Greening Forward

N came with me last weekend to the TedxYouth conference in Lincoln. We sat audience to a young man from Atlanta named Hasib Muhammad who started  Greening Forward as a resource for young activists. 

He gave an amazing speech. I barely had the presence of mind to scribble down a couple of thoughts that fell from his microphone. At the end I looked down at a page that read "Harness hope: learn, fear, grow, fix."  

Heliophilia

Heliophilia - (n.) a desire to stay in the sun; love of sunlight. 

Take Your Time

Thanks, J.

Soak

I woke up to a slow, soaking rain this morning. Opened up all the windows to let the wet weather inside.

Green Camera Action

Grab your camera and submit an entry into tve's 2013 biomovie competition.

Mud Season

Photo Credit: Wendy Jane Bantam

I make a mud pit out of my back yard twice every day. I've reworked some of the grading recently. Planted some grass seed. I've been watering ever since.

I love it. I love the way the way the water rains down my hands. The washed skin that's slick to the dirt surface. The water lasts just an instant before soaking in. The rich, musty smell that rises up from a wet ground. The speckles of a mud sticking to my shins. The cold, strangely clean feel of mud. It's something I make twice every day.

Ripening

 

 

This is the first year, ever, that I've taken up the backyard effort to grow vegetables. I'm a little nervous, so, wish me luck.