Look. There's A Creek Near Where I Live That Has Its Own Volunteer Non-profit Organization.

Look. There's a creek near where I live that has its own volunteer non-profit organization.

It's just one creek. One trickle of water among millions. But people decided to care about that creek. A bunch of people, volunteers, got together and they cleaned several tons of trash out of the creek.

They got to work removing non-native plants from the creek banks and planting native trees.

They got a nearby water treatment plant to upgrade and stop polluting the creek.

They educate people and tell them about the fish and invertebrates that live in creeks and why they should care.

I think that it matters. I think that making sure your community has clean water matters. I think making sure one specific old lady's house doesn't flood matters. I think one stream where fish can live again matters. I think one patch of green space in a downtown area matters. If nothing else, it makes people's lives less shitty, and that's worthwhile in itself.

Stop asking "how do I save the world?" Start asking "can I get together several people to clean up that creek downtown?"

Hey! I have a plan and a question as growing season gets closer and you're about the only Solarpunk person I feel comfortable asking this to, but for context, there's a park across the street from my apartments and they built a waterpark on part of it, but all the trucks and stuff left this large spot that collects and holds water pretty often I want to plant some semi-wetland wildflowers there, but my main concern is the plants getting mowed down once they start growing. Is there anything you think I could do to stop it?

👀👀 oh shit I’m The Solarpunk Gardener now

I haven’t done a lot of guerrilla gardening so I can’t speak from personal experience but I would think there’s a handful of things you could do to prevent mowing, mostly by making the area look as Intentional and Official as possible. This could likely include things like

- Making a sign. Something to name the garden, something like ‘abcxyz park wildflower garden’ or something to make it seem official or at least notable.

- Surround it with stones, I guess like paver stones or just Large Rocks. Or just in general something to signal ‘don’t mow here’ like wood beams or something. I doubt someone on a riding lawnmower or a push mower would dedicate the time to push/move it all aside (unless directly told to) and would instead just skirt around it. It could help if you added mulch as well maybe? They also sell like little short fences/borders and edging at places like Lowes or Home Depot that could maybe work too

- If you’re feeling funky maybe you could make a walking path through it? Make it look even more Intentional and Official. I think that would make it a Several Night Operation instead of just a one night thing, but it would make it look official and encourage people to enjoy the space. I’m thinking a path made of like. Pebbles or something at this point.

That’s all I can think of at the moment. Maybe if anyone else has ideas, they can chime in?

Best of luck on your project! Rooting for you!

this duck LOVES pink drink

i went to get my t-shot yesterday and it took me an hour and a half to get to the clinic and as soon as i got on the bed the nurse dropped my t-shot and it broke and now they're trying to make me pay for the replacement. i think the fuck not lmao

i really love how all the origin characters are so connected in their stories and themes.

gale and lae'zel and shadowheart all grappling with their relationship with their god, and lae'zel and shadowheart in particular grappling with losing their Identity and community when losing their religion.

karlach and astarion and wyll having their bodies permanently changed against their will, karlach and astarion dealing with or not dealing with their own deaths because of those changes, wyll and astarion feeling like they've become monsters after making a hasty deal they were backed into, wyll and karlach grappling with still trying to do good in the world despite all of this.

lae'zel and karlach learning to fight hard to survive. shadowheart and karlach holding onto soft spots in their hearts despite everything. wyll and shadowheart hopeless romantics at heart. gale and astarion desperate for power they think will fix them. lae'zel and gale defying their god who would see them dead. astarion and shadowheart trying to figure out who they are without their pasts. gale and wyll throwing themselves into doing things for others.

i just can't get enough of all of them together no matter the combinations. what a great set of characters at the core of this game.

favorite drawings from this year :o)