An Array of Utopian Flowers
-
Amazon Defenders Part One: Protecting Biodiversity from Big Oil
Posted on November 19, 2020 | No Comments -
The Fight for Self Determination between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Posted on November 6, 2020 | No Comments -
LA Public Utility Methane Leak Poisons Sun Valley Community
Posted on October 29, 2020 | No Comments -
Radical Mycology: The Future is Fungi with Peter McCoy
Posted on October 16, 2020 | 1 Comment -
After the Burn: The Benefits of Bioremediation with Taylor Bright
Posted on October 2, 2020 | 1 Comment
-
WilderUtopia in 102 Languages
‘Medicine Walk’ Featured in SBLitJo
Santa Barbara Literary Journal released ‘Bellatrix: Volume 3’ in June 2019, which among adventurous fiction, poetry, essays, and lyrics, features an excerpt of Jack Eidt’s psychic-animism fiction, Medicine Walk. Buy the book!
urban gardens Archive
The BirdHouse: Reconnecting People & Place through Arts & Ecology
Posted on April 8, 2020 | No CommentsOn this episode of EcoJustice Radio, we visit with the members of an inspiring community garden and culture-space called The BirdHouse, in Hollywood, CA.
Empowering Community Through Urban Farming – EcoJustice Radio
Posted on June 27, 2018 | No CommentsLearn how our "wasted resources" have direct social, economic and environmental impacts and how local groups are creating local solutions. This episode's guests are tackling the environmental issues of soil health and wasted organics, all the while building community roots and social equity through local composting and thriving urban farms.
Landscape Urbanism: Green Roofs, Community Farms in Japan
Posted on March 29, 2014 | 4 CommentsGardens and farms, green roofs and landscaped buildings are becoming more a part of the urban landscape in Japan. We look at projects in Osaka, and a Tokyo rail company has placed garden allotments on train station rooftops, greening the city while allowing commuters to connect to the land and grow their own vegetables.
Japan: “Office Farming” Greens Tokyo’s Urban Jungle
Posted on August 29, 2013 | 7 CommentsSophie Feng writes on one answer to disaster-prone Tokyo's interest in food health and security. Corporate Ecology is mixed with the move toward Agricultural Urbanism, greening the sterile downtown office world for workers and visitors.
Agricultural Urbanism: Designing Cities as Edible Ecosystems
Posted on December 8, 2012 | 5 CommentsThe world’s population is expected to rise to 10 billion by 2050. Yet with 80 per cent of the planet’s usable farmland already cultivated, the effects of climate change wreaking havoc across large areas of existing farmland, and more than 10 per cent of humanity going to bed hungry every night, growing enough sustenance for three billion new mouths is not going to be easy.
Urban Ecology: Promoting Life in the Concrete Jungle
Posted on November 30, 2012 | 2 CommentsIn the growing field of urban ecology, scientists study cities as if they were ecosystems. With cities launching efforts to slash carbon emissions, reduce water use and improve habitats, scientists are beginning to evaluate how such policies affect the overall health of the urban environment.
Detroit Works: Urban Farming and Reforestation as Neighborhood Preservation
Posted on August 9, 2012 | 19 CommentsDetroit Future City, the long-term planning vision for the long-rusting Motor City, embraces the urban farming, permaculture, and ecological urbanism movements seen in cities across the United States, to chart the way to more a prosperous and sustainable future.
Permaculture: Land-Based System of Human Rewilding
Posted on May 21, 2011 | 9 CommentsPermaculture is an integrative approach to re-creating sustainable cities, towns and villages, emulating ecologic relationships from wild nature. The practice encompasses architecture, horticulture, energy, waste management, and urban planning.
