deep-green living; Decolonization; Degrowth; Doomer home ec
DEEP GREEN blog: jenny nazak
(This is a rant, but it ends with links to delightful alternatives that are happening.) What passes for “normal” landscaping practices is disgusting. As I type this, my neighborhood is being blasted with deafening noise and sickening fumes from tractor-mowers, blowers, and edgers. Giving the stupid grass and useless ornamental shrubbery a high-and-tight. Weren’t these …
In a recent post on this blog, I talked about the importance of knowing what we have, having it in appropriate quantity, and remembering where it is stored. (In permaculture design, this principle is called “Stocking.”) In an affluent society, where people readily accumulate “stuff” even without trying, even in fact when outright RESISTING, that …
How are things in your town or city? I hope you all are staying safe, while still finding ways to be part of the solution to systemic racism. In recent days, I’ve been participating in some peaceful grassroots actions in my local area. Specifically: a march; a beach and neighborhood cleanup (organized by a local …
The other day I read in my local paper: World carbon pollution fell by 17% at the peak of the pandemic. (Seth Borenstein, AP; reported in Daytona Beach News-Journal). During one week in April, U.S. carbon emissions dropped by a THIRD. Other countries saw similarly high drops at the peak of the shutdown. If we …
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It occurred to me that there are two ways to “Support Local.” One is the usual definition we think of: Geographic. Locally owned; locally operated; the proprietor lives in my local area; the product comes from my local area. I consider myself to be “supporting local” when I buy either 1) something that is grown/made …
As people who care about the Earth and her creatures, we constantly grapple with the pain of finding out that something we’ve been doing (that we thought was beneficial, or at least neutral) is bad for the planet. One example: Many people go vegan, not only to reduce the footprint of their diet but also …
The present geological era has been named the Anthropocene, meaning an era characterized by the significant impact of the human race on our Earth’s environment. If any of us doubted our species’ impact, the pandemic shutdown has brought a stunning degree of positive change from the decline in resource-intensive human activity such as air travel, …