During the summers of 2021 and 2022, as parts of the western US entered the worst drought in 1,200 years, Joel Caldwell took a road trip through California’s Central Valley and points north to document folks who are working to restore broken ecosystems and rewild lost landscapes. Part of a global movement led by grassroots activist workers, these Ecosystem Restoration Camps (ERCs) exist, as ERC founder John Liu says, “as an example of a new way to live, a way to teach, learn and participate in saving human civilization.” Read the story through the link in bio. Photo: Joel Caldwell / @joelwcaldwell