If, like me, you didn't get to the 'Permaculture is Political Web Series' fundraiser organised by PermaQueer you may appreciate that a recording is now available

Fundraising for:
Yuruwan https://www.yuruwan.org.au/
Dahlia Palestine https://www.dalia.ps/
The Land Back Org - https://thelandback.org/
Gaza Soup Kitchen https://gazasoupkitchen.org/

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-0c44ItwPBEIeSaHpKjW4LgUamKXZgqF&si=T662wwLssR9j6GgS

https://www.permaqueer.com/

"Historically, the permaculture movement has often claimed to be "apolitical"—yet we know nothing in an ecosystem plays a neutral role & this approach is actively harmful. Especially when systems are designed on stolen land using colonial frameworks, while our global ecosystems & frontline communities bear the brunt of systemic harm. "

"Queering is the practice of interrogating social norms and building new relationships and systems to meet the needs of all...... Expanding on the ecological function of diversity, [and interrogating] the flattening of what it is to be political and the many different forms of leadership and resistance."

#Permaculture #Permaqueer #FirstNationsJustice

If, like me, you didn't get to the 'Permaculture is Political Web Series' fundraiser organised by PermaQueer you may appreciate that a recording is now available

Fundraising for:
Yuruwan https://www.yuruwan.org.au/
Dahlia Palestine https://www.dalia.ps/
The Land Back Org - https://thelandback.org/
Gaza Soup Kitchen https://gazasoupkitchen.org/

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-0c44ItwPBEIeSaHpKjW4LgUamKXZgqF&si=T662wwLssR9j6GgS

https://www.permaqueer.com/

"Historically, the permaculture movement has often claimed to be "apolitical"—yet we know nothing in an ecosystem plays a neutral role & this approach is actively harmful. Especially when systems are designed on stolen land using colonial frameworks, while our global ecosystems & frontline communities bear the brunt of systemic harm. "

"Queering is the practice of interrogating social norms and building new relationships and systems to meet the needs of all...... Expanding on the ecological function of diversity, [and interrogating] the flattening of what it is to be political and the many different forms of leadership and resistance."

#Permaculture #Permaqueer #FirstNationsJustice

Took some compost down to the allotment at lunchtime. Bitterly cold with the wind but very good to see the lungwort starting to flower 🙂 #permaculture #gardening #wildflower #bloomscrolling #AllotmentLife

"Herb spirals are beautiful, productive, righteous installations -- popular in permaculture"
https://modernfarmer.com/2020/11/herb-spirals/

#SolarPunkSunday #HerbGardens #Herbs #Gardening #SpiralHerbGardens #GardenDesign #PermaCulture

Took some compost down to the allotment at lunchtime. Bitterly cold with the wind but very good to see the lungwort starting to flower 🙂 #permaculture #gardening #wildflower #bloomscrolling #AllotmentLife

@FediFollows For #Africa I would like to recommend @pacific06 with the @econetwork - a #youth project in #Uganda for #permaculture and #environment, fighting #hunger and teaching sustainable #gardening and #agriculture techniques.

#followFriday #sustainability

"Herb spirals are beautiful, productive, righteous installations -- popular in permaculture"
https://modernfarmer.com/2020/11/herb-spirals/

#SolarPunkSunday #HerbGardens #Herbs #Gardening #SpiralHerbGardens #GardenDesign #PermaCulture

People who like growing things tend to be the least "zero sum" people I've ever met. I meet activists who act like sharing their time will inevitably lead to their death, but gardeners are always sharing.

We give each other seed, baby plants, cuttings, vegetables, greens, eggs - sometimes even before we know each other. If I say to someone "I wish I could grow tomatoes better" they'll jump in and offer last generation's regionally adapted seed without hesitation.

Because perhaps there's something to the experience of planting a bean and watching it turn into hundreds of beans, all from one bean. Or a single squash seed and seeing it produce dozens of squash and thousands of seeds. Or watching an enormous tree grow from a tiny seed and then a little sprout, and bring owls back where there weren't any before. And realizing that sharing only spreads the abundance, and never takes it away. If my tomatoes grow better, and hers fail, she knows I'll probably offer her that even better performing seed right back, and some extra tomatoes.

One of our friends on the border said he realized capitalism is bullshit the first time he grew tepary beans and watched a single bean turn into pounds of food and plenty of seed to save for next time. Why would anyone control your access to food when it's just that simple?

And the homesteading folks seem to like to make it seem really difficult, but they'll plant 10 acres to grain instead of oak trees and lament having to rent a harvester combine instead of having food literally fall out of the trees (and have a forest of other food and habitat for game, to boot), which is a failure of planning rather than the reality of what growing food is actually like.

#Gardening #Food #Agriculture #Permaculture #FoodJustice #Community

People who like growing things tend to be the least "zero sum" people I've ever met. I meet activists who act like sharing their time will inevitably lead to their death, but gardeners are always sharing.

We give each other seed, baby plants, cuttings, vegetables, greens, eggs - sometimes even before we know each other. If I say to someone "I wish I could grow tomatoes better" they'll jump in and offer last generation's regionally adapted seed without hesitation.

Because perhaps there's something to the experience of planting a bean and watching it turn into hundreds of beans, all from one bean. Or a single squash seed and seeing it produce dozens of squash and thousands of seeds. Or watching an enormous tree grow from a tiny seed and then a little sprout, and bring owls back where there weren't any before. And realizing that sharing only spreads the abundance, and never takes it away. If my tomatoes grow better, and hers fail, she knows I'll probably offer her that even better performing seed right back, and some extra tomatoes.

One of our friends on the border said he realized capitalism is bullshit the first time he grew tepary beans and watched a single bean turn into pounds of food and plenty of seed to save for next time. Why would anyone control your access to food when it's just that simple?

And the homesteading folks seem to like to make it seem really difficult, but they'll plant 10 acres to grain instead of oak trees and lament having to rent a harvester combine instead of having food literally fall out of the trees (and have a forest of other food and habitat for game, to boot), which is a failure of planning rather than the reality of what growing food is actually like.

#Gardening #Food #Agriculture #Permaculture #FoodJustice #Community

Hi Mastodon! I'm looking to migrate to a new instance from .social in an effort to strengthen the fediverse (through growing diverse instances) and hopefully build my community here. If you have recommendations for instances currently open to signup that focus on #solarpunk #permaculture #urbanHomesteading #antiCapitalism and the like, I'd love to hear them.

#askFedi #FediTips

Hi Mastodon! I'm looking to migrate to a new instance from .social in an effort to strengthen the fediverse (through growing diverse instances) and hopefully build my community here. If you have recommendations for instances currently open to signup that focus on #solarpunk #permaculture #urbanHomesteading #antiCapitalism and the like, I'd love to hear them.

#askFedi #FediTips

Inside the UN’s Massive Lake Project in Africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85P5uLz3eAY #WFP #AndrewMillison #permaculture #GreatGreenWallOfAfrica