1 00:00:58,750 --> 00:01:00,730 -Honey, did you bring the water bottle? 2 00:01:11,370 --> 00:01:13,680 -I wonder if there's any water around here. 3 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:20,990 Should we do suntan lotion? 4 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:24,680 -There you go. 5 00:01:25,610 --> 00:01:27,130 Do your foot. 6 00:01:55,950 --> 00:01:57,259 -Does water make you wet? 7 00:01:57,259 --> 00:01:59,450 -Water makes me wet. 8 00:02:31,579 --> 00:02:37,790 -Not so very long ago, two artists lived on my Earth body. 9 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,000 They were a couple madly in love with each other. 10 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:52,090 As ecosexuals, they also considered me, the Earth, to be their lover too. 11 00:02:52,460 --> 00:02:55,050 They told everyone they knew how much they 12 00:02:55,050 --> 00:02:59,230 loved me but I wasn't always convinced. 13 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,250 I could tell that they appreciated many parts 14 00:03:02,250 --> 00:03:06,120 of me but they were most happy in my water. 15 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,560 Annie grew up swimming in the warm pools 16 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,680 and cold mountain lakes of California. 17 00:03:15,050 --> 00:03:18,670 Beth grew up in West Virginia, swimming 18 00:03:18,670 --> 00:03:21,820 in mountain creeks, rivers, and streams. 19 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:33,640 Within months of hooking up in 2002, Annie and Beth 20 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:37,720 collaborated with my waters to make educational films. 21 00:03:40,890 --> 00:03:45,960 In 2009, they married the sea in Venice, Italy. 22 00:03:46,590 --> 00:03:51,950 In 2013, they married my Lake Kallavesi in Finland. 23 00:03:55,210 --> 00:03:58,520 Their home base was San Francisco. 24 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:05,550 From the University of California Santa Cruz, they ran the EARTH Lab, 25 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:12,510 a nomadic institute for environmental art, research, theory, and happenings. 26 00:04:14,860 --> 00:04:16,920 The lab led walking tours. 27 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:17,839 -What's next? 28 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:19,579 Any more E spots? 29 00:04:20,750 --> 00:04:23,000 -Hosted ecosex symposiums. 30 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,960 -This is to determine how ecosexual you may be. 31 00:04:26,220 --> 00:04:29,210 -Engaged with scholars like Sandy Stone. 32 00:04:29,210 --> 00:04:32,620 -Do you know it takes 10,000 gallons of water to make one computer? 33 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:33,980 I bet you didn't know that. 34 00:04:33,980 --> 00:04:36,570 You know why you didn't know that? 35 00:04:36,570 --> 00:04:37,800 Because it's not true. 36 00:04:37,930 --> 00:04:40,010 -Helen and Newton Harrison. 37 00:04:40,430 --> 00:04:42,330 -We work with water, not on it. 38 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,490 Not of it but with it. 39 00:04:44,730 --> 00:04:47,050 -Produced performance art happenings. 40 00:04:47,050 --> 00:04:48,170 -Give me that water light. 41 00:04:48,170 --> 00:04:48,909 You feel me this? 42 00:04:48,909 --> 00:04:50,909 -With artists Dragonfly. 43 00:04:50,909 --> 00:04:55,470 -Without agua, without water, you can kiss your ass goodbye. 44 00:04:55,470 --> 00:04:56,540 You understand? 45 00:04:58,590 --> 00:05:01,900 -Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Balitronica, 46 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:14,700 Saul Garcia Lopez and Judy Dunaway, the balloon virtuoso. 47 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,350 -The couple loved during research in my redwood 48 00:05:44,350 --> 00:05:49,980 forest and Butch loved all that wood too. 49 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:58,480 Their research methodology included listening to my flowing streams. 50 00:06:17,660 --> 00:06:20,730 -They also talked to other ecosexuals about my 51 00:06:20,730 --> 00:06:25,450 waters such as artists Reverend Billy Tallen. 52 00:06:25,450 --> 00:06:27,360 -Let’s not deny that we’re made of water. 53 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:28,560 We’re 70% water. 54 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:28,890 Amen. 55 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,360 We are a bunch of water bags right here with eyes peering out. 56 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:32,909 Hallelujah. 57 00:06:32,909 --> 00:06:36,830 Water is at the center of everyone’s idea of magic. 58 00:06:36,940 --> 00:06:38,780 It’s changeable. 59 00:06:39,020 --> 00:06:41,230 It changes everything it touches. 60 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,630 It changes you immediately. 61 00:06:43,850 --> 00:06:46,190 It changes a boulder over five centuries. 62 00:06:46,190 --> 00:06:53,020 Water, water, flow into me. 63 00:06:53,159 --> 00:06:55,370 -We baptize in the Church of Stop Shopping- 64 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:56,750 -That's super erotic. 65 00:06:56,750 --> 00:06:57,520 --with water. 66 00:06:59,340 --> 00:07:00,990 It is erotic, I've noticed. 67 00:07:01,210 --> 00:07:03,500 There’s a water presence in all the old 68 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:05,880 religions, the bad ones and the good ones. 69 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:07,680 There’s a water presence in all of them and 70 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,020 we know that this is the source of life. 71 00:07:11,020 --> 00:07:16,280 -Water, water, flow into me- 72 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:17,950 -Absolutely, I'm an ecosexual. 73 00:07:17,950 --> 00:07:20,780 I was an ecosexual the moment that idea was given 74 00:07:20,780 --> 00:07:22,990 to me by Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle. 75 00:07:22,990 --> 00:07:26,760 --from here to the sea. 76 00:07:27,340 --> 00:07:28,010 -Hey, girls. 77 00:07:28,490 --> 00:07:32,720 -They loved visiting distinguished Professor Donna Haraway. 78 00:07:33,180 --> 00:07:34,380 -They're bugs. -Are there bugs? 79 00:07:34,380 --> 00:07:35,530 We won't go there. 80 00:07:37,180 --> 00:07:40,320 -I think it’s called Golden Shower, the popular name. 81 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,840 The water worlds, right now, seem especially 82 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,780 important as stuff, 83 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:54,080 but also as a symbol, as metaphor, as ways of soliciting each other 84 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,560 into thinking and feeling differently. 85 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:02,280 The sensuality and sexuality of water as a way of soliciting and inviting 86 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:10,160 each other into a polymorphic sensuality that is for and of the Earth. 87 00:08:11,230 --> 00:08:12,750 -Are you an ecosexual? 88 00:08:13,710 --> 00:08:16,640 -I think that we need each other. 89 00:08:16,910 --> 00:08:21,660 I think of ecosexuality as really an important 90 00:08:21,660 --> 00:08:25,470 thread in the fabric and it’s one of my threads. 91 00:08:25,690 --> 00:08:26,840 Yes, absolutely. 92 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:31,440 You guys have been particularly good at plumping that thread up 93 00:08:31,870 --> 00:08:36,600 making it rich and thick and colorful and shimmery and-- 94 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:42,600 -It was nice to know other people were engaged by ecosexuality 95 00:08:45,050 --> 00:08:50,620 but something ominous was looming on the horizon. 96 00:08:54,250 --> 00:08:59,550 In 2016, California was in the grip of a 500-year drought. 97 00:09:00,170 --> 00:09:04,330 Reservoirs, rivers, and underground aquifers dried up. 98 00:09:04,680 --> 00:09:08,300 Residents were told to prepare for life with less water. 99 00:09:09,420 --> 00:09:14,040 California had some of my most prized topological attributes, 100 00:09:15,100 --> 00:09:19,450 valleys where food was grown, my hottest deserts, 840 101 00:09:21,150 --> 00:09:27,260 840 miles of rugged coastline and mountain ranges with snowpacks 102 00:09:27,260 --> 00:09:30,680 that supplied much of the drinking water for the state. 103 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:35,080 All this diversity made for rugged landscapes but 104 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,060 the state’s settlers never let that stop them. 105 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,840 Beginning with the discovery of gold in 1848, 106 00:09:43,070 --> 00:09:48,440 Californians adopted a philosophy of putting my water to work for them. 107 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:52,110 Hydraulic jets were used to blast hillside 108 00:09:52,110 --> 00:09:56,120 mines, arteries for commerce were created, and a 109 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,960 series of vast government water projects supplied 110 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:04,270 water for agriculture and residential use. 111 00:10:04,810 --> 00:10:08,880 California was dependent on just a few storms each 112 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,750 year to provide most of the state’s water supply. 113 00:10:13,230 --> 00:10:16,540 During the height of the drought, Beth was pessimistic. 114 00:10:16,540 --> 00:10:20,800 She believed that humans were causing my systems to collapse 115 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:26,360 and make my planet body unlivable but Annie disagreed. 116 00:10:26,780 --> 00:10:29,180 As a native Californian, she had lived 117 00:10:29,180 --> 00:10:31,340 through extreme weather all her life. 118 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:37,120 She wondered why Beth was so doom and gloom and Beth wondered 119 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,730 why Annie was acting like Pollyanna over climate change. 120 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:51,850 Then, it rained, and it rained and rained. 121 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:58,170 Dams broke, reservoirs filled to capacity, 122 00:10:58,170 --> 00:11:00,860 water restrictions were called off. 123 00:11:00,860 --> 00:11:02,940 What the fuck was going on? 124 00:11:03,180 --> 00:11:06,040 I was just as confused as Beth and Annie. 