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When you think of Detroit, USA, ‘sustainable‘ and ‘agriculture‘ may not be the first two words that you think of. But a new urban agrihood debuted by The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI) might change your mind.
The three-acre development boasts a two-acre garden, a fruit orchard with 200 trees, and a sensory garden for kids. read more >>>
Johan Scott, a retired policeman from Heidelberg, South Africa, started the vegetable garden on his pavement after his cauliflower was stolen.
He realised that there were people that are hungry in his neighbourhood, so he decided to cultivate an even bigger garden on his pavement to feed more people.
“It makes my heart happy when I see people eating my vegetables. That is why I planted this, because the people are hungry, they need this.” read more >>>
"It is only our dominant worldview and the education systems and cultures we have created in accordance that make us live within an illusory projected reality of separation — between nature and culture, self and world, mind and matter. Our culturally dominant story is cutting us off from life’s deeply interconnected spring of vitality for all. It is an outdated story, that is killing us and much of life with it!" - Daniel Christian Wahl, Regenerative Consciousness Community.
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On World Environment Day, Dr Vandana Shiva reminds us that we are part of the Earth, and that we all have a duty to care for her future.
Two centuries of fossil fuel driven development is pushing humanity to the brink.
Dr. Shiva clearly spells out how we need to, and can, change course.
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In the face of climate breakdown and ecological overshoot, alluring promises of "green growth" are no more than magical thinking.
We need to restructure the fundamentals of our global cultural/economic system to cultivate an "ecological civilization": one that prioritizes the health of living systems over short-term wealth production.
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"All of us have had the experience of wandering through a lush garden or a timeless desert, walking by a river or an ocean, or climbing a mountain and finding ourselves simultaneously calmed and reinvigorated, engaged in mind, refreshed in body and spirit.
The importance of these physiological states on individual and community health is fundamental and wide-ranging.
In forty years of medical practice, I have found only two types of non-pharmaceutical 'therapy' to be vitally important for patients with chronic neurological diseases: music and gardens." - Oliver Sacks
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