How'd you like to travel a few years into a future world of positive outcomes?
Maybe if we practice imagining what that could be, we might be more inclined to
MAKE IT SO! (he shouted).
If that is challenging, you might want to listen closely to some of the, so far, 98 episodes of From What If to What Next. If we can't imagine it, it's not fucking likely to happen, eh? We can retrain our brains.
"If there was ever a time for fresh thinking, for being bold, for being visionary and imaginative – for reimagining everything – this is it. Each episode, writer and Transition Movement founder, Rob Hopkins, invites cutting edge thinkers to visualise a new future. Join us as we ask What If..." #permaculture#TransitionTowns https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/from-what-if-to-what-next/id1538281063
86 - What if care, cooperation, kinship and collective wellbeing were the ethics we lived by?
"When it comes to work that celebrates the #radical imagination, Jayna Brown's recent book #Black Utopias: Speculative Life and the #Music of Other Worlds is one of the most fascinating that I've read recently. Jayna is professor in the Graduate Program in #Media Studies at Pratt Institute, and for this episode she is joined by Kevin Quashie, who teaches black cultural and literary studies and is a professor in the department of English at Brown University." https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/86-what-if-care-cooperation-kinship-and-collective/id1538281063?i=1000629043264
87 - What if fungi saved the world?
"Welcome to one of those episodes of From What If to What Next that really gets under your skin. We are going to step out of our everyday commonplace universe and enter the parallel world of #fungi that lives all around us, and really creates the world we live in. It’s a pretty wild ride. Two amazing guests will hold our hands on our deep dive into this fascinating world. Dr. Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian is the Curator of #Mycology at the New York State Museum, and her forthcoming book has possibly the best title I have ever heard which I’m not going to tell you so it can be a delightful surprise. And Doug Bierend is a New York based writer and author of the book In Search of Mycotopia." https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/87-what-if-fungi-saved-the-world/id1538281063?i=1000629871301
Wild mushrooms I saw on a hike back in the summer of 2011. Too much green and lack of variety to make it an art print (for me, at least) so it's been gathering dust on my hard drives over the past thirteen years.
Ruta pel bosc pintat de Poblet a la Conca de Barberà. Paratge amb una vegetació variada i arbres enormes on es poden sentir el cants de dotzenes d'ocells / Route through the painted forest of Poblet in Conca de Barberà. A place with varied vegetation and massive trees where you can hear the songs of dozens of birds #BoscPintatdePoblet#poblet#castellfollit#catalunya#Mushrooms#arbres#trees#forest#bosc
Death Valley is alive this year. A #super#bloom is the latest sign.
In California’s Death Valley region, the last few months have been remarkably loud.
And the latest bellow is still ringing out, with the area’s #native#wildflowers bursting into bloom.
The flowers have filled a place best known for its shades of browns and grays with brilliant blasts of yellow and purple and sprinkles of pink and cream.
This display comes just weeks after the 🔹resurrection of a long-dead lake,🔹 which filled the park’s Badwater Basin and drew visitors from across the country for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to paddle across a body of water rarely revived since prehistoric days.
These fleeting phenomena can both be traced to the unusual and record-setting precipitation that has inundated the state since August, when Hurricane Hilary gave Death Valley its #wettest#day ever.
Subsequent storms dumped even more rain on the desert, eventually 🌟dragging it out of a years-long #megadrought.🌟
Also, Fazit:
Hermannshof absolut besuchenswert, Abzüge in der B-Note für Pollenflug.
Pflanzenkauf: unbedingt kurz vor Öffnung da sein, schnell entscheiden und sofort bezahlen (nur Bargeld). #garten#pflanzen @gardening@plants
Reconnecting with Nature: How Permaculture Helps Earth to Thrive 🌍
In today’s fast-paced world, where concrete jungles dominate landscapes and industrial agriculture strains ecosystems, the concept of permaculture stands as a beacon of hope. Permaculture, derived from "permanent agriculture" or "permanent culture," offers a holistic approach to sustainable living by…
You can't really see but there's a swathe of Forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvatica) on the right. I love them, so blue and perfect, and they form a great temporary ground cover as well, re-seeding happily.
@Jeremiah In the summer is the weather good enough and do you have a place to put them outside? I have done this when I went to Portland for a month in July. I just put them all next to each other and used a small sprinkler on a battery-powered timer. It watered them every day for like 8 minutes. There was wasted water, no doubt. But they were HUGE when I got back.
@relistan I like your idea. Sadly, I don’t have outdoor space of my own. But my friend nearby does. She’ll be away too so she might not mind me taking over her balcony to do this. 🤔
Huerta Flor de Cactus trabaja desde 2002 en sistemas regenerativos de vida, agroecología, permacultura, comercio solidario, soberanía alimentaria, construcción natural, tecnologías apropiadas. Desde Ecuador, con incidencia en Latinoamérica
I love rogue roadside poppies that put up with terrible living conditions in order to turn bright orange in the spring, wave at passersby, and sing “fuck you, I’m alive, in spite of all you did to kill me”