125 00:11:11,260 --> 00:11:13,820 They heard about some protests in support 126 00:11:13,820 --> 00:11:17,020 of my waters and decided to join in. 127 00:11:18,430 --> 00:11:19,500 -Hey, hey. 128 00:11:19,690 --> 00:11:20,570 Ho, ho. 129 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,000 The pipeline has got to go. 130 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:23,900 Hey, hey. 131 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:25,120 Ho, ho. 132 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,800 I am a hoe that likes a hoe. 133 00:11:27,950 --> 00:11:30,650 -They stuck out like sore thumbs. 134 00:11:31,550 --> 00:11:35,130 They were weirdos, perverts, flamboyant 135 00:11:35,130 --> 00:11:39,880 ecosexual artists, and non-linear thinkers. 136 00:11:40,540 --> 00:11:43,760 Then, back in their San Francisco research 137 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,830 center, something terrible happened. 138 00:11:56,570 --> 00:12:01,290 -Like most city slickers, they were clueless about their wastewater. 139 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,200 They wondered, “Where does it all go?” 140 00:12:10,220 --> 00:12:13,640 -This is a diagram of the San Francisco combined sewer system. 141 00:12:14,030 --> 00:12:18,560 This basically gives us the location of the three treatment plants we have. 142 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:20,990 We’re at the Oceanside Treatment Plant, right here. 143 00:12:20,990 --> 00:12:23,820 We service 20% of the residents here in San Francisco. 144 00:12:23,820 --> 00:12:26,680 From here, we discharge into the Pacific Ocean. 145 00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:31,040 -How much water gets flushed every day in San Francisco, do you know? 146 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,180 -It's about 80 million gallons. 147 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:34,270 -A day? 148 00:12:34,270 --> 00:12:34,840 -A day. 149 00:12:35,290 --> 00:12:37,630 Our toilets are not trash cans. 150 00:12:37,870 --> 00:12:41,000 There are only three things that should be flushed down the toilet. 151 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,120 We call it the three P’s; poop, paper, and pee. 152 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:45,240 That’s toilet paper. 153 00:12:45,450 --> 00:12:48,830 Kleenex, paper towels should not be going down the toilet. 154 00:12:49,050 --> 00:12:52,750 -I heard you're not supposed to flush condoms, is that true or can you-? 155 00:12:52,750 --> 00:12:54,160 -Condoms are not biodegradable. 156 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:55,790 They should go in the trash cans. 157 00:12:56,060 --> 00:12:58,890 -My father moved to West Virginia from Michigan. 158 00:12:58,890 --> 00:13:00,200 That was his first job when he came to 159 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:01,740 West Virginia--Was cleaning out outhouses. 160 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:03,920 Of course, my family doesn’t talk very much about that. 161 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:04,250 -Right. 162 00:13:04,250 --> 00:13:06,720 Well, working around poop, you get used to it 163 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,360 because we could say, "That's the smell of money. 164 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:09,850 That's the smell of money. 165 00:13:10,650 --> 00:13:12,680 That's the smell of money working around poop.” 166 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:16,040 -I want to thank you so much for taking 167 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:20,280 care of our water and cleaning it for us. 168 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:24,560 I mean, I'm glad we don't have to do it at home. 169 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:27,230 -We have a program called Adopt a Catch Basin 170 00:13:27,230 --> 00:13:29,720 to help us maintain and keep those 171 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,000 catch basins clean so that storm runoff 172 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,030 can go right into the main sewer lines. 173 00:13:34,030 --> 00:13:37,480 Now that you’ve learned about wastewater treatment, you ladies can 174 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:41,150 be ambassadors as well and get the word out and the knowledge. 175 00:13:41,150 --> 00:13:42,940 -What's the word we need to get out? 176 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,690 -Wastewater treatment is very important 177 00:13:46,890 --> 00:13:48,680 and your number two is our number one. 178 00:13:52,140 --> 00:13:55,790 -In order to take the tour, gloves, hard hats. 179 00:13:56,540 --> 00:13:57,660 -How do I look? 180 00:13:58,010 --> 00:13:58,320 -Good. 181 00:13:58,320 --> 00:13:59,500 -That looks great. 182 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:04,160 -On a perfect day, it’s on a 14-hour process from when the sewers come 183 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:09,210 in the plant to when it’s treated before it goes out, 14-hour process. 184 00:14:09,210 --> 00:14:10,910 -Yes, it's a continuous process. 185 00:14:10,910 --> 00:14:12,970 We run 24 hours, seven days a week. 186 00:14:22,350 --> 00:14:24,400 -This is where the raw sewage is coming 187 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:25,900 into the plant from the pump station. 188 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:28,440 -So, that’s raw sewage down there? 189 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:29,480 -Raw sewage. 190 00:14:29,850 --> 00:14:30,750 -Wow. 191 00:14:31,710 --> 00:14:33,450 That just looks like a river. 192 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:36,620 -These are pictures of what the inside of the bar rakes 193 00:14:36,620 --> 00:14:39,290 look like and you see a lot of condom right here. 194 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,510 -A lot of sex going on in San Francisco. 195 00:14:52,730 --> 00:14:54,570 -It’s a combined sewer system. 196 00:14:54,570 --> 00:14:57,710 When the rainwater hits the streets, it runs into the storm drains. 197 00:14:57,710 --> 00:14:59,790 The drought harmed us because we need that 198 00:14:59,790 --> 00:15:02,700 rainwater to help move the sewage to get here. 199 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,300 With not enough water in the sewage, 200 00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:10,200 that feces just settles, then you get your gases. 201 00:15:10,890 --> 00:15:15,360 Then, your sewer lines are deteriorating from those gases. 202 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,160 We need water to help it flow. 203 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,350 -Holy cow. 204 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:25,240 -These are digesters. 205 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,300 This works like a human gut. 206 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,730 -So, this is the body of the plant? 207 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:38,640 This is sewage. 208 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,930 It's coming in from houses, water that's coming 209 00:15:41,930 --> 00:15:44,830 in from the drains and rain and what else? 210 00:15:44,830 --> 00:15:46,320 -Storm runoff. 211 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,490 Wow, this is amazing. 212 00:15:53,790 --> 00:15:55,370 -What makes wastewater treatment so important? 213 00:15:55,370 --> 00:15:56,830 We're keeping the environment safe. 214 00:15:56,830 --> 00:15:57,710 We're keeping the residence safe. 215 00:15:57,870 --> 00:16:00,780 San Francisco residents are fortunate to have Hetch Hetchy 216 00:16:01,180 --> 00:16:02,940 because they don't have to use a sewer water to drink. 217 00:16:02,940 --> 00:16:04,120 It comes from snowmelt. 218 00:16:04,780 --> 00:16:09,880 Some third world countries have to use their wastewater for drinking water. 219 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,520 I just let you ladies compare tap water and you compare it to the effluent. 220 00:16:18,060 --> 00:16:19,150 and you compare it to the effluent. 221 00:16:19,150 --> 00:16:20,220 This has been treated. 222 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:21,980 This was going into the Pacific Ocean. 223 00:16:22,270 --> 00:16:23,560 -Oh, wow. 224 00:16:24,860 --> 00:16:28,250 -This is where we discharge the effluent into the Pacific Ocean. 225 00:16:29,370 --> 00:16:30,940 -That's beautiful. 226 00:16:34,170 --> 00:16:39,390 -As they looked down over San Francisco’s effluent going into my ocean, 227 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:45,050 they thought about how much they had just learned from John Smith. 228 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,840 How could they be good lovers to my waters 229 00:16:52,170 --> 00:16:55,870 when they didn’t know shit about shit? 230 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,830 They decided to set out on their own across 231 00:17:02,830 --> 00:17:06,480 California in their EARTH Lab research unit. 232 00:17:07,609 --> 00:17:09,790 Why they thought this was a good idea? 233 00:17:09,790 --> 00:17:10,940 I'll never know. 234 00:17:18,490 --> 00:17:20,910 These two have a mind of their own. 235 00:17:22,030 --> 00:17:26,810 Who am I, the Earth, to tell two ecosexuals what to do? 236 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,230 Their first stop was suppose to be the Hetch Hetchy 237 00:17:43,230 --> 00:17:46,990 Reservoir near the Yosemite Valley to visit the source of 238 00:17:46,990 --> 00:17:51,310 San Francisco's drinking water but as can happen with 239 00:17:51,310 --> 00:17:55,150 these two, they got distracted and never made it there. 240 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,280 Somehow, Annie and Beth ended up at a 241 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,470 research reserve in Sierra Nevada mountains. 242 00:18:04,890 --> 00:18:08,780 While humans created maps to conquer my surface, 243 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,840 I've always divided my waters by watershed boundaries. 244 00:18:13,210 --> 00:18:16,380 My wet spots with the original mapping technique. 245 00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:18,560 -You can see how the plants are changing 246 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:19,710 as we get further away from the creek. 247 00:18:19,710 --> 00:18:22,490 We're now in a dryer meadow and we're getting into forest 248 00:18:22,490 --> 00:18:25,070 and how quickly things change when you move from the water. 