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The Quiet Revolutionary

I've been collecting fountain pens for a few decades. But I never use them. People throw 20-30 pens away each year with billions of them in landfill.

So this is it! I'm going disposable pen free! From now on it's a potent mix of soil AND ink under my fingernails!

Plus, of course, they are beautiful
They're appropriate technology too! I'm a sucker for something that can outlast me and be recycled.

an array of fountain pens with the word Reciprocity written above them in black ink
#fountainpens#reciprocity#sppropriatetechnology
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Māmā takiwātanga

Our family committed to avoid synthetic fabrics as much as possible so that our clothing produces minimal #microplastics when washed, and can #compost when it’s worn out. Daughter and I needed more underwear. As much as I would love to purchase New Zealand made underwear, all the “sustainable” New Zealand manufacturers use a cotton-elastane blend. So for now, we wear cotton undies and singlets from The Warehouse sale bin. #nobuy2025 #nobuyyear2025 #sustainable #fashion

Our haul of undies and singlets bought from The Warehouse. There are also socks in this image which sadly contain synthetics but are the same baby socks both our kids have worn, so the odd ones can continue to be re-paired and worn for longer.
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Mx Verda

I only just started this book and I fucking love it. Please read. Thank.

osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/

but no srsly, thank you for considering it. It feels like talking to a friend who Knows how fucked up your family is.

You've been away for a while, so you're shielded from the worst of their damaging tantrums, but uncompromising bare facts of the situation still sober you up somehow.

osupress.oregonstate.eduIndigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge | OSU PressWith more than fifty contributors, Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge offers important perspectives by Indigenous Peoples on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous value systems. The book aims to educate and inspire readers about the importance of decolonizing how Indigenous Knowledges are considered and used outside of Native communities. By including the work of Indigenous storytellers, poets, and scholars from around the globe, editor Lara Jacobs and chapter authors effectively explore the Indigenous value systems—relationships, reciprocity, and responsibility—that are fundamental to Indigenous Knowledge systems and cultures. Indigenous languages and positionality statements are featured for each of the contributors to frame their cultural and geographical background and to allow each Indigenous voice to lead discussions and contribute critical discourse to the literature on Indigenous Knowledges and value systems. By creating space for each of these individual voices, this volume challenges colonial extraction norms and highlights the importance of decolonial methods in understanding and protecting Indigenous Knowledges. Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge is an essential resource for students, academics, members of Tribal, state, and federal governments, Indigenous communities, and non-Indigenous allies as well as a valuable addition to environmental and Indigenous studies collections.   Contributors include: Melinda M. Adams, Joe Anderson, Coral Avery, Andrew Kalani Carlson, Kathryn Champagne, Brandie Makeba Cross, Joanna M. DeMeyer, Jonathan James Fisk, Pat Gonzales-Rogers, Celina Gray, Rhode Grayson, Zena Greenawald, Jennifer Grenz, Joy Harjo, Mandi Harris, Jessica Hernandez, Victor Hernandez, David Iniguez, Michelle M. Jacob, Lara A. Jacobs, Lydia L. Jennings, Eileen Jimenez, Stephanie Kelley, David G. Lewis, Tomás A. Madrigal, Tara McAllister, Lauren Wendelle Yowelunh McLester-Davis, Angeles Mendoza, Kat Milligan-McClellan, Todd A. Mitchell swəlítub, Don Motanic, ‘Alohi Nakachi, Kaikea Nakachi, Kobe , Natachu, Ululani Kekahiliokalani Brigitte Russo Oana, Jennifer R. O’Neal, Lily Painter, Britt Postoak, Leasi Vanessa Lee Raymond, Anamaq Margaret H. C. Rudolf, Oral Saulters, Sam Schimmel, Paulette Steeves, Joni Tobacco, Angelo Villagomez, Vivi Vold, Margaret Palaghicon Von Rotz, Luhui Whitebear, Joseph Gazing Wolf, Monique Wynecoop, and Cherry YEW Yamane.
#book#BookTok#BookLovers
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Artists Garden

#Pulmonaria or #Lungwort, flowering in the last days of #winter. This plant came originally from my parents’ garden in #Austria more than 25 years ago.
When I was out gardening yesterday, I noticed the first bumblebee. Shows how important early flowering #plants are.
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#ArtistsGarden #ImperfectGarden #garden #gardener #gardening #GardenPhotography #Artist #wolfkettler #Photography #GardenWiltshire #WiltshireGarden #Wiltshire #EarlyFlowering #sustainable #biodiversity #natural #NaturalGarden #WildlifeFriendly #PlanetFriendly #PollinatorFriendly #ecology #climate #ClimateChange #conservation #sustainability @gardening

Purple-blue flowers on a Pulmonaria plant.
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Artists Garden

This morning, first sighting of a pair of #ducks this year. They were familiar with the layout of the #garden and knew the facilities, #pond and birdfood, etc. I have no doubt that they have been here in previous years. They were a little wary of me still. They are perfectly wild and not used to humans. Will need time to get re-acquainted with me but it won't take them long. Eventually, they will let me get close and may come up to me.

#MallardDucks #WildDucks #Wildlife #GardenWildlife #artistsgarden #ImperfectGarden #gardening #GardenPhotography #Artist #wolfkettler #GardenWiltshire #WiltshireGarden #Wiltshire #sustainable #LateWinter #natural #NaturalGarden #WildlifeFriendly #PlanetFriendly #ecology #climate #ClimateChange #conservation #sustainability
@gardening

In the centre of the photograph a pair of ducks. A curved path is running from the bottom towards the top.
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Artists Garden

I know I have posted about #snowdrops, #Galanthus, before. I am so pleased with them. They keep increasing - through the season and year on year.
This group at the entrance to the #stumpery. I also have them in other borders and the #GrassMeadow.
As they flower so early, snowdrops do not rely on #pollinators but spread by bulb division. They are still visited by bees and other early insects on a warm day.

#artistsgarden #ImperfectGarden #garden #gardener #gardening #GardenPhotography #Artist #wolfkettler #Photography #GardenWiltshire #WiltshireGarden #Wiltshire #sustainable #winter #biodiversity #natural #NaturalGarden #WildlifeFriendly #PlanetFriendly #ecology #climate #ClimateChange #conservation #sustainability @gardening

In the foreground, slightly to the right, a group of snowdrops. At the left and right edges fronds of ferns. In the middle distance, slightly to the left, an urn with a fern. The distance is blurry greenery and shrubs.
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gcvsa ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭

Once we simply *cannot* continue to travel so far and so fast with so much stuff, we will realize that rebuilding our population centers to support great #density with greater #dignity is sane, sensible, satisfying, and #sustainable.

#Urbanism IS the future, whether you like it or not. We can do this the right way, or we can do it the painful way. It's up to you, but the choice will be made, with or without you.

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Pottery by Osa

I’m experimenting with olla #gardening. I’ve filled a low-fired (porous) pot that I made with water and buried it in the soil with my seedlings. This pot wasn’t made specifically to be an olla, but any porous pot should work. Ollas slowly release water into dry soil, and roots pull it in through osmosis.

Olla gardening conserves water, reduces irrigation frequency, promotes deep root growth, and supports #sustainable, low-maintenance plant care.

An earthenware pottery vase with a small bowl as a makeshift lid, sitting on top of soil, surrounded by little seedlings in a garden bed.
Same vase buried up to its neck inside the soil, surrounded by mulch and seedlings.
Bonus winter garden shot. Nasturtiums with bright yellow and orange flowers, squash vines and red mustard in the background. Only possible because we live in subtropical Florida. It’s chilly but warm enough to garden.
#plants#pottery#alttext
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Julé Cunningham

A little good news about the plague of microplastics infecting Mother Earth, a Wuhan University led study shows that a sustainable biomass framework can remove a high percentage of the dangerous pollution from water. But I'd like to know what happens to the captured particles?
#microplastics #environment #MotherEarth #nature #sustainable

smartwatermagazine.com/news/sm

A photograph taken by Christian Heeb of an elephant stepping into the swallows of a river and drinking. The time is at sunset and the whole scene is suffused with rosy light, the setting sun is heading down, and a flock of birds is flying overhead.
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