Pollinator People: PhD Public Lecture
If you have been following my work, you may be interested in attending a virtual public lecture of my PhD dissertation. Please email for zoom details – rebecca.a.ellis@gmail.com
Author: RE
I am a community activist, PhD candidate (almost done), beekeeper, and herb farmer.
On hiatus
Hi Everyone, You may have noticed, but I am on hiatus from the blog and podcast. Over the next few months, I will be completing my PhD, starting a herb…
Episode 17: Permaculture Pandemic 3 – Mutual Aid for Collective Futures
In the third instalment of the Permaculture Pandemic Podcast series I discuss the concept and practice of mutual aid, including it’s history (my version), how it relates to permaculture and…
Episode 16: Permaculture Pandemic Podcast 2 – Cultivate Abundance in Uncertainty
Cultivate abundance in the face of uncertainty!
Episode 15: Permaculture Pandemic Podcast 1
This pandemic will make visible some of the worst aspects of capitalism and will require us to organize and act when it is over!
Planning your garden in the face of climate breakdown
In the face of climate breakdown, the task of cheerfully planning one’s garden may be filled with sadness, anxiety, or confusion. The snowy picture of my backyard looks lovely and wintry but until yesterday, it was freakishly mild. I know other parts of the world are experiencing much more serious climate chaos. However, the creation of spaces in which people and non-human nature can flourish is more important now than perhaps ever before.
Small-scale farmers – not lab foods – can help save the planet
George Monbiot’s recent article in which he celebrates the rise of lab-based foods and the end of the agrarian age is highly problematic. It ignores social scientific and scientific research about agricultural systems and minimizes the practices and struggles of small-scale, organic farmers.
Radical change & radical patience: lessons from my garden
Sometimes we have to spend time nurturing things even though we don’t know when and if they will flourish. This is true for gardens and it’s also true for social change and social movements. Maybe there are movements that, like my native wildflowers, seem to have died but will grow back stronger and more beautiful than ever. Maybe there are forms of social change that I will nurture for years like my Paw Paws, possibly never getting to eat the fruit myself but creating the conditions so that others can.