249 00:18:25,070 --> 00:18:28,060 -The water that we’re comprised of is the water that we 250 00:18:28,060 --> 00:18:31,960 take in so if you live in San Francisco, you’re really made 251 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,620 from the Tuolumne Meadows area because the San Francisco 252 00:18:34,620 --> 00:18:37,870 water is from Hetch Hetchy, which is on the Tuolumne River. 253 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:41,980 I’d much rather be made from Tuolumne than from a big city. 254 00:18:42,380 --> 00:18:44,810 -We are so lucky to be here today at Sagehen 255 00:18:44,810 --> 00:18:49,360 when there's a double rainbow and gnats. 256 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,280 -This is the fish house. 257 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:53,050 -Females are teeny. 258 00:18:53,470 --> 00:18:55,760 They'll turn on their sides and they'll- 259 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:56,670 -They dig with their tails. 260 00:18:56,670 --> 00:19:00,830 --dig with their tails and they'll make these nests in the gravel. 261 00:19:00,830 --> 00:19:01,710 -They're called reds. 262 00:19:01,710 --> 00:19:04,380 -It's like a peep show, a live sex show. -It is. 263 00:19:04,990 --> 00:19:06,810 -The fish house is absolutely- 264 00:19:07,150 --> 00:19:08,750 -Because the females are working on their nests 265 00:19:08,750 --> 00:19:10,190 and the male, of course, are coming in to- 266 00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:11,690 -They're working on the females. --they’re working on the females. 267 00:19:11,690 --> 00:19:13,180 They’ll slide up next to them and shiver. 268 00:19:13,180 --> 00:19:14,170 It’s really funny to watch. 269 00:19:14,170 --> 00:19:17,790 -Do scientists sometimes come here to watch the fish mate? 270 00:19:17,790 --> 00:19:19,600 -Yes, a lot of what I know about brook trout was learned 271 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,680 here at Sagehen through this fish house channel actually. 272 00:19:22,810 --> 00:19:23,500 -Wow. 273 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:24,440 -It's really beautiful. 274 00:19:30,330 --> 00:19:36,010 What I love about the underwater world is it's a whole other world. 275 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:38,440 It's like another planet. 276 00:19:39,150 --> 00:19:41,180 -It reminds me of my dad somehow. 277 00:19:41,930 --> 00:19:44,030 It's like he's watching a football game. 278 00:19:44,030 --> 00:19:45,100 He's bored. 279 00:19:48,510 --> 00:19:49,930 -Never a predictability to it. 280 00:19:49,930 --> 00:19:53,530 There’s always something magical and new--I mean, 281 00:19:53,530 --> 00:19:56,040 just compare the differences in water between 282 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,760 a desert river in flood that’s mostly mud and 283 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:03,020 a tropical sea or a clear mountain stream. 284 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,290 It's aesthetic. 285 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,890 The way the light filters is all about how much water is in the air. 286 00:20:08,890 --> 00:20:10,330 Everything is water. 287 00:20:10,330 --> 00:20:13,710 The landscape itself, the shapes of the landforms are all about water. 288 00:20:13,710 --> 00:20:16,600 They were all carved by water and ice. 289 00:20:16,730 --> 00:20:17,710 Everything’s water. 290 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:20,750 All the water that’s ever been here is still here. 291 00:20:20,750 --> 00:20:23,850 Maybe we’re looking at drops of dinosaur blood and 292 00:20:24,220 --> 00:20:28,510 Cleopatra’s bathwater and ice from the ice caps. 293 00:20:29,210 --> 00:20:32,910 -Water is not always this calming peaceful thing. 294 00:20:32,910 --> 00:20:34,480 It can be extremely violent. 295 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:35,000 -It's powerful. 296 00:20:35,790 --> 00:20:37,020 -Power, yes. 297 00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:38,810 Make you feel really small. 298 00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:42,570 There’s solid, which is ice, in the form of snow 299 00:20:42,650 --> 00:20:45,040 which can avalanche and in the form 300 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:47,960 of water, which if you’re a guide rowing 301 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,460 boats, high water can be extremely violent. 302 00:20:50,460 --> 00:20:51,648 -Scary stuff happens. 303 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,968 We were both river guides in the Colorado River and when there was a lot of 304 00:20:55,968 --> 00:21:00,496 snow and the snow would melt in the spring, you would get huge, huge water. 305 00:21:00,496 --> 00:21:03,040 -The waves would be really 40-feet big. 306 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,136 -Falling out of your boat in the rapids in high water, you go very deep. 307 00:21:07,136 --> 00:21:08,384 It can be very violent. 308 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,272 -I went deep and came up but never got to the surface. 309 00:21:13,376 --> 00:21:18,304 I was seeing myself as this thing just going away from the light, 310 00:21:18,304 --> 00:21:23,504 going into the dark and then, boom— I popped out of the water. 311 00:21:23,504 --> 00:21:27,168 I probably came pretty close to not being around. 312 00:21:27,296 --> 00:21:30,752 I respect it now, whereas before I just abused it. 313 00:21:30,752 --> 00:21:34,368 -Water is an interesting phenomena. 314 00:21:34,368 --> 00:21:36,832 You always have to respect it. 315 00:21:38,912 --> 00:21:43,744 -Jeff and Farthen’s stories made Beth and Annie realize that 316 00:21:43,744 --> 00:21:48,736 my water could be a cruel lover and there was no safe word. 317 00:21:50,432 --> 00:21:53,552 They sought out guidance from the goddess 318 00:21:53,552 --> 00:21:57,568 herself deep in the redwood forest. 319 00:22:14,752 --> 00:22:17,536 -Two of my favorite people on the planet, 320 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:19,808 doing all this to help the planet. 321 00:22:19,808 --> 00:22:20,496 We love you. 322 00:22:20,496 --> 00:22:22,496 Welcome with blessings. 323 00:22:22,768 --> 00:22:26,192 Wherever you go on your journey, remember you are 324 00:22:26,192 --> 00:22:30,480 the fairy queen ready to administer magic and 325 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:34,112 sparkling transformative fairy dust, which you can 326 00:22:34,112 --> 00:22:37,136 sprinkle on everyone as your gift and leave a trail. 327 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:39,776 -They don’t call her sprinkle for nothing. 328 00:22:39,776 --> 00:22:40,720 -That's right. 329 00:22:41,776 --> 00:22:46,960 -This is a deck of the oracle with 64 forms of the divine feminine 330 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:52,784 energy crafted for our times, combining all sorts of spiritual entities. 331 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:57,968 Liquida, there she is at the center of our mandala. 332 00:23:09,136 --> 00:23:11,552 -Liquida is the water daikini. 333 00:23:11,632 --> 00:23:14,992 Liquida slips in and out of form. 334 00:23:14,992 --> 00:23:18,272 She embodies the liquid state in general. 335 00:23:18,608 --> 00:23:22,544 70% of the planet’s surface is covered in water and 336 00:23:22,544 --> 00:23:25,632 about the same percentage constitutes our bodies. 337 00:23:25,824 --> 00:23:29,200 Liquida is the water in our bodies, the water we drink, 338 00:23:29,696 --> 00:23:33,584 the waters which nourish and sustain life on Earth. 339 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,832 The living organism that is our planet 340 00:23:36,832 --> 00:23:39,264 always maintains the same amount of water. 341 00:23:39,552 --> 00:23:43,856 It cycles through all the planet’s life systems, evaporating, 342 00:23:43,856 --> 00:23:48,784 and condensing, constantly mutating, and always maintaining. 343 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,744 Water is healing and soothing for you. 344 00:23:52,016 --> 00:23:56,688 Sit by bodies of water and meditate with the water and its nature. 345 00:23:57,248 --> 00:24:02,192 If possible, experience energy of different kinds of bodies of water. 346 00:24:02,272 --> 00:24:04,016 Let the water be your guide. 347 00:24:16,384 --> 00:24:21,552 -After their reading, the ecosexuals finally relaxed a little. 348 00:24:23,456 --> 00:24:26,496 It was easy being in Boulder Creek, 349 00:24:26,496 --> 00:24:30,352 a former logging town with a wild west feel. 350 00:24:32,944 --> 00:24:36,320 As a former sex worker, Annie loved Boulder 351 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,224 Creek because of its rich history of brothels. 352 00:24:40,224 --> 00:24:42,256 -Den of intiquity. 353 00:24:42,256 --> 00:24:43,568 -The swamp house. 354 00:24:43,792 --> 00:24:46,416 It was surrounded by water so if you were really 355 00:24:46,416 --> 00:24:48,784 drunk, you couldn’t get into the brothel. 356 00:24:48,784 --> 00:24:52,336 I love that Boulder Creek has whore pride. 357 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,144 -Beth liked Boulder Creek because of her 358 00:24:56,140 --> 00:25:00,768 hillbilly roots and Butch loved his balls wet 359 00:25:07,968 --> 00:25:10,800 but with so much more to learn, 360 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,048 they knew their journey was far from over. 361 00:25:16,672 --> 00:25:21,008 They decided to visit another field station down by Big Sur. 362 00:25:22,112 --> 00:25:25,360 -I’m going to want one of these, you know that? 363 00:25:35,904 --> 00:25:36,976 -Thimbleberries. 364 00:25:37,376 --> 00:25:37,872 -What are they? 365 00:25:37,968 --> 00:25:39,000 -They're good. 366 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:39,520 -Thimbleberry. 367 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:39,888 -Thimble? 368 00:25:39,888 --> 00:25:40,416 -Yes. 369 00:25:40,416 --> 00:25:42,208 -They're super good. 370 00:25:51,744 --> 00:25:52,864 -This is Big Creek. 371 00:25:52,864 --> 00:25:56,432 This is one of the perennial streams in Big Sur. 372 00:25:56,432 --> 00:26:00,736 It's about 24 square miles of catchment area. 373 00:26:00,736 --> 00:26:03,904 There’s resident rainbow trout in here. 374 00:26:03,904 --> 00:26:05,840 There’s freshwater sculpins. 375 00:26:06,016 --> 00:26:10,832 It’s a very rich ecosystem and it’s also extremely clean. 376 00:26:10,832 --> 00:26:13,168 There’s no development in this watershed 377 00:26:13,168 --> 00:26:15,712 that effects the creek and in terms of 378 00:26:15,712 --> 00:26:18,928 the composition of species, of stream 379 00:26:18,928 --> 00:26:21,184 invertebrates living here, it’s complete. 380 00:26:22,112 --> 00:26:27,056 When people come here for classes or for research or to 381 00:26:27,056 --> 00:26:32,912 go on nature hike, people want to get in the stream. 382 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:35,808 It's very cold so they're not in for long. 383 00:26:36,784 --> 00:26:38,080 The water’s very clear. 384 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,816 If you can look underwater, it’s almost like air. 385 00:26:40,816 --> 00:26:42,464 You can hardly see the water. 386 00:26:45,008 --> 00:26:46,464 When you spend a lot of time next to the 387 00:26:46,464 --> 00:26:49,968 stream, you think you hear people talking. 388 00:26:50,624 --> 00:26:53,456 In certain circumstances, you'll think, "Oh, I hear people having 389 00:26:53,456 --> 00:26:55,920 a conversation", you’ll look around and there’s nobody there. 390 00:26:55,920 --> 00:27:01,936 We separate a lot of that out with science and academia but when 391 00:27:01,936 --> 00:27:04,656 you spend a lot of time out with wildlife and in nature, 392 00:27:04,656 --> 00:27:07,632 you realize that you don’t really need to know the name of the 393 00:27:07,632 --> 00:27:10,944 thing, you just start to recognize its place in the environment. 394 00:27:12,416 --> 00:27:14,336 Stop talking all the time. 395 00:27:14,512 --> 00:27:15,808 Slow down. 396 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:17,504 See where your mind goes. 397 00:27:17,776 --> 00:27:21,216 Listen and watch and think and wait and ask questions. 398 00:27:21,616 --> 00:27:22,928 What’s going on there? 399 00:27:22,928 --> 00:27:24,048 Why is that happening? 400 00:27:24,048 --> 00:27:25,360 What’s that bird doing? 401 00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:26,880 Why is it making that noise? 402 00:27:32,304 --> 00:27:34,560 -Rather than listen to the creek as Mark 403 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,576 suggested, Beth and Annie stayed on the move. 404 00:27:46,336 --> 00:27:49,904 The Salinas Valley grew so much lettuce that 405 00:27:49,904 --> 00:27:52,416 it was called the Salad Bowl of the World. 406 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,552 -What you’re looking at now is what we 407 00:28:05,552 --> 00:28:07,696 call our industrial wastewater system. 408 00:28:07,696 --> 00:28:11,472 This water comes from the washing of vegetables and salads 409 00:28:11,472 --> 00:28:14,736 that get put into bags for consumption by consumers. 410 00:28:14,736 --> 00:28:17,920 You see our bagged salad and bagged produce all 411 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,160 across the country and sometimes across the world. 412 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:24,128 The city of Salinas grows 90% of the nation’s 413 00:28:24,128 --> 00:28:27,040 table lettuce for at least half the year. 414 00:28:27,344 --> 00:28:29,216 The important thing to know about the farmers is 415 00:28:29,216 --> 00:28:31,760 they are absolutely totally bottomline people. 416 00:28:32,048 --> 00:28:36,368 If it means 5¢ to them, they’ll do it if they can afford to do it. 417 00:28:36,992 --> 00:28:39,456 One of the great things we’re doing--and I sometimes think 418 00:28:39,456 --> 00:28:42,672 this is one definition of sustainability--is to take 419 00:28:42,672 --> 00:28:45,936 something which was once a liability like wastewater and 420 00:28:45,936 --> 00:28:49,248 turn it into an asset like water that can be recycled. 421 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,864 -The idea of recycled water was music to my big 422 00:28:54,864 --> 00:28:59,168 Earth ears and the ecosexuals liked that idea too. 423 00:29:00,176 --> 00:29:01,920 -Welcome to the future of water. 424 00:29:06,288 --> 00:29:09,600 The first process here is what we call ozonation. 425 00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:17,312 What will happen is the flow goes around thousands of these little straws 426 00:29:17,312 --> 00:29:22,400 here and the water gets sucked in and takes out almost everything. 427 00:29:22,688 --> 00:29:27,376 We inject the hydrogen peroxide and run it through and that will 428 00:29:27,856 --> 00:29:32,448 oxidize and completely disinfect anything that’s potentially left. 429 00:29:32,672 --> 00:29:36,608 By the time it comes out of there, it is ultra, ultra pure water. 430 00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:38,448 This is treated wastewater. 431 00:29:39,296 --> 00:29:41,056 This came through the treatment plant. 432 00:29:41,056 --> 00:29:46,416 This is a combination of your municipal sewage, stormwater, ag wash water. 433 00:29:46,416 --> 00:29:47,504 -Does it have a bouquet? 434 00:29:47,504 --> 00:29:48,336 -It has a bouquet. 435 00:29:48,336 --> 00:29:49,520 -To water. 436 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,392 -To water treatment plants. 437 00:30:12,464 --> 00:30:15,024 -As the EARTH Lab mobile unit chugged 438 00:30:15,024 --> 00:30:17,392 down the Pacific Coast Highway, 439 00:30:17,392 --> 00:30:21,136 Annie and Beth stumbled upon some creatures with whom 440 00:30:21,136 --> 00:30:24,576 they felt a lot of love and solidarity. 441 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,808 -Let’s try this weight loss program, okay? 442 00:30:42,336 --> 00:30:44,784 A female loses over a third of her body 443 00:30:44,784 --> 00:30:46,512 weight during her time on the beach. 444 00:30:46,512 --> 00:30:48,224 I think we should go to the beach, honey. 445 00:30:48,224 --> 00:30:52,912 -Breathe in the tangy sea air made pungent by the- 446 00:30:53,248 --> 00:30:54,656 --giant kelp. 447 00:30:54,656 --> 00:30:57,376 --and millions of tiny phytoplankton. 448 00:30:57,376 --> 00:30:59,168 -Say phytoplankton again. 449 00:30:59,168 --> 00:31:00,656 -: Phytoplankton. 450 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:02,896 -Excuse us. 451 00:31:02,896 --> 00:31:05,552 -What does elephant seal yoga look like? 452 00:31:12,656 --> 00:31:14,320 -He’s doing downward dog. 453 00:31:16,128 --> 00:31:17,056 -Take two. 454 00:31:17,056 --> 00:31:18,848 -: What do you love about water? 455 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:29,408 -Are there some issues about water that are affecting you these days? 456 00:31:33,648 --> 00:31:36,528 -Does the plastic in the water bother you? 457 00:31:49,392 --> 00:31:51,472 -I like your little fins. 458 00:31:51,472 --> 00:31:52,896 Can we cuddle? 459 00:31:53,248 --> 00:31:55,744 -Let’s cuddle. 460 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,376 -Communicating with the elephant seals left them 461 00:32:01,376 --> 00:32:04,672 wanting to know more about the health of my oceans. 462 00:32:06,256 --> 00:32:09,760 -Exhibit A is the baculum of the elephant seal, which is 463 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,992 the bony part of the male organ of the elephant seal. 464 00:32:13,104 --> 00:32:14,528 -Holy cow. 465 00:32:14,752 --> 00:32:16,896 That’s some baculum there. 466 00:32:16,896 --> 00:32:17,232 -Yes. 467 00:32:17,424 --> 00:32:18,304 -I don’t want to touch it. 468 00:32:18,304 --> 00:32:20,752 -If you go into bars in Alaska, they are quite common. 469 00:32:21,632 --> 00:32:22,576 -Yes, different. 470 00:32:22,848 --> 00:32:25,680 Walrus--Actually, it’s walrus bacula are very huge. 471 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,160 -Are walrus baculum bigger? -Bigger, yes. 472 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:33,456 -They have our initials on them, one’s Annie and one’s Elizabeth. 473 00:32:33,456 --> 00:32:34,272 -Well, there you go. 474 00:32:34,272 --> 00:32:36,528 -What’s that say about--Sorry about that. 475 00:32:39,072 --> 00:32:39,888 It's nothing. 476 00:32:40,272 --> 00:32:41,248 -This is not the size. 477 00:32:42,816 --> 00:32:46,512 -Have you seen changes in the ocean, like the health of the ocean? 478 00:32:46,512 --> 00:32:47,520 Have you seen that? 479 00:32:47,824 --> 00:32:49,792 -The thing I’ve learned over the years is you really got to watch 480 00:32:49,792 --> 00:32:53,360 long term stuff because there’s a lot of variation over time. 481 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:54,768 Without understanding the variation over time, 482 00:32:54,768 --> 00:32:58,608 you really can’t evaluate the impacts of the now. 483 00:32:59,008 --> 00:33:02,432 -So, you’re not afraid the ocean’s going to die, the whole ocean? 484 00:33:02,432 --> 00:33:02,832 -No. 485 00:33:02,832 --> 00:33:04,672 I mean, it will change. 486 00:33:04,672 --> 00:33:05,728 There’s no doubt about that. 487 00:33:05,728 --> 00:33:07,504 -What do you love about the ocean? 488 00:33:07,504 --> 00:33:09,104 -I look out at it every day and it’s dynamic. 489 00:33:09,104 --> 00:33:13,264 It’s always changing, whether it’s a storm coming in or the winds 490 00:33:13,264 --> 00:33:16,080 coming in one direction or the other, the tides going in and out daily. 491 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:17,424 It’s just in a constant state of change. 492 00:33:17,424 --> 00:33:18,944 If you look behind us, who knows, you might see 493 00:33:18,944 --> 00:33:21,680 a blow of a whale as it goes by so you get 494 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,024 used to seeing these patterns and then, 495 00:33:23,024 --> 00:33:24,944 you just see changes in those patterns over time. 496 00:33:24,944 --> 00:33:28,272 -One of my favorite things about the ocean is light. 497 00:33:28,416 --> 00:33:30,752 I love the light on the water. 498 00:33:30,752 --> 00:33:35,440 I really imagine the light and the water dancing together. 499 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,016 -One of my favorite things to do on a clear day--Today, actually, is 500 00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:40,768 a clear day--is to go out snorkeling and the light coming through 501 00:33:40,768 --> 00:33:43,840 the kelp and the light shining on different colored kelps on the 502 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,912 bottom and the interplay of that and fish dashing through it. 503 00:33:47,824 --> 00:33:49,952 Then, your shadow and the light coming off 504 00:33:49,952 --> 00:33:51,520 of you and radiating out through the sea. 505 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:52,240 It's all pretty. 506 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:53,920 Yes, it gets pretty surreal. 507 00:33:56,032 --> 00:33:59,552 As you spend more time, you focus on little things. 508 00:33:59,856 --> 00:34:02,160 As sea changes over time, you see different 509 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,176 patterns and how those patterns exist. 510 00:34:04,176 --> 00:34:04,944 It’s space. 511 00:34:05,232 --> 00:34:06,256 This is as close as I’m going to get to 512 00:34:06,256 --> 00:34:08,335 outer--I’m not paying to go up in outer space. 513 00:34:08,608 --> 00:34:11,744 It's much livelier and much more life and 514 00:34:11,744 --> 00:34:14,992 biodiversity and much more interesting than space. 515 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,752 -Is there any message about the ocean you would like to send to the world? 516 00:34:18,752 --> 00:34:19,248 -Sorry. 517 00:34:25,952 --> 00:34:28,768 -Humblest apologies for all our misbehavior. 518 00:34:29,536 --> 00:34:34,400 Just stay aware of it and you respect it and be kind to it as you 519 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:38,911 possibly can and love it because, without it, we won’t exist. 520 00:35:16,992 --> 00:35:22,096 -Annie and Beth left Don and continued on their road trip determined to 521 00:35:22,096 --> 00:35:30,336 learn more about my oceans but somehow, they ended up at a tourist trap. 522 00:35:32,336 --> 00:35:36,064 In the 1920s and 30s, newspaper baron, 523 00:35:36,064 --> 00:35:39,504 William Randolph Hearst’s castle was where Hollywood 524 00:35:39,504 --> 00:35:42,688 stars and the political elite frolicked 525 00:35:42,688 --> 00:35:46,240 together in and around the famous Neptune Pool. 526 00:35:46,352 --> 00:35:48,112 -The Neptune Pool is empty. 527 00:35:48,110 --> 00:35:48,784 -: Oh, no. 528 00:35:48,784 --> 00:35:49,888 It’s cracked. 529 00:35:50,864 --> 00:35:51,520 -Shit. 530 00:35:51,936 --> 00:35:54,496 -That’s why I was coming here, was to go swimming. 531 00:35:54,496 --> 00:35:56,192 -: We were going to go in the Neptune Pool. 532 00:35:56,192 --> 00:35:57,040 -Oh, no. 533 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,544 -Is there senior's? -25. 534 00:35:58,544 --> 00:35:59,856 We should get a senior discount. 535 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:05,424 I like these balls but this has water in it. 536 00:36:07,104 --> 00:36:10,928 -It’s the swimming pool of the Hearst Castle. 537 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,952 Honey, here’s a present for you. 538 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:16,448 -Nice. 539 00:36:16,608 --> 00:36:20,224 Actually---I’m like water. 540 00:36:20,224 --> 00:36:20,928 -Ready? 541 00:36:21,152 --> 00:36:23,696 One, two, and three. 542 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:25,216 -How about this? 543 00:36:27,056 --> 00:36:28,576 One, two, and three. 544 00:36:28,928 --> 00:36:29,680 -Ready? 545 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:30,016 One- 546 00:36:30,016 --> 00:36:31,168 -On one foot 547 00:36:31,168 --> 00:36:32,336 -two, and three. 548 00:36:41,552 --> 00:36:43,120 -I don’t think we need the bag. 549 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:43,968 -Are you sure? 550 00:36:44,384 --> 00:36:45,888 -Yes, save the trees. 551 00:36:55,664 --> 00:36:58,816 -Since the Neptune Pool was closed, 552 00:36:58,816 --> 00:37:02,128 they headed to a pool that was always open. 553 00:37:05,248 --> 00:37:07,072 -Oh, I love the warmth. 554 00:37:07,072 --> 00:37:08,256 -It wouldn't untangle, honey. 555 00:37:08,250 --> 00:37:09,424 Go back that way. 556 00:37:09,904 --> 00:37:11,904 -We’re in Granada Hills in the suburbs of 557 00:37:11,904 --> 00:37:17,024 Los Angeles in my family home pool where I grew up. 558 00:37:17,456 --> 00:37:21,120 I was definitely an aquaphiliac from a very young age. 559 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:27,552 I gave my first blowjob in this pool right on those steps. 560 00:37:28,736 --> 00:37:31,328 That’s why I picked the name Sprinkle when I got 561 00:37:31,328 --> 00:37:36,672 into the sex industry because I loved it wet. 562 00:37:41,984 --> 00:37:48,080 Whenever I would swim, I love the visuals, the colors of the water. 563 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:52,160 The light playing on the water was like fairy glitter to me. 564 00:37:53,392 --> 00:37:56,960 The ripples and I love the bottom of the pool. 565 00:38:17,184 --> 00:38:20,112 -This was the gathering house for all the kids when they were little 566 00:38:20,112 --> 00:38:25,888 because those steps are broad and really good for little, little kids. 567 00:38:26,896 --> 00:38:29,648 -I have an important question I’ve always 568 00:38:29,648 --> 00:38:33,312 wanted to ask, do you pee in the pool? 569 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:35,088 -No. 570 00:38:35,472 --> 00:38:38,496 -Can I tell you something really nice about growing up with 571 00:38:38,496 --> 00:38:42,304 a pond, you can pee in the pond till the cows came home. 572 00:38:42,304 --> 00:38:44,608 In fact, the cows often peed in the pond. 573 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:47,760 That’s great. 574 00:38:48,656 --> 00:38:53,520 -Growing up here with the pool, we had a diving board at that end. 575 00:38:53,952 --> 00:38:56,688 There was a steady line of kids jumping 576 00:38:56,688 --> 00:38:59,728 off the diving board, backflips, dives. 577 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,320 -Who was the best swimmer? 578 00:39:04,928 --> 00:39:05,360 -You? 579 00:39:09,024 --> 00:39:12,224 -That was the one thing I was really good at, was swimming. 580 00:39:12,224 --> 00:39:13,216 Reading, forget it. 581 00:39:13,808 --> 00:39:14,336 No. 582 00:39:14,336 --> 00:39:15,856 I was a terrible reader. 583 00:39:15,968 --> 00:39:16,688 You were the reader. 584 00:39:16,688 --> 00:39:17,760 -I was the reader. 585 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:19,936 Sitting in the shade, reading. 586 00:39:22,528 --> 00:39:26,080 Lake Tenaya was something my father in Yosemite--My dad 587 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:30,320 discovered it in 1961 and it became an annual thing. 588 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,456 Dad wanted his ashes scattered there. 589 00:39:35,728 --> 00:39:40,400 It was just such a meaningful place and it still is for all of us. 590 00:39:41,050 --> 00:39:42,288 -Bye, Lora. 591 00:39:42,288 --> 00:39:42,320 Thank you. -Come back soon. -Bye, Lora. 592 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:43,328 Thank you. -Come back soon. 593 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:44,176 Love you guys. 594 00:39:44,176 --> 00:39:45,376 -Love you, too. 595 00:39:45,488 --> 00:39:48,352 -After reminiscing about the family pool, 596 00:39:48,352 --> 00:39:51,408 they paid a visit to Annie’s mother in Hollywood. 597 00:39:55,312 --> 00:39:56,240 -Hi, mom. 598 00:39:56,624 --> 00:39:58,288 -Hi, Ellen. 599 00:39:58,784 --> 00:39:59,904 -How are you? 600 00:39:59,904 --> 00:40:01,056 -I’m fine. 601 00:40:01,136 --> 00:40:03,936 I’m so glad you came. 602 00:40:04,384 --> 00:40:06,256 -We’re glad to see you. 603 00:40:06,256 --> 00:40:07,184 -Hi, Lucille. 604 00:40:07,184 --> 00:40:08,128 How are you? 605 00:40:08,288 --> 00:40:08,976 -Fine. 606 00:40:08,976 --> 00:40:10,672 Give me a kiss, Beth. 607 00:40:10,672 --> 00:40:11,360 -I’m coming. 608 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:12,432 I’m coming. 609 00:40:12,704 --> 00:40:13,552 How are you? 610 00:40:14,736 --> 00:40:15,920 Nice to see you. 611 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,224 -This is such a lovely surprise. 612 00:40:18,224 --> 00:40:19,632 -We brought you a croissant. 613 00:40:19,632 --> 00:40:21,472 -That’s always welcome. 614 00:40:21,472 --> 00:40:22,448 Lovely. 615 00:40:22,448 --> 00:40:23,648 -Can I have a bite? 616 00:40:23,936 --> 00:40:25,088 -Sure. 617 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,248 -Are you hydrating? 618 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:29,168 -Hydrating? 619 00:40:29,312 --> 00:40:30,912 -Drinking lots of water? 620 00:40:31,328 --> 00:40:32,512 -Yes. 621 00:40:34,256 --> 00:40:38,992 -Mom, one of the things I’m really grateful to you for is that 622 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:42,896 when we moved to California, you got us a house with a pool. 623 00:40:42,896 --> 00:40:43,728 -Really? 624 00:40:43,968 --> 00:40:47,392 You were always a wonderful swimmer. 625 00:40:47,392 --> 00:40:49,520 You used to swim all the time. 626 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:53,264 -Well, our pool in Granada Hills was my happy spot. 627 00:40:53,552 --> 00:40:54,352 -Really? 628 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:58,592 -Yes, why did you get a house with a pool? 629 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:03,696 -So all of you guys would learn to be good swimmers. 630 00:41:04,544 --> 00:41:07,024 -It was a safety thing. 631 00:41:07,472 --> 00:41:09,008 -Well, partly. 632 00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:16,288 In California, so many homes have swimming pools 633 00:41:16,288 --> 00:41:21,504 and so many little kids drown so the best way 634 00:41:21,504 --> 00:41:25,744 is to have a pool and have a good teacher and teach 635 00:41:25,744 --> 00:41:29,888 your kids water safety and how to swim well. 636 00:41:29,888 --> 00:41:31,760 -Did you like to swim, Lucille? 637 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:33,648 -No, I hated swimming. 638 00:41:34,060 --> 00:41:39,104 I just get goose flesh talking about swimming. -Okay, you don’t have to talk about it. 639 00:41:39,408 --> 00:41:41,344 Don’t talk about swimming. 640 00:41:41,728 --> 00:41:44,432 -Did you enjoy going to Lake Tenaya, Lucille? 641 00:41:45,104 --> 00:41:45,760 -Yes. 642 00:41:46,112 --> 00:41:48,368 -Beth and I are on our way to go sprinkle 643 00:41:48,368 --> 00:41:51,808 some ashes in Lake Tenaya-of dad’s. 644 00:41:52,304 --> 00:41:53,296 -Well, good. 645 00:41:53,296 --> 00:41:55,168 Dad would love that. 646 00:41:55,712 --> 00:41:56,576 -Want to come with us? 647 00:41:56,576 --> 00:42:00,096 -No, it’s too hard for me to go anywhere. 648 00:42:00,096 --> 00:42:02,624 My traveling days are over. 649 00:42:03,184 --> 00:42:06,864 -Mom, where do you think you might like your ashes sprinkled? 650 00:42:07,424 --> 00:42:08,192 -I don’t know. 651 00:42:08,190 --> 00:42:09,632 Surprise me. 652 00:42:13,168 --> 00:42:15,216 -Do you want lipstick or no? 653 00:42:15,536 --> 00:42:17,360 -Whatever you think is best. 654 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:18,448 -Does that feel good? 655 00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:19,520 -Yes. 656 00:42:19,584 --> 00:42:21,360 -It does feel good, doesn’t it? 657 00:42:21,648 --> 00:42:23,216 -Okie doke. 658 00:42:23,216 --> 00:42:26,416 -Love you.-Thank you. 659 00:42:27,296 --> 00:42:28,896 -Your lipstick looks great. 660 00:42:29,424 --> 00:42:30,768 I just messed it up a little. 661 00:42:31,390 --> 00:42:34,464 -We’re going to go out the door. Bye. Love you. 662 00:42:34,464 --> 00:42:35,392 -Okay, see you. 663 00:42:41,328 --> 00:42:45,632 Is that just a movie goodbye or a real goodbye? 664 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:52,032 -Hi, mom. 665 00:42:52,176 --> 00:42:56,016 -Ellen, what a lovely surprise. 666 00:42:59,104 --> 00:43:01,744 -Even though the government had declared the drought 667 00:43:01,744 --> 00:43:06,400 over, my aquifers were still severely depleted. 668 00:43:08,048 --> 00:43:11,504 In the mountains of East Los Angeles, lack of water 669 00:43:11,504 --> 00:43:14,960 was causing some of my animal species to die. 670 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:21,712 Beth and Annie headed to San Bernardino to meet 671 00:43:21,712 --> 00:43:24,992 with someone who really knew what was going on. 672 00:43:25,616 --> 00:43:29,408 -We’re at the very end of the natural stretch of Strawberry Creek. 673 00:43:30,064 --> 00:43:32,240 This is the forest that I worked on the longest, 674 00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:33,856 it’s the San Bernardino National Forest 675 00:43:33,856 --> 00:43:35,952 that we’ll be seeing today, and I was here 676 00:43:35,952 --> 00:43:38,240 for thirty years, so I know it really well. 677 00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:40,144 My job was to try to take care of the 678 00:43:40,144 --> 00:43:43,632 animals in the forest as best I could. 679 00:43:44,368 --> 00:43:49,648 I grew up hunting and fishing and loving the outdoors. 680 00:43:49,952 --> 00:43:53,440 From the time I was twelve on I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. 681 00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,680 I wanted to be a wildlife biologist. 682 00:43:57,056 --> 00:44:00,800 -We’re going to go up on Highway 18 and look at the springs in here. 683 00:44:01,024 --> 00:44:04,224 Strawberry Creek starts here and runs down the mountain. 684 00:44:04,704 --> 00:44:08,384 The water’s actually being taken from a series of wells and tunnels 685 00:44:08,384 --> 00:44:11,904 that Nestle has put into the mountain up here to get that water. 686 00:44:12,528 --> 00:44:14,640 -Nestle’s is the company that’s doing this. 687 00:44:15,056 --> 00:44:18,928 -Yes, Nestle, and they’re bottling it as Arrowhead Spring water. 688 00:44:18,928 --> 00:44:21,312 Their claim is that it’s spring water-that 689 00:44:21,312 --> 00:44:23,168 it bubbles to the surface naturally. 690 00:44:23,168 --> 00:44:24,240 Well, that’s a bunch of bull. 691 00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:26,960 They’re really mining the water off the mountain. 692 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:30,032 -Is what’s going on with Nestle affecting the animals? 693 00:44:30,032 --> 00:44:31,088 -A lot, yes. 694 00:44:31,088 --> 00:44:33,888 We have half a dozen species that are 695 00:44:34,128 --> 00:44:36,368 threatened, endangered, and imperiled. 696 00:44:36,368 --> 00:44:39,200 We have Southern Rubber Boa, which is a snake about 697 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:43,184 twelve inches long and it’s on the state threatened list. 698 00:44:44,304 --> 00:44:46,416 -They need water, they need groundwater. 699 00:44:46,416 --> 00:44:49,216 That’s what this is all about-taking groundwater. 700 00:44:49,376 --> 00:44:50,720 We have Spotted Owls. 701 00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:53,904 Then we have Bell’s Vireo which is a little bird. 702 00:44:53,904 --> 00:44:54,752 It’s endangered. 703 00:44:54,752 --> 00:44:57,632 We have Willow Flycatcher, which are endangered here. 704 00:44:57,904 --> 00:45:00,704 The Speckled Dace is the fish it was here. 705 00:45:00,704 --> 00:45:03,008 It's a Santa Ana Speckle Dace. 706 00:45:03,344 --> 00:45:05,696 There was only 10 populations left of them. 707 00:45:05,696 --> 00:45:08,800 They used to be in hundreds of streams in Southern California. 708 00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:15,296 We've lost three different populations of those in just the last 15 years. 709 00:45:15,472 --> 00:45:18,752 Now, we're down to seven places where that species even lives. 710 00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:22,256 Yes, it broke our hearts. 711 00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:28,112 -I can't even imagine, 30 years you take care of these fish and animals and 712 00:45:28,112 --> 00:45:32,656 then a company comes along and takes the 713 00:45:32,656 --> 00:45:35,248 water that you worked so hard to keep. 714 00:45:35,504 --> 00:45:36,800 It's just so real. 715 00:45:37,376 --> 00:45:43,008 You hear about it but then when you see it and know 716 00:45:43,008 --> 00:45:46,480 someone who really knows what they're talking about 717 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,904 that makes a big difference not just read about it in 718 00:45:49,904 --> 00:45:53,088 the newspaper but someone who is here for so long. 719 00:46:13,408 --> 00:46:16,576 I wore the wrong shoes, these ticks can get right 720 00:46:16,576 --> 00:46:21,408 up in there and the twigs you sticking in. 721 00:46:22,192 --> 00:46:27,424 Rattlesnakes are biting right through the shoes but they look cute. 722 00:46:29,632 --> 00:46:32,128 -These wells that they've dug, are those 723 00:46:32,128 --> 00:46:34,320 impacting other people's water sources? 724 00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:36,128 -Up here, there are people on the mountain 725 00:46:36,128 --> 00:46:38,320 that are really worried because they're trying 726 00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:40,064 to get to that water this way, and here's Nstle 727 00:46:40,064 --> 00:46:43,040 coming in below them and taking the water. 728 00:46:43,248 --> 00:46:45,680 -Well they can actually drop the water level, correct? 729 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:46,480 -Sure, sure. 730 00:46:55,792 --> 00:46:56,704 -Ouch. 731 00:47:04,528 --> 00:47:08,976 -Annie if you want to wait I can, I'll be back here in just a little bit. 732 00:47:09,472 --> 00:47:10,208 -No. 733 00:47:14,544 --> 00:47:15,360 -You okay? 734 00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:22,448 -Watch those bushes when you go through. 735 00:47:22,448 --> 00:47:24,064 -Are we there yet? 736 00:47:24,064 --> 00:47:25,392 -We're almost there. 737 00:47:25,664 --> 00:47:27,040 -Geez. 738 00:47:34,928 --> 00:47:38,192 -Well that's an amazing view. 739 00:47:38,848 --> 00:47:40,752 Aren't you glad you come down? 740 00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:42,272 -I think so. 741 00:47:42,272 --> 00:47:44,688 Is that pure drinking water? 742 00:47:44,688 --> 00:47:46,624 -Yes, that's water from groundwater so it's-- 743 00:47:46,624 --> 00:47:48,016 -We can fill our bottle? 744 00:47:48,016 --> 00:47:50,848 -Sure, it's got all that distance we walk down to 745 00:47:51,504 --> 00:47:53,872 clean it up before it gets here so it's gone through- 746 00:47:53,968 --> 00:47:54,624 -A lot of rocks. 747 00:47:54,624 --> 00:47:56,032 --hundreds and hundreds of feet of rock. 748 00:47:56,032 --> 00:47:59,600 Arrowheads Spring Water is their big brand name for their spring water. 749 00:47:59,984 --> 00:48:03,376 If they took it out of a well they couldn't call it spring water. 750 00:48:03,968 --> 00:48:07,216 They only pay I think $562 a year or something 751 00:48:07,216 --> 00:48:09,200 like that for all that water that they get. 752 00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:11,616 Sixty-five million gallons of water average 753 00:48:12,432 --> 00:48:14,560 and then it gets split into litter bottles and 754 00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:17,424 then sold for a dollar and a half, making 755 00:48:17,424 --> 00:48:19,936 millions and millions of dollars off of it. 756 00:48:20,672 --> 00:48:23,408 When we come here in the summertime, the only water 757 00:48:23,408 --> 00:48:25,296 around here will be just a little bit of dribble 758 00:48:25,296 --> 00:48:27,888 coming out of that pipe and all the birds from 759 00:48:27,888 --> 00:48:29,936 around the area are coming here to get that water. 760 00:48:30,448 --> 00:48:34,816 It shows how precious every little bit of water is that we have and not 761 00:48:34,816 --> 00:48:40,064 just the birds but the bees and the different kinds of insects and animals. 762 00:48:40,736 --> 00:48:44,592 We have salamanders that need to have moist ground so 763 00:48:44,592 --> 00:48:47,120 there is a whole bunch of animals that need water. 764 00:48:47,728 --> 00:48:49,088 It's a shame we're taking it all. 765 00:48:49,088 --> 00:48:53,472 -That's shocking that people could easily fix 766 00:48:53,472 --> 00:48:56,288 it for the animals and they won't do it. 767 00:48:56,672 --> 00:48:58,400 -Well, they'd have to give up some of their water. 768 00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:01,360 Have you seen recently there's been a couple of countries that 769 00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:07,072 have given river's status of people instead of corporations? 770 00:49:07,392 --> 00:49:10,496 We made corporations people which is stupid. 771 00:49:11,488 --> 00:49:12,816 -It's worse than stupid. 772 00:49:12,816 --> 00:49:14,336 -I'm trying to fight that every chance I get 773 00:49:14,336 --> 00:49:16,800 but it seems it's a losing battle. 774 00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:18,128 -Well, we keep fighting. 775 00:49:18,976 --> 00:49:20,832 I'm going to keep fighting until I'm six feet under. 776 00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:21,712 -Me too. 777 00:49:21,984 --> 00:49:23,456 -You can really fell it. 778 00:49:25,024 --> 00:49:26,528 Poor water. 779 00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:29,744 Do you think water feels? 780 00:49:32,720 --> 00:49:33,408 -I don't know. 781 00:49:33,408 --> 00:49:36,176 The whole thing works as an ecosystem. 782 00:49:36,176 --> 00:49:37,744 Yes, it probably it does. 783 00:49:37,744 --> 00:49:40,720 -Water carries the emotional energy of the world. 784 00:49:41,712 --> 00:49:45,632 It runs down the mountain, comes back up as the fog or the 785 00:49:45,632 --> 00:49:50,192 clouds, comes back down into the ground, but we're water too. 786 00:49:54,896 --> 00:49:56,944 That's good water. 787 00:50:04,048 --> 00:50:09,072 -Water, I am so sorry for all the things that we do to you as human beings. 788 00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:13,520 We put you in these pipes and then we capture you and make 789 00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:18,256 you essentially flow the way we want you to flow and I hope 790 00:50:18,256 --> 00:50:22,016 one day, I hope all these pipes burst and that you get to 791 00:50:22,016 --> 00:50:25,072 flow the way you want to flow because, water, we love you. 792 00:50:25,584 --> 00:50:30,736 We’re so grateful to you for giving us life and for giving us pleasure. 793 00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:32,736 Thank you so much. 794 00:50:32,736 --> 00:50:34,032 We love you, water. 795 00:50:34,736 --> 00:50:36,384 We love you very much. 796 00:51:13,472 --> 00:51:14,304 -They got me. 797 00:51:14,304 --> 00:51:15,920 Their advertising got me. 798 00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:17,440 I just went in to pee. 799 00:51:18,490 --> 00:51:23,024 -I just went into pee and the next thing I’m ordering a burger. -Thanks for calling us. 800 00:51:23,020 --> 00:51:23,880 -Why did you not call me? 801 00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:24,784 -You didn’t pick up. 802 00:51:24,784 --> 00:51:26,464 -You did call me. -Is your phone off? 803 00:51:27,100 --> 00:51:28,352 -I don’t know. -I did call you. 804 00:51:28,352 --> 00:51:32,576 Well, they get you with the smell, the visuals- 805 00:51:34,752 --> 00:51:35,648 It’s bad. 806 00:51:37,184 --> 00:51:39,328 How many gallons of water are we? 807 00:51:39,328 --> 00:51:44,304 If we gain weight, does that mean we have more water in our body? 808 00:51:44,304 --> 00:51:46,240 -Well, the real question is how many gallons of 809 00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:48,704 water does it take to produce a pound of beef? 810 00:51:49,744 --> 00:51:51,136 I think it’s a lot. 811 00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:56,688 -Yes, this is our annual burger. 812 00:51:56,688 --> 00:51:58,384 -It’s horrible. 813 00:51:58,384 --> 00:51:59,760 It’s all dry. 814 00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:12,112 -We’re airing all our dirty-- 815 00:52:13,904 --> 00:52:17,072 This is more embarrassing than making porn. 816 00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:19,952 Way more embarrassing. 817 00:52:21,472 --> 00:52:22,448 Oh, my God. 818 00:52:39,904 --> 00:52:42,384 -French fries never felt so good, honey. 819 00:52:46,336 --> 00:52:47,760 Anything for art. 820 00:53:48,064 --> 00:53:52,896 -After 1,000 miles, road trip food was taking a toll on their 821 00:53:52,896 --> 00:53:57,920 bodies so they sought out some of my healing hot springs. 822 00:54:00,864 --> 00:54:05,104 -We drove nine hours into the desert to see what we would find. 823 00:54:05,104 --> 00:54:06,944 -You’re here looking for an adventure? 824 00:54:06,944 --> 00:54:07,360 -Basically. 825 00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:09,280 -Yes, definitely. 826 00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:10,048 Definitely. 827 00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:13,408 From my understanding, eco-sexuality is about 828 00:54:13,408 --> 00:54:19,248 fulfilling your libido and desire to be aroused by 829 00:54:19,248 --> 00:54:23,056 what’s around you, fulfilling your sexual desire 830 00:54:23,056 --> 00:54:27,792 using the sensory arousal that you get from nature. 831 00:54:28,336 --> 00:54:30,624 I’m not sure if I get it. 832 00:54:30,928 --> 00:54:32,736 To me, it seems like more of an awareness. 833 00:54:33,424 --> 00:54:36,720 For me as an outsider, I was, "Okay, this is a 834 00:54:36,720 --> 00:54:39,472 whole world that I haven’t even delved into yet. 835 00:54:39,472 --> 00:54:42,800 -It doesn’t have to be actually physical sex. 836 00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:45,488 You can have sex in so many ways and eco-sex 837 00:54:45,488 --> 00:54:49,472 is--It’s an ecology of sex and sexuality, right? 838 00:54:50,192 --> 00:54:51,664 What do you love about water? 839 00:54:51,936 --> 00:54:55,584 -I love water as a lubricant to my insides. 840 00:54:55,584 --> 00:54:58,944 I feel more whole when I’m hydrated. 841 00:54:59,328 --> 00:55:00,912 -What do you love about water. 842 00:55:00,912 --> 00:55:04,048 -Just it has the power to turn make you feel 843 00:55:04,048 --> 00:55:09,344 so human when you are so thirsty or so hot 844 00:55:09,344 --> 00:55:14,000 or so dry, just not moment of submersion or 845 00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:17,952 indulgence and you literally wet yourself. 846 00:55:17,952 --> 00:55:18,480 -Definitely. 847 00:55:18,480 --> 00:55:22,656 I had an experience one time where I was swimming in the ocean in Hawaii. 848 00:55:22,656 --> 00:55:26,464 I think the ocean was about 75 degrees and I laid 849 00:55:26,464 --> 00:55:29,312 back and I was just floating and it was just warm 850 00:55:29,312 --> 00:55:31,536 enough that I couldn't tell which part of my body was 851 00:55:31,536 --> 00:55:33,920 outside in the air and which part was in the ocean. 852 00:55:34,016 --> 00:55:37,376 I was, "I feel like I'm in the womb right now, 853 00:55:37,376 --> 00:55:40,352 I feel like I'm in utero" It was amazing. 854 00:55:40,352 --> 00:55:41,568 -Water 855 00:55:41,792 --> 00:55:45,424 Wade in the water, children 856 00:55:45,424 --> 00:55:48,768 Wade in the water 857 00:55:48,992 --> 00:55:52,480 God’s gonna trouble the water 858 00:55:55,504 --> 00:55:59,424 -Out of nowhere, Beth’s high school friend Xandra 859 00:55:59,420 --> 00:56:03,776 showed up to have her eco-sins washed away. 860 00:57:12,384 --> 00:57:17,776 -Next, they went to climb the waterfall at Salvation Mountain where 861 00:57:17,776 --> 00:57:22,816 visionary, Leonard Knight tried to wash his sins away with art. 862 00:57:39,424 --> 00:57:40,176 -Wow, look. 863 00:57:40,176 --> 00:57:40,960 Do you see that? 864 00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:42,384 Is that water or dust? 865 00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:02,080 Annie, let’s interview that guy about water. 866 00:58:02,704 --> 00:58:05,264 -You get the Titanic reference? 867 00:58:06,368 --> 00:58:08,160 -How long have you lived out here? 868 00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:09,328 -Going on 12 years. 869 00:58:09,328 --> 00:58:09,952 -Wow. 870 00:58:09,952 --> 00:58:11,344 -Wow, isn’t it hot? 871 00:58:12,016 --> 00:58:13,648 -Yes, 119? 872 00:58:13,648 --> 00:58:14,896 120? 873 00:58:15,104 --> 00:58:16,880 The humidity is what kicks our ass. 874 00:58:17,136 --> 00:58:20,528 -Don’t you have to drink a lot of water to stay hydrated? 875 00:58:20,528 --> 00:58:21,232 -Yes, I drink a lot of beer. 876 00:58:21,856 --> 00:58:23,360 -There’s no plumbing, right? 877 00:58:23,360 --> 00:58:23,792 -No. 878 00:58:23,792 --> 00:58:24,720 None up here. 879 00:58:25,664 --> 00:58:26,464 There’s no plumbing. 880 00:58:26,464 --> 00:58:27,840 There’s no electricity. 881 00:58:28,144 --> 00:58:29,328 There is no jack shit up here. 882 00:58:29,328 --> 00:58:32,912 I have no air conditioning but I know how to stay cool. 883 00:58:33,472 --> 00:58:33,968 -How? 884 00:58:33,968 --> 00:58:38,784 -Well, with the water inside my trailer, I have a pump and I have a 885 00:58:38,784 --> 00:58:43,200 shower in there and me and her take a shower together, keep cool 886 00:58:43,200 --> 00:58:46,992 and I have a fifth wheel and with the fifth wheel I’m upstairs all the time and 887 00:58:46,992 --> 00:58:52,528 the breeze from the Salton Sea comes this way and I’m cool upstairs. 888 00:58:53,424 --> 00:58:54,656 Look at the weather. 889 00:58:54,656 --> 00:58:57,136 Where I live you can see the Salton Sea perfect. 890 00:58:58,208 --> 00:58:59,712 -Do you go swimming there or would you? 891 00:58:59,712 --> 00:59:00,624 -No, I don’t. 892 00:59:00,624 --> 00:59:01,344 Don’t. 893 00:59:01,340 --> 00:59:02,096 It’s poison. 894 00:59:47,504 --> 00:59:53,024 -We are going to anoint this little shrub here with some 895 00:59:53,024 --> 00:59:57,136 pristine water from a far away source, an artisanal 896 00:59:57,136 --> 01:00:01,056 well, an artisanal well that will feed this one poor 897 01:00:01,056 --> 01:00:04,704 shrub in the midst of this desolate toxic landscape. 898 01:00:04,992 --> 01:00:07,760 -Boy, if you didn’t know it though, it’s so beautiful, isn’t it? 899 01:00:08,608 --> 01:00:10,128 -It’s crazy. 900 01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:12,784 -Because there’s this great irony about this 901 01:00:12,784 --> 01:00:18,624 vast beautiful California dream landscape. 902 01:00:19,184 --> 01:00:23,216 You come upon it and you’re like, "Look, there’s this beautiful water and 903 01:00:23,216 --> 01:00:27,824 there’s trees and then you come down here and it’s like, there’s this crust 904 01:00:27,824 --> 01:00:34,944 on the sand and there’s dead fish and it’s the embodiment of America" 905 01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:41,824 destroyed dream, the dream that turned turgid and desolate and toxic. 906 01:00:42,784 --> 01:00:44,992 -Tell me why you started doing the neti pot? 907 01:00:44,992 --> 01:00:46,496 -Yes, I had cancer. 908 01:00:46,496 --> 01:00:48,752 I had sinus cancer and they removed the 909 01:00:48,752 --> 01:00:52,720 whole left side of my sinus so that I don’t 910 01:00:52,720 --> 01:00:55,072 have a natural mechanism that pushes stuff 911 01:00:55,072 --> 01:00:57,168 out so I have to do this twice a day. 912 01:00:57,168 --> 01:00:59,168 Why did I get sinus cancer in the first place? 913 01:00:59,408 --> 01:01:03,968 Probably as a result of accumulative exposure to a lot of different 914 01:01:03,968 --> 01:01:08,000 toxic chemicals, including some of my own choosing, but not all. 915 01:01:09,392 --> 01:01:13,504 First, we’re going to put premixed packets of saline. 916 01:01:14,384 --> 01:01:18,496 A quarter teaspoon of salt. 917 01:01:18,880 --> 01:01:22,816 If your water at home is clean and safe you can use water from the tap. 918 01:01:23,072 --> 01:01:27,712 If not, you have to boil some water and then let it cool down to 919 01:01:27,712 --> 01:01:30,864 lukewarm temperature because you do not want to burn your sinus. 920 01:01:31,264 --> 01:01:33,584 Fill it up to just below the rim. 921 01:01:35,360 --> 01:01:36,608 Just below the rim. 922 01:01:36,600 --> 01:01:38,112 Then you want to shake it up. 923 01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:39,712 Make sure your hands are clean. 924 01:01:39,712 --> 01:01:42,480 You’re of at a 90 degree angle. 925 01:01:42,544 --> 01:01:42,896 -Okay. 926 01:01:43,008 --> 01:01:44,480 -You gently put this up. 927 01:01:44,576 --> 01:01:46,304 Here in your nose. 928 01:01:46,896 --> 01:01:47,248 -Right. 