Emma Ruffin

DESERT RAVEN DESIGN

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Mountain Musing

May 12, 2015 by Emma Ruffin in personal musings

When I climb high enough, the whole world seems to spread before me. Places that once meant so much to me—gardens and backyards and bedrooms and the memories that they hold—they shift and move and melt away into the horizon, and I realize that the barriers I have drawn and come to understand as real are really all in my mind. 

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May 12, 2015 /Emma Ruffin
personal musings
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The Most Important Thing We Can Do.

May 01, 2015 by Emma Ruffin in climate change, activism, social good

As it stands, we are in an abusive relationship that we refuse to walk away from.

We refuse to pay attention to the broken bones and the black eyes and the violation because they’re easy to cover up with excuses and band-aid solutions.

This is fear-based, calculated ignorance. This is our demise.

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May 01, 2015 /Emma Ruffin
climate change, social justice, activism, sustainability, call to action
climate change, activism, social good
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21st Century Architecture: There’s a Fungus Among-Us.

April 28, 2015 by Emma Ruffin

Is there anything mushrooms can’t do?

From cleaning up oil spills, to tasting de-freaking-licious sautéed with garlic and onions, mushrooms are undoubtedly some of nature’s most incredible (and important) creations.

Convinced mushrooms rule the world? Me too. And here’s one more reason to love these fun-guys (last pun, I swear..!): they might just be the future of green architecture.

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April 28, 2015 /Emma Ruffin
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5 Haunting Photos: a Bird’s-Eye View of what Factory Farms Do to Our Land.

April 27, 2015 by Emma Ruffin in climate change, activism, vegetarian

Wow. Pause with me—take that image in for a second. Breathe it. Taste it.

In a weird way, this bird’s eye view of a Texas feedlot shit lagoon looks like a giant coronary artery. Tasting of iron. Warm, wet. Pounding, pulsing. Pumping blood through our bodies.

But it’s not.

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April 27, 2015 /Emma Ruffin
factory farming, vegetarian, vegan, climate change, feedlots, photography, haunting
climate change, activism, vegetarian
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