No, just a fan! I found out about them recently through another channel I follow, Black Liberation Media. One of the hosts of the main Red Nation podcast, Nick Estes, has been on Democracy Now! quite a few times.

The same! Though this conversation is focused through the lens of settler colonialism and discussed by Indigenous leftists.

The newest episode in the series covers the Heaven’s Gate cult from a similar perspective.

I don’t think so, unfortunately.

Behind the term Black Butterfly: Two Baltimores: The White L vs. the Black Butterfly

The main argument of the video is that they are human beings who should be allowed to exist in their own right, outside of the mythologies propagated by polluting corporations and western countercultural movements. It is possible to deconstruct dehumanizing stereotypes while celebrating and advocating for the adoption of traditional ecological practices, but promoting these practices while conceptualizing indigenous people as supernatural fauna is big yuck.

The latter half of the video discusses how they were forced into the market economy to survive, how murderous westward expansion destroyed their cultures, with a major conclusion being:

The United States government is the most ecologically catastrophic force on planet Earth since the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.

Thee Burger Dude did this! The process required some uncommon ingredients and some neat food science. For the curious: he’s got a video showing the steps and the full recipe on his blog.

I love these update videos! Most of the stuff I planted two years ago finally started to look like something this summer 😆 but seeing all the monarchs, sootywings, fritillaries, skippers, and so many different bees made the growing pains worth it.

I live in a city, but I’ll share some programs that/organizers who may provide some inspiration:

BMORE Beautiful - provides trash picking kits and helps residents organize cleanups in their neighborhood. They were incredibly friendly, so might be worth reaching out on how to build a similar program in your area

Weed Warriors - trains participants to recognize and remove common invasive plants, provides training for participants on how to organize efforts in their communities

Community gardening - this video is from an animal liberation podcast, but the guest’s opening story of being completely ignorant about gardening but doing it anyway is inspiring. The remainder is about their work on food justice and grassroots organizing

Compost collective - this is the podcast of the guest in the previous video. They interview the founder of Baltimore Compost Collective who works with youth in the city

Guerrilla gardening - this is a classic TED Talk. The speaker discusses growing food in a public space and how they successfully fought their city to keep their garden. They also talk about their volunteer gardening group, planting food gardens at homeless shelters

Maryland Food & Abolition Project - may no longer be active, but an interesting idea nonetheless. Their mission was (is?) to partner community gardens with prisons to provide fresh produce

Echoing @poVoq, don’t discount seniors! I used to be a case manager for the elderly and many are more interested than people give them credit for.

Did you know they’re edible? I found out from this video last week, but it seems like a lot of work.

Awesome resource :) I’ve been looking into soft landings too! Nearby me, there’s a corp owned commercial lot that’s been vacant for years, bare-bones maintenance. The street trees out front are Callery pear, which I can’t do anything about, but the ground under them isn’t tended.

There’s also two very sad trees in the middle of the parking lot and one empty tree well (which recently inspired me to rewatch this video lol).

Your point at the end is crucial. I heard a local story about a bunch of people rolling up in a neighborhood, planting trees, never to be seen or heard from again :( Kinda gross and presumptive.

The link in the post body has some tips on how to do so responsibly. Might be worth sharing with your neighbors!

Cool beans 😉

I can help out with /c/food

Written information from Europeans goes back four centuries, like the account from the 1600s about cultivated food forests. The archeological finds about consumption in general are much older.

Also in Baltimore, home of Vegan SoulFest!

Food is culture 💚 and the vegan food here feels like Baltimore. It’s awesome that other cities are doing the same.

Mr. Trash Wheel is pretty cool:

https://www.mrtrashwheel.com/technology

I’ve read that in the southeastern states, Spanish moss was used like wool, also for thread and upholstery. But it doesn’t get nearly as cold down there 😆

I’ve seen folks online use Virginia creeper and pokeberry to dye fabrics, a soft green and vibrant purple respectively. I’d love to take a crack at them on cotton, maybe even a natural tie dye!

The US Forest Service has a chart with plants and their corresponding colors. I wonder if there’s a dye community on lemmy 🤔

Dang, the goblin in me wanted some for my collection 😅 I bet they look awesome during a breeze.