growing tofu @tofuwabohu@rage.love

My late #SunDIY.

I'm giving away some comfrey and sorrel plants. Originally I was going to take them to a plant swap, but that isn't going ahead. So I thought I'd leave them at the driveway entrance and hope some locals will take them.

I figured this was the lowest risk way of sharing them. Plus, I know I don't have Rona.

#Plants

Our balcony. #florespondence @plants

A "disappearing bog" or a "permafrost slump" are a couple things it has been called. What it is is a #landslide on the geology of an arctic region that has had "permanent" ice for 2+ years.

The main thing to make note of, should you come across one of these things in the wild, is that it has a muddy sinking floor. This sinking is the result of sub-surface ice melting. The land on top of the ice can no longer sustain without solid ice, so it literally sinks an entire ecosystems built on top of it.

Here's a story about what one indigenous group in Canada is doing to monitor and assess damages:

"Cholo is an Indigenous Guardian, part of a federally funded environmental stewardship program that monitors the health of the land and species on their traditional territory.

Cholo does most of the environmental monitoring during the summer on behalf of the Liidlii Kue First Nation in Fort Simpson, N.W.T. When he gets to an area with permafrost slumps, he takes photos with a camera that tracks GPS data. He records this data and gives it to the First Nation.

A few weeks ago, Cholo packed into a classroom in Fort Simpson with a dozen other local Indigenous leaders and guardians to take a workshop on digital mapping, which would take his observations from the paper to the computer. "[1]

"Thaw slumps are common permafrost mass-wasting features, and consist of a headwall made predominantly of ice and a muddy slump floor."[4]

[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/indigenous-guardians-permafrost-map-workshop-1.5480069

[2] https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/toxic-thaw-syndrome

[3] https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2019/05/Thaw_slump

[4]
https://www.nwtgeoscience.ca/services/permafrost-thaw-slumps

#permafrost #bogs #climate #indigenous #ecosystem #geology #landslides #arctic

As I mentioned to @ArtistMarciaX, in the course of my readings I came across Black women's writings and discussions on colorism and internalized racism in different societies (Brazil, Jamaica, U.S.) and at different times (mid-20th century, early 21st century). This is a thread of the examples, with sources.

If y'all in the mood for some indigenous North American black metal, Ixachitlan released their debut EP "Eagle, Quetzal, and Condor" this month.

Expect raw atmospheric black metal with melodic riffs and harsh vocals.

https://nightofthepalemoon.bandcamp.com/album/eagle-quetzal-and-condor-np-xii

If you're stuck inside self isolating, try checking out @InvaderXan 's blog, which is one of the most beautiful places I know of on the internet. It's solarpunk and positive and should help cheer you up :)

https://solarpunk-aesthetic.tumblr.com

#COVID #COVID19 #corona #coronavirus #isolation #selfisolation #quarantine #solarpunk #positive #blog

Hey - do you compost? Do you have questions about composting?

I'm building a presentation in lieu of a workshop and if you do compost and have a minute - would you be willing to share a photo or two of your pile, close up? I'm looking especially for "too dry" "too wet" and "just right" but am also open to anything you want to show. Let me know if it's ok for me to use the photo and/or question in my talk.

Thank you!!!

!?!?!?!!? mom didn't even tell me we were doing these
the bag contains a mixture of clay and sawdust (clean cat litter apparently) and is mixed in with spores. you let them myceliate for a few weeks and then poke a hole in it and they just go like foomf... endlessly harvestable mushrooms for your kitchen. #solarpunk as fuck

Didn't get these done in time for #solarpunkactionweek but we got the first wave of seeds planted for what's been deemed Gardenpocalypse.

We're starting extra beans, swiss chard, collards, okra, corn, peppers, zucchini and squash to give away the baby plants to our friends and a guerilla garden I volunteered to help some fellow anarchists set up
#gardening #communitygarden #guerillagardening

@solarpunkactionweek turning into #solarpunk action MONTH thanks to my school and work going all online. Yesterday I filled up this bottle tower planter with spinach so I can eat greens all summer. I got seedlings from the local hardware store, but if you start some yourself it's a great way to grow a lot of veggies in a small space and reduce water loss too. Details in the captions!

how I reuse takeout containers for quickly growing food indoors:

1) get a clean container and lid. a shallow container works best because deep soil is not needed.
2) poke holes in the bottom of the container.
3) put about an inch of potting mix in the container.
4) select your seed. I have a microgreen mix I like (a mix of beet, radish, kale, etc.), but maybe you have dry peas or black oil sunflower seeds hanging around. you can grow those!

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