Protect Our Home

Grey Wolf Peak, Mission Mountain Range. Photo by Youpa Stein.

A spoken word poem by Youpa Stein.

Transcript:

We are Montanans for clean water, air, and soil.
We are Montanans for a stable climate.
We are Montanans for a livable climate.
A livable, full of vibrant life climate.
Let’s work together to protect 
Our home.
Our Montana home.
Our Big Sky Montana home.
Together, let’s protect
Our home.
We care for the plants, the creatures, and the people of this place.
This Last Best Place.
We are Montanans for a healthy Montana.
We are Montanans for healthy Montanans.
We are Montanans for a healthy Earth.
We are Montanans for a livable climate.
Beyond survive
Let’s thrive
Now and in the future.
Together, let’s protect
Our home.

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Youpa Stein artistically collaborates with the natural world to bring to attention to our responsibilities for the care of the Earth. She manages the Facebook group “Working Toward Plastic Free in Montana” and volunteers with Beyond Plastics and Families for a Livable Climate in support of work to end the health and environmental justice issues related to plastics and the climate crisis. Youpa was born in Montana and lives on the Flathead Reservation of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes.