A Sicilian immigrant to Fresno, California, Forestiere had planned to farm citrus until discovering that his 80 acres of “hardpan” soil were unusable for planting. Digging as far as 20 feet below the surface, Forestiere reached depths where the soil was good, and his trees were protected from Fresno’s extreme summer heat and winter frosts. After about 20 years of digging and underground farming, he could quit his day job and live off the fruits of his subterranean orchards.
What Does a Solarpunk City Look Like?
Our Changing Climate
Why we need solarpunk, ecosocialist, and degrowth-oriented cities, specifically, what those future cities might look like, and the failures of capitalist cities today.
Hibiscus: The Red Drink @ African American Garden
A healthy, refreshing spiced herbal tea drink known by many names throughout different countries and cultures.
Throughout West Africa it is known as the “National Drink of Senegal”, in Ghana, “Sobolo”, in Nigeria, “Zobo” and Jus De Bissap. Throughout Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa it is known as Karkadé (Arabic: كَركَديه Karkadīh). Agua de Flor de Jamaica, Agua Fresca de Jamaica, Rosa de Jamaica, is popular across the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, parts of South America and Sorrel or “Red Drink” throughout the US and Canadian African Diaspora.
NatureHouse • Home In A Greenhouse • Guemes Island, Washington
A first-person account of the process from design, through construction, and then the day-to-day life inside the greenhouse. House: Interior 400 sq ft, Greenhouse: 35′ by 60′, 2,100 sq ft. This is a review of the highs, lows, and surprises after living inside the greenhouse the first year.
For more detail on the project that are unique to a house inside a greenhouse, point your web browser to: https://liveinagreenhouse.com
NatureHouse • Home In A Greenhouse • Stockholm, Sweden
The average temperature in Stockholm in January is -3°C (27°F). For Marie Granmar and Charles Sacilotto it can be much warmer thanks to the greenhouse that blankets their home. “For example at the end of January it can be -2°C outside and it can be 15 to 20°C upstairs,” explains Sacilotto. He was inspired to build a house-in-a-greenhouse through his relationship with architect Bengt Warne who began designing the first Naturhus (Nature House) in 1974*.
“Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening.”
― CHICO MENDES
Now forming:🌳DomusVitrea.OBSERVATORY™☀️ is a from the roots up startup, 501(c)(3) Public Benefit Nonprofit for the Advancement of Scientific Discovery, in-search-of a fiscal sponsor in alignment with these stated values and goals.
To be established as a multi-stakeholder, federated union of co-operatives, a pragmatic, accessible, transitional socialist analog of capitalist municipalities, designed to serve those embracing eco-socialist principles as well as those propagandized against authentic mutualism.
This is a deliberate, intentional common sense informed by empirical science, not charismatic leadership, a true materialism rooted in data and verifiable outcomes, with our focus on vibrant ecocentric research, experimentation, innovation, and education.
“Strong people don’t need strong leaders.”
― ELLA BAKER
Prospectively building a land trust in Western Sonoma County’s queer-friendly Russian River Valley, we’re committed to fostering greater melanin abundance, explicitly including Black Trans Women, Femmes, and other gender-expansive, racialized oppressed.
This proposition aims to advance interdisciplinary knowledge in natural sciences—reinventing and implementing practical alternatives to failing critical infrastructure, integrating social services as essential municipal functions, and addressing unsustainable resource consumption.
Our goal is to provide accessible, scalable prefigurative solutions across individual, familial, and communal needs, ultimately serving as a public reservoir of knowledge shared through novel forms of communication by demonstration.
To be clear, this is about self-governance and engaged citizenship, a deeper democracy. Our approach moves beyond the outdated distinction between natural and social sciences and refutes the presumed “indeterminability of human action.”
This argument, in particular, fails to acknowledge the rigorous bridge-building work done through the ecological systems theory framework in multidisciplinary fields like environmental psychology, ecological psychology, ecological counseling, developmental psychology, education, community psychology, collaborative decision-making, social work, public health, and familial studies.
Together, we can establish a new tradition of municipal science, to live and learn experimentally, to optimize human strengths, and to accommodate human limitations. Implementing a new model of eco-tourism, healthy high density housing, transit oriented urban design that spotlights relationships between each other and the environment as we transition to a more equitable, just, and sustainable society.
Note: This website is in placeholder mode. A revision is in development that does not commodify you like Discord and other platforms. This will include a Discourse-based, long-format forum with project management and Matrix for integrated decentralized, encrypted short-form chat & collaboration.