This sculpture can be found in the courtyard located in front of the headquarters of the California Environmental Protection Agency. The sculpture which consists of four large granite slabs etched with text and images and was desinged by Beverly Pepper, an internationally respected artist. The courtyard is an area where tenants and visitors of the building can relax and enjoy California’s beautiful outdoors. The grove of sequoia trees that provides shade and beauty. Within the trees are benches and rock outcroppings for seating.

It is Ms. Pepper's belief "that the protection and stewardship responsibilities of the EPA are sacred responsibilities. What is more important than ensuring for our children and children’s children a world of natural beauty and diversity, clean air and water, and a world that can be lived in with pleasure and trust? The monolithic sculpture and configuration of the sculpture would invoke the figure of the sentinel as a monument to the sacred duty of protecting nature."

Ms. Pepper's daughter, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Jorie Graham, provided the text and images of the sculptures. Ms. Pepper’s work can be found throughout the world from New York City to Barcelona to Zurich to the Smithsonian Institution.