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The Radish Rebellion | What if the revolution starts with a worm bin in your kitchen and a tomato plant on your balcony? (www.resilience.org)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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Solarpunk is often dismissed as a purely aesthetic movement - pretty pictures of skyscrapers covered in vines. But true Solarpunk is political. It is about decentralization.

If we want to become independent of the “Big Three” (US tech, Chinese manufacturing, Russian energy), we need to localize our survival.

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[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 9 points 2 days ago

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago

Just got my seeds for a salsa garden this year. Starting small is exactly what I'm doing

[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

Fraggles: Radish rebellion!!!

[–] Raise_a_Thoth@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago

And if your neighborhood has regulatory hurdles, infiltrate your HOA and push what is 'normal.' I am a sucker for suburban homes but the culture and landscapes are barren. Lawns are useless, biologically starved spaces that create a sanitized, monotonous aesthetic while fracturing up the natural local ecosystems.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Then the government will try to make worms and plants illegal.

[–] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I mean, if saving seeds wasn't dangerous to the powers that shouldn't be, Monsanto wouldn't have made it illegal.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

It's dangerous to Monsanto's bottom line, because they rely on having a monopoly on their seeds. I'd say farmers breaking patent law is a revolutionary act! But, at least for now, the government doesn't care if you save heirloom seeds or your own cultivars.

For now.