929 01:01:47,392 --> 01:01:50,784 You just keep your mouth open, keep breathing. 930 01:01:51,984 --> 01:01:52,912 Keep breathing. 931 01:01:52,912 --> 01:01:53,776 There you go. 932 01:01:54,288 --> 01:01:54,928 -Wow. 933 01:01:54,928 --> 01:01:55,776 -It’s fun actually. 934 01:01:55,776 --> 01:01:56,704 -That is so weird. 935 01:01:56,880 --> 01:01:57,984 -How’s it going there? 936 01:01:58,368 --> 01:01:59,264 Did you get it through? 937 01:01:59,376 --> 01:01:59,968 -Yes. 938 01:02:02,768 --> 01:02:03,904 Like that? 939 01:02:03,904 --> 01:02:04,864 -Yes, that’s good. 940 01:02:04,864 --> 01:02:08,864 Then just gently, gently you can-if you lean 941 01:02:08,864 --> 01:02:11,856 forward a little more it should come out straight. 942 01:02:11,856 --> 01:02:12,624 -Yes, yes, yes. 943 01:02:12,624 --> 01:02:13,168 -There you go. 944 01:02:13,168 --> 01:02:15,232 It takes a little practice to get the feel. 945 01:02:16,720 --> 01:02:17,632 -It’s windy. 946 01:02:19,920 --> 01:02:21,536 I don’t usually do this outside. 947 01:02:22,048 --> 01:02:23,328 -It’s fun, isn’t it. 948 01:02:24,096 --> 01:02:25,344 My neti pot. 949 01:02:26,544 --> 01:02:27,904 Now, we’re neti potting. 950 01:02:28,928 --> 01:02:30,192 Oh, my God. 951 01:02:30,352 --> 01:02:31,696 It is a little intimate. 952 01:02:31,690 --> 01:02:32,544 -So much snot comes out! 953 01:02:32,544 --> 01:02:34,832 -Namaste, little shrub. 954 01:02:34,832 --> 01:02:35,376 Cheers. 955 01:02:35,376 --> 01:02:36,064 -Cheers. 956 01:03:38,064 --> 01:03:43,744 -The next stop was Lake Tenaya, where Annie spent so many happy summers. 957 01:03:48,832 --> 01:03:52,592 -Here we are at Lake Tenaya with Annie’s eyelashes. 958 01:03:52,592 --> 01:03:54,896 Dad wanted to be sprinkled here. 959 01:03:54,896 --> 01:03:56,256 -Yay, dad. 960 01:03:56,880 --> 01:03:59,552 -Who was a total ecosexual. 961 01:03:59,552 --> 01:04:00,240 -Yes? 962 01:04:00,576 --> 01:04:02,960 It’s a nice place to be sprinkled. 963 01:06:27,792 --> 01:06:33,232 -A young man, looking at his phone while driving, rear-ended the EARTH 964 01:06:33,232 --> 01:06:39,120 Lab and sent them rolling across Highway 5 into oncoming traffic. 965 01:06:39,984 --> 01:06:41,712 -Ow, ow, ow. 966 01:06:51,440 --> 01:06:52,976 -Take your blood. 967 01:06:53,744 --> 01:06:55,184 Put staples. 968 01:06:55,520 --> 01:06:57,232 -It was definitely rear-ended. 969 01:07:08,496 --> 01:07:14,304 -Butch was thrown from the van and was nowhere to be found. 970 01:07:30,208 --> 01:07:32,096 -I have a confession to make. 971 01:07:32,384 --> 01:07:38,896 They almost died, but, honestly, in that moment, I could care less. 972 01:07:40,064 --> 01:07:44,896 I was always giving and giving and they were always taking me for granted. 973 01:07:45,168 --> 01:07:47,824 If I was really their lover, then why were 974 01:07:47,824 --> 01:07:50,720 they treating me with such carelessness? 975 01:07:51,471 --> 01:07:54,928 They’re always anthropomorphizing me. 976 01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:58,064 Giving me all those human qualities when 977 01:07:58,064 --> 01:08:00,992 I am so much more than merely human. 978 01:08:03,456 --> 01:08:09,424 I knew Beth and Annie were trying very hard to encourage others to love me. 979 01:08:09,888 --> 01:08:12,384 I appreciated ecosexuality. 980 01:08:12,640 --> 01:08:15,056 It soothed my aches and pains. 981 01:08:15,376 --> 01:08:21,872 If they really loved me, they would be even kinder to my sensitive body. 982 01:08:23,184 --> 01:08:27,072 Especially, now when I’m feeling so vulnerable. 983 01:08:29,072 --> 01:08:31,872 I’m not the type to hold a grudge but 984 01:08:31,872 --> 01:08:35,568 their eco-sins too long for me to list. 985 01:08:35,711 --> 01:08:37,776 I will just point to one. 986 01:08:38,960 --> 01:08:41,584 Their EARTH Lab research van. 987 01:08:41,935 --> 01:08:45,216 Sure, it is better to drive a well-maintained 988 01:08:45,216 --> 01:08:47,663 older vehicle than to buy a new one. 989 01:08:48,399 --> 01:08:54,048 Come on, look at what you are doing to my ailing atmosphere. 990 01:09:00,720 --> 01:09:04,816 I was ready to put an end to my relationship with Beth and Annie. 991 01:09:05,536 --> 01:09:08,511 Then, while they were in the emergency room, 992 01:09:08,511 --> 01:09:12,064 I found this old file in my junk folder. 993 01:09:12,960 --> 01:09:15,536 -It’s really hard to stay positive through these 994 01:09:15,536 --> 01:09:17,760 movements but if you let yourself get bogged 995 01:09:17,760 --> 01:09:23,008 down by anxiety over climate change, you lose 996 01:09:23,008 --> 01:09:25,008 that joy of why you love the environment 997 01:09:25,008 --> 01:09:27,568 so much and it’s hard to keep yourself going 998 01:09:27,568 --> 01:09:31,152 if you lose that spiritual levity and that’s 999 01:09:31,152 --> 01:09:34,576 something that I think eco-sex really means 1000 01:09:34,576 --> 01:09:37,344 to me-is fighting that despair with joy. 1001 01:09:38,640 --> 01:09:42,399 -I said to them, "Beth and Annie, I don’t 1002 01:09:42,399 --> 01:09:44,576 want to split up with you two yet. 1003 01:09:44,703 --> 01:09:48,144 I’ve thought long and hard about our relationship. 1004 01:09:48,783 --> 01:09:51,072 I like that you try to pleasure me. 1005 01:09:51,536 --> 01:09:53,056 It makes me feel good. 1006 01:09:54,160 --> 01:09:55,776 Gives me some hope. 1007 01:09:56,848 --> 01:09:58,256 I need that. 1008 01:09:58,608 --> 01:10:00,320 We all need that. 1009 01:10:06,992 --> 01:10:10,672 I could see that they needed a little help finding Butch. 1010 01:10:11,424 --> 01:10:17,424 After no sign of him for five days, was he dead or alive? 1011 01:10:18,448 --> 01:10:22,496 I sent my best doggie detective their way. 1012 01:10:22,912 --> 01:10:24,000 -There he is. 1013 01:10:26,480 --> 01:10:30,384 -I spotted the dog on the side of the canal along the road. 1014 01:10:30,384 --> 01:10:31,136 -Who’s a good boy? 1015 01:10:31,136 --> 01:10:31,904 Who's a good boy? 1016 01:10:32,288 --> 01:10:34,336 It’s so good to see you. 1017 01:10:34,512 --> 01:10:35,408 -He was fine. 1018 01:10:35,408 --> 01:10:36,128 He was healthy. 1019 01:10:36,128 --> 01:10:36,976 He just was scared. 1020 01:10:38,736 --> 01:10:39,920 -Butchie. 1021 01:10:41,376 --> 01:10:44,480 -Then, I created a special pollination pod 1022 01:10:44,592 --> 01:10:48,384 made of recycled junk to get them home safely. 1023 01:10:48,752 --> 01:10:53,280 Once there, please don’t take our relationship for granted. 1024 01:10:54,096 --> 01:10:58,352 If you do, we may not be together much longer. 1025 01:10:58,976 --> 01:11:00,352 I love you. 1026 01:11:16,240 --> 01:11:20,128 -After their recovery, they adopted a storm drain. 1027 01:11:20,128 --> 01:11:22,112 -Let’s go adopt our drain. 1028 01:11:22,112 --> 01:11:22,592 -Yes. 1029 01:11:26,490 --> 01:11:31,648 -Here we are on the corner of Ellis Street where our neighbor Thomas lives 1030 01:11:32,112 --> 01:11:35,712 and we are adopting a drain because we don’t have any children. 1031 01:11:35,920 --> 01:11:37,312 We only have a dog. 1032 01:11:37,312 --> 01:11:39,472 -We should say a few words like in the 1033 01:11:39,472 --> 01:11:41,808 way of a little poem about the drain. 1034 01:11:41,808 --> 01:11:45,648 Some speak about a brain drain, some say money down the 1035 01:11:45,648 --> 01:11:50,432 drain, but water is the issue running down my drain. 1036 01:11:50,848 --> 01:11:52,640 -You should hear the water when it’s 1037 01:11:52,640 --> 01:11:56,352 really raining and running down the drain. 1038 01:11:57,008 --> 01:11:58,752 Makes its own music. 1039 01:12:04,544 --> 01:12:06,672 -This is the drain called Bessie. 1040 01:12:07,024 --> 01:12:09,312 Okay, Bessie, it’s your day. 1041 01:12:09,312 --> 01:12:09,984 -Okay, Bessie. 1042 01:12:09,980 --> 01:12:10,464 It’s your day. -Happy first day of spring. -It’s spring. 1043 01:12:10,464 --> 01:12:12,480 It’s your day. -Happy first day of spring. 1044 01:12:12,480 --> 01:12:13,376 -Yes. 1045 01:12:13,664 --> 01:12:14,752 -Bye, Thomas. 1046 01:12:15,327 --> 01:12:16,304 -See you. 1047 01:12:16,304 --> 01:12:17,184 Thank you. 1048 01:12:17,504 --> 01:12:18,576 Agua 1049 01:12:18,576 --> 01:12:23,264 -Next, they crashed the San Francisco pride parade 1050 01:12:23,360 --> 01:12:29,760 and officially added the E, to GLBTQI E. 1051 01:12:31,728 --> 01:12:36,352 -Agua que viene del cielo. 1052 01:12:38,976 --> 01:12:43,280 Agua que viene de hermana. 1053 01:12:46,208 --> 01:12:51,696 Agua que vive la tierra. 1054 01:12:53,520 --> 01:12:58,416 Agua que vive en nosotros, que vive en nosotros. 1055 01:12:58,416 --> 01:13:00,304 -We are eco-sexuals. 1056 01:13:00,304 --> 01:13:03,776 The Earth is our lover. 1057 01:13:03,776 --> 01:13:04,736 -Yes, we are. 1058 01:13:04,736 --> 01:13:06,608 -We collaborate with nature. 1059 01:13:07,232 --> 01:13:12,800 We treat the Earth with respect, affection, and sensuality. 1060 01:13:12,960 --> 01:13:18,688 We are skinny dippers, sun worshipers, and star gazers. 1061 01:13:21,696 --> 01:13:28,672 We are earth’s sex workers, sexologists, academics, environmental 1062 01:13:28,672 --> 01:13:35,552 activists, feminists, eco-immigrants, putos e putas. 1063 01:13:36,784 --> 01:13:38,432 -Agua es vida. 1064 01:13:38,432 --> 01:13:40,784 No te quiero despedida. 1065 01:13:40,784 --> 01:13:43,008 Agua agua. 1066 01:13:43,008 --> 01:13:45,456 No te vayas a la chingada. 1067 01:13:45,456 --> 01:13:47,312 Agua es vida. 1068 01:13:47,312 --> 01:13:49,776 No te quiero despedida. 1069 01:13:49,776 --> 01:13:51,856 Agua agua. 1070 01:13:51,856 --> 01:13:54,496 No te vayas a la chingada. 1071 01:13:54,496 --> 01:13:56,304 Agua es vida. 1072 01:13:56,304 --> 01:13:58,656 No te quiero despedida 1073 01:13:58,656 --> 01:14:03,504 -We are just a sea foam. 1074 01:14:03,504 --> 01:14:04,784 -Water is life. 1075 01:14:04,784 --> 01:14:05,904 Earth is home. 1076 01:14:05,904 --> 01:14:07,024 -Water is life. 1077 01:14:07,024 --> 01:14:08,192 Earth is home. 1078 01:14:08,192 --> 01:14:12,704 -We are just a sea foam. 1079 01:14:12,704 --> 01:14:22,032 -H2O, H2O, we’re going to save water and drink it slow. 1080 01:14:22,032 --> 01:14:24,160 -Blood pee cum sweat. 1081 01:14:24,160 --> 01:14:26,256 Water really makes us wet. 1082 01:14:26,256 --> 01:14:28,368 -Blood pee cum sweat. 1083 01:14:28,400 --> 01:14:30,496 Water really makes us wet. 1084 01:14:34,704 --> 01:14:37,552 -H2O, H2O, we’re going to save water and drink it slow. 1085 01:14:41,376 --> 01:14:45,648 -Well, that brings us to the end of this chapter 1086 01:14:45,648 --> 01:14:49,936 of Beth and Annie’s eco-sexual adventure. 1087 01:14:51,792 --> 01:14:55,024 Now, let’s talk about you. 1088 01:14:56,736 --> 01:15:00,224 Does water make you wet? 1089 01:15:04,448 --> 01:15:06,400 I'll be waiting.