I made this image a little while ago and (surprise!) it's already out of date in a few areas, but it was fun to lay out all the gear that makes up a normal short hike for me. I've tried to aim toward #ultralight but also not be dumb about, and I am kinda old so keeping some niceties like the chair make my. time out in the...
This is possible, and with protecting #wilderness as well. It requires agricultural "#intensification"; applying modern techniques, equipment, and biology to farming.
There's a good #discussion of how this can be done, and has been done in various other places, to save wildernesses, improve standards of living, and reduce #hunger, in a very good #book - "Apocalypse Never" (2020), by Michael Shellenberger.
Ep 2.9 is live! @arielkroon discusses the topic of ecocriticism with Dr Jenny Kerber, Associate Professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University.
What is #ecocriticism? Why is it important, especially for #environmental activists and solarpunks, as a narrative reframing device? Solarpunks work very closely with speculation and imagination and as architects of the narratives by which we live our lives, it helps to have tools like ecocriticism at our disposal.
Join Ariel and Dr. Kerber to think through terms like “#wilderness” and “#nature” and “the #Anthropocene." How do we hold on to #hope, despite critical engagement with the dark side of our environmental #narratives ?
A fascinating map of land use in the United States. I would never have guessed cow pasture makes up the largest usage, by far, dwarfing housing and local commercial, urban and rural together, by a longshot.
One thing I note in the alt-text - food production land is tiny compared to several other things on the map. If we took only 1/4 of the ridiculously oversized cow pasture land use, currently between 1/4 and 1/3 of the total continental US, and changed that to greenhouse operations, we could have affordable food year round for everybody.
I'm not going to get into it with any vegans, but there would be more sustainability out of that cow pasture land if a big chunk of it was changed to smaller animals, like chicken & lamb - not factory farmed, though. Also more composting, to eliminate phosphate imports by processing & using manure responsibly.
This is your erratically scheduled reminder that building rock #cairns when you’re out #hiking is not a way to show your love of #wilderness, or a cute little addition to the #scenery. It’s #vandalism at best, and gets much worse from there. Please stop.
Dreaming a new world into being... along with millions of others. 🌎
Enjoy the ride! #Introduction 🇦🇺 #Author#Writing#Cinema#Nature#Foraging#Wilderness#Mythology
I hold a Doctorate in at least one of these, but am here to celebrate the subtle wonders of our natural world, fierce joy of creativity and limitlessness of the human spirit.
Pic: Far Northwest coast of #Australia - Where desert meets coastal dunes, and the Indian Ocean.
All the gears...
I made this image a little while ago and (surprise!) it's already out of date in a few areas, but it was fun to lay out all the gear that makes up a normal short hike for me. I've tried to aim toward #ultralight but also not be dumb about, and I am kinda old so keeping some niceties like the chair make my. time out in the...