Right now I am reading one called GRASSROOTS GARDENING: Rituals for Sustaining Activism by Donna Schaper. I am still in the Preface but here is a great quote.
As a gardener, I have a front-row seat on global warming and the many other idiocies of capitalism untamed. Humanity is headed for a brick wall of inequality and injustice that breeds war and destroys the air. I believe we can change; that is what makes me an activist. I garden to remind myself of my hope.
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That sounds like a really good book. I am gonna put that on my wishlist.
I agree. I think the impact of Gardening is underestimated...but HOPEfully not for long! :)
I love the idea of 'I garden to remind myself of my hope' -- I personally have found gardening (both restoring the habitat of our yard for wildlife and vegetable gardening) and doing garden outreach to be among the most powerful things that I do (as an activist, or not) -- and they do bring hope.
Gardening can be stewardship (of the earth) or it can be extractive, and everything in between. It's hopeful to be a good steward.
Thanks for the book suggestion -- I bumbled on your blog as a new resident of Asheville (part-time for now).
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