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…
Tag: permaculture
Composting with worms: a beginner’s guide to vermicomposting
Worm composting, or vermicomposting, is one of the easiest and most rewarding ways to compost kitchen scraps. The end product of the composting process is sometimes referred to as Black…
Design the regenerative city: zones and sector
When people discuss permaculture design, one of the first aspects mentioned are zones, followed by sectors (or vice versa). In some books, articles and PDCs, zones and sectors are written…
Permaculture and activism, part 1
I am working on a presentation about permaculture as a social and environmental justice movement for this amazing conference Organizing Equality. For this presentation I have been doing some research…
The Cheerios #bringbackthebees campaign is a greenwash
It seems that everyone on Facebook is sharing the news that Cheerios is giving away wildflower seeds as part of their campaign to “bring back the bees”. While planting pollinator-loving plants…
Gardening with bees
As gardening season draws to an end – or mostly to an end – in my part of the world (southwestern Ontario), it is important to consider how you can…
The Re-enchantment 