Today, on Good Medicine with Rainbow Eyes…
We’re looking closely at defending old growth: the costs it asks of people, and the practices that help them survive it.
Our guest is Rainbow Eyes, a guardian-trained land defender who returned to Vancouver Island in 2015 and answered the call of Fairy Creek. She lived in camp life for months, was arrested five times, spent 17 days in Alouette, and navigated years in colonial court.
Rainbow Eyes speaks plainly about trauma borne on the frontline and about how community, art, and daily rituals offer real support. As she puts it: “You have to survive the storm… to see the rainbow at the end.”
Today she shares what called her to the forest, how art sparked action, and how good medicine carried her through facing the forces that sought to destroy the very thing she came to protect.
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Photo of Rainbow Eyes by Dawna Mueller
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