Pollinator People dissertation
Exciting news! I have completed my PhD dissertation “Pollinator People: an ethnography of bees, bee advocates and possibilities for multispecies commoning in Toronto and London, ON“. You can read it…
Other worlds are possible!
Exciting news! I have completed my PhD dissertation “Pollinator People: an ethnography of bees, bee advocates and possibilities for multispecies commoning in Toronto and London, ON“. You can read it…
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
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…
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…
Cultivate abundance in the face of uncertainty!
This pandemic will make visible some of the worst aspects of capitalism and will require us to organize and act when it is over!
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.
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.