and police vehicles approaching. They could not transport these monstrosities on the freeways because they were too tall-even lying down on trucks-to go under the overpasses. The equipment was so large that the companies that owned those things could only move them through cities in the middle of the night, at the time of least traffic use (around 2:00 a.m.). In the early winter months of 2014, in Missoula, Montana, I was part of a coalition of climate activists and Indigenous Earth and water protectors who were trying to stop, or at least discourage, the transport of enormous pieces of mining equipment to the tar sands in Alberta, Canada, where it would be used in the largest and dirtiest oil extraction project on our planet. To have a fresh start, venturing into many unknowns, might be somewhat scary, but it is really a wonderful gift. The life-endangering wrong way had to end for life to continue anew. Typically, the end of one world is the end of a grave error, the end of a world gone wrong. In such stories, the end of one world usually coincides with the beginning of a new world. The oral traditions and origin stories of many Indigenous peoples, worldwide, include some stories of the endings of previous worlds. Hyperlinks can be clicked on and then opened in a new tab.) To get back to the place in the text, click on the number again. (A helpful note for the reader: To read an endnote click on the number one time. Paths Forward: In Defense of “Utopian” Creativity (last edited and updated, 08-11-22) The Kogi village and tribal community of Tairona, in northern Colombia.
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