testimonial

An absolutely wonderful piece of moving art, visually stunning and eloquently narrated. If you are concerned or affected by wildfire this video is a must watch. Great job mate, way to set the bar impossibly high.

Thank you for sharing this important work.  I felt emotionally moved, hopeful.  I felt gently invited to open up to a significant misunderstanding I have had about fire through my life. That film was an awakening for me.  Thank you.

Everybody should watch this. It’s illuminating, and gets to the core of what one of our biggest problems is as a species–so often we try to dominate nature instead of cooperating with it, and we do so to our own and every other species’ detriment.

Facing Fire presents a thoughtful look at how disciplines like Indigenous land stewardship and landscape design can support effective wildfire mitigation and management. Expert opinions from various disciplines are combined with captivating footage to tell a story of wildfire risk and resiliency.

Facing Fire is not just about seeing fire differently, but about expanding the ways we can see.  A valuable contribution to an ever-more timely subject.

I was deeply moved by the film, Facing Fire. It is call to remember the sacred relationship between humans and fire evolved landscapes. It is a call to action to embrace the role of fire on the land and by doing so, restore whole ecologies while mitigating the destruction caused by wildfires.

Javan Bernakovitch has presented several times in our Earth Activist Trainings, and I’m always so happy to have him!  His work combines personal empowerment with a hard-headed business sense and a deep understanding of the permaculture principles and their practical applications.  Our students find his work helps them determine their own niche in the permaculture world, and is especially useful when they have some basic knowledge and are looking at what direction to take next.  He has my highest recommendation!

Javan joined our monthly online Gathering for Change Agents to lead a discussion about sustainability. He wove a tremendous spectrum of insight in a way that was accessible and inspiring. It connected humanity’s future to nature, certainly, but it didn’t limit the discussion of sustainability to a typical notion of “saving” nature. Javan eloquently presented a compelling narrative that helped us all realize that we are a shared ecology, and we need to start thinking and acting in that way if we are to flourish.

Facing Fire shares a strong and compelling reminder of the wise practices humans used to thrive in fire-dependent landscapes over millennia, and how far we’ve strayed in the past 100 years. By working with fire, imitating its patterns and frequencies, Facing Fire challenges us to change our perspective and realign our relationship with this essential force of nature.