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I love this Spring Issue! You’ll learn about a remarkable young Gamechanger, who is inspiring many young people around the globe, and who will also be part of a global event happening on March 15th. The blog titled “I have a crush on your mind,” features an excellent piece by a writer who cares deeply about the planet, and through his writing raises awareness about environmental destruction, deception of the public, injustice, inequality and the misallocation of resources, waste, denial, undisclosed interests, complacency, amongst other things.
This video by a chinese vlogger is just incredible! The footage is beautiful and poetic, as she demonstrates her skills living off the land.
The Innovative Design story fills me with the hope that there are products being invented that will help clean the air indoors and outdoors, as with the post about a community coming together to successfully stop a blight from happening in their neighborhood.
The first Eco film is the story of a couple that started a farm 2 hours north of Los Angeles. The film is being released soon, and I haven’t seen it yet but I can’t wait to find out how it worked out for them. The second film is very short, and is part of a series that I love called The Story of Stuff. This one is about electronics and about we can do to reduce waste.
With spring around the corner, or already here depending when you read this, it’s a great time to order seeds. I’ve listed my favorite organic seed catalogs. Follow each month’s garden calendar for the best planting days and learn about why native plants are better for birds and people. I also posted about bird feeders in the winter, as some of us are still in that zone for another month or longer.
I only have a few weeks left until the season is over to collect sap from my sugar maple trees. What an experience this has been!
When I was still living in Los Angeles, I never imagined then that I would one day be making my own maple syrup.
I’m only posting one delicious plant based recipe this month, and I will post others in the next month, as long as I absolutely love them. Stay tuned! I did discover a new easy trick that will help me reduce food waste and save money. Another tip is an important reminder for us all when we go shopping for fresh seasonal produce. The last tip is really useful, especially if you prefer to use wood cutting boards for all your food prep like I do.
I only recently became aware of the work of this lovely man who lived in Maine, who said “I want to live in a society where people are intoxicated with the joy of making things.” His book show show to fashion a livelihood of integrity and completeness. Another book that I recommend is by a wonderful author who takes readers on a thought-provoking exploration of the vast natural systems that make life on Earth possible. The children’s book I chose is about how to plant a wild garden, because it’s spring after all!
I created the cover for this issue and if you are interested in learning about the seeds that I mention, I posted a blog about it. It was hard to chose which seeds to feature because each of them are special so I ended up using some of the ones that I collected last year.
The artist featured isn’t known to be particularly eco. However, this famous and prolific artist created some pieces that I found very touching: one is very recognizable and the other one is thought provoking.
Please stop in to visit the latest additions to The Cabinet of Green Curiosities…One is rather shady and the other, a most unusual but absolutely fabulous, library.
Wishing you a beautiful Springtime,
All the best,
Priscilla
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