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Fuck the police
"Once you know what propaganda looks like, really, America is horrifying at every turn" -A friend of Dandelion's during a conversation about posters in a Walmart break room.
"When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist." -Dom Helder Camara
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In the future, children will think our ways are strange. "Why do old people always grow so much milkweed in their gardens?" they'll say. "Why do old people always write down when the first bees and butterflies show up? Why do old people hate lawn grass so much? Why do old people like to sit outside and watch bees?"
We will try to explain to them that when we were young, most people's yards were almost entirely short grass with barely any flowers at all, and it was so commonplace to spray poisons to kill insects and weeds that it was feared monarch butterflies and American bumblebees would soon go extinct. We will show them pictures of sidewalks, shops, and houses surrounded by empty grass without any flowers or vegetables and they will stare at them like we stared at pictures of grimy children working in coal mines
We will be feeding our grandchildren strawberries and raspberries we grew in our gardens, dragging them along to the farmers' markets for tomatoes and eggs and goats milk and pickles and pecans and salsa and sunflower seed butter and jars of honey, as they complain and drag their feet because Gramma always stands around talking to people for like an HOUR
and we will say "When I was YOUR age, fruits and vegetables came from a supermarket and they were bred to get shipped 1000 miles in a truck and sit on shelves for weeks, and they tasted so sour and watery it was like eating paper compared to these ones. It wasn't even legal in some places to grow your own food"
and they will roll their eyes like yeah yeah just because everything was miserable in the 20s doesn't mean I have to have a smile on my face standing in the hot sun while you listen to that one guy talk about his bees FOREVER
But they will go, because there might be baby goats.
Baby goats, and honey-straw treats.
I am very inspired by the work the Chattanooga Urbanist Society is doing. I would love to get together a similar group in my area but lack the skills and funds to do so. We need more vigilante community service groups in the US.
Remember, a solarpunk future without support for the disabled population is just green-washed ableism.
A solarpunk future that doesn't include (or purposely excludes) Indigenous/PoC populations is just green-washed white supremacy/colonialism.
A solarpunk future that doesn't feed the hungry or house the poor is just green-washed capitalism.
Solarpunk is more than just an aesthetic. It's a hope for a better future for everyone.
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Insulin and other life saving drugs should be free. Anyone who supports life saving drugs being hundreds or even thousands of dollars are not human.
Unfriendly reminder that the grass most lawns are made of is Invasive!
I went looking for what organizations are on the front line trying to provide relief for the communities affected by the horrible wildfire in Maui and found this excellent article.
Not only does it list local groups that are currently already giving aid, but also what they are looking for besides monetary donations such as food and toiletries.
I don't know what our government is doing to help if at all (I'm not getting my hopes up 🙄) so let's let the people of Hawaii know someone cares about what they are going through.
This movie means a lot to me -Dandelion
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Sustainable fashion for the Solar Punk
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