What does the green, social-networked future look like? Bruce Sterling’s piece published on the Shareable Blog last week makes some guesses through the voice of one crusty corporate underling being re-educated to the new altruistic economy: Sustainable Utopia here is a densely crowded settlement full of people in poorly washed clothing who are hanging out … Continue reading »
Posted in June 2010 …
Log: Wednesday, June 30
Basils along the edge of plot have grown to twice proportions since last week. Tallest sunflowers have reached one foot. Marble Arch Salvia has broad, 1″ wide leaves, 2″ long. Dill plants keep growing new branches. Dill started from seed taking on characteristic frilly appearence. Purple, sacred basil seedlings are coming up. 1/4 inches high. … Continue reading »
Celebrating Wonderbread
In this TED talk from February 2009, novelist and former UN director Louise Fresco implores her audience to think beyond a mythological agrarian past for solutions to the food crises of today. Doesn’t a massive population need mass food production? Shouldn’t modern technology combined with sustainable practices should be the basis of a new food … Continue reading »
Go Take a Walk
Greetings all. This is Forest. Whether it has shown through or not, these last few weeks of blogging have been quite a struggle for me. The acts of gardening, coordinating with programs in town, and settling into a new summer living situation have relegated the rest of my moments into narrow pie-slices of the clock. … Continue reading »
Log: Monday, June 28
Rained over night, ground quite wet. Wildflowers have about doubled their size in one week, leaves look in great condition. Bush basil looks larger; leaves towards the bottom are darker than the ones at the top. Nasturtium has many more leaves. Cilantro appears to have fully flowered. Basil looking good, continue to grow. There are … Continue reading »
Brattleboro Blueberries
Blueberries; wild blueberries are in the hills above Brattleboro, Vermont. Traversed mossy scarp and tined thicket to reach the top, the misty other-world where the humid summer abates. Up on an outcrop looked down on the stony streets I had wandered through earlier that morning, a solitary soul in an alien burgh, looking for Jacob’s … Continue reading »
Eco-Friendly Grub: Arguments for Entomophagy
via Quinn O’ Neal @ 3quarksdaily: The practice of eating insects is known as entomophagy. Though the very thought is disgusting to some of us, in many parts of the world insects are a normal part of people’s diets. Over 1400 species are consumed – not out of desperation, but as a dietary preference. And … Continue reading »
Log: Friday, June 25
Sunflowers in a great way; new leaves growing from center, existing leaves broadening, all plants follow the sun. Bush basil leaves appear larger. Sacred, red opal basils have grown. Red opal still crinkly. Shiso still supple. Cress shows no change, looks a little dessicated compared to yesterday. Marble arch salvia larger still; perhaps thinning required? … Continue reading »
Decompiculture
Timothy Myles, University of Toronto: I believe that decompiculture is equivalent in importance to agriculture and perhaps more important in terms of integrating human activities in a sustainable way with the biosphere. I also believe that just as the origin of agriculture initiated the dawn of civilization, decompiculture may now initiate the dawn of a … Continue reading »
Log: Thursday, June 23
Sunflowers still great after mulching; a few have yellowed leaf-tips. Some still need to be thinned. Red opal basil, sacred basil seem larger. Shiso grown larger, leaves starting to have serrated edges. Whole area need weeding. Watercress somewhat larger. Some leaves have holes in them. Perhaps should have been planted closer to water, for example … Continue reading »
