Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

@nils_gilman The first ever conference bringing together the "pro-natives" and "pro-exotics" camps at the 2007 Lost Valley Native Plants and Permaculture Conference revealed a hidden ecological perspective informing a path beyond confrontational politics. facebook.com/notes/631364090280918/

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @NoemaMag @Hieraaetus 1/3 Unfortunate, the definition of 'agricultural rewilding' as livestock-centered. Hardly. For one, a vast body of practice affirms the critical role of plant stewardship and, crucially, its political epistemology, at the heart of the planetary 'reinhabitory foodshed movement'.Quoted by@NoemaMag @Hieraaetus 1/3 Unfortunate, the definition of 'agricultural rewilding' as livestock-centered. Hardly. For one, a vast body of practice affirms the critical role of plant stewardship and, crucially, its political epistemology, at the heart of the planetary 'reinhabitory foodshed movement'.Quoted by@RizomaSchool @Tao_Orion Here, a fuller description of that conference and, essentially, the transcending power of bio-cultural ecology as an integrative locus for healing and understanding - as distinct from fragmented ideologies and perspectives, and the antagonisms they implicitly represent.Quoted by@gracie88888 @sidewayskoyote @RizomaSchool end/ By the by, the genius largely responsible for catalyzing and organizing the gathering, Chris Roth, became editor of 'Communities' magazine, the publication of record for the intentional communities movement Stateside, the following year. Beautiful soul. He's still at it.