“LUNGS OF THE EARTH” photo & caption

Finafinau youth leader Sierra Fata before the 35-foot whale sculpture carved from a 1,500-year-old redwood log that was unveiled at Clear Lake CA this week,  during the “Lungs of the Earth” Global Healing Launch. The multi-ton carving will be on tour in the Pacific — including American Samoa — over the next year at a time when deep-sea mining is becoming a issue in American Samoa. Read story below. [courtesy photo]