Man has a profound effect on the land, in many ways, and has done so for about 10k years with the advent Agriculture. This in itself has a marked influence on land through several mediums, land clearing, leading to deforestation on a global scale.
The word pride is used in this case an antonym for shame. Pride in this sense is an affirmation of one's self and the community as a whole. The modern gay pride movement began after the Stonewall riots of the late 1960s.
Wisconsin PrideFest In 2013 we again co-sponsored the Health and Wellness area at PrideFest, in partnership with Diverse and Resilient, the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, BeSTD, and the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center. The goal of this area is to create a community norm of taking care of our own and each others' physical and mental health. FORGE's booth slogan for 2013 was Do your hugs come with strings attached? [See how many meanings you can ï¬nd in that question!] We launched a logo design contest, resulting in a fantastic design around which we created educational materials about intimate partner violence/healthy relationships. All volunteers also sported festive purple t-shirts with the same logo and slogan. As we've done for years, Free Hugs stickers were distributed within the PrideFest grounds and outside the gates -- over 8,000 of them! 32 volunteers worked hard to literally reach out to as many people as possible. In addition to the coveted stickers, PrideFest attendees could design and make their own buttons (over 2,000 buttons were made and distributed).