Last week we gathered to watch Botany of Desire, which is based on a book by the same name by Michael Pollan. It goes through four plants that have had a great impact on the world. Explore more here. A couple quotes I found especially powerful are as follows:
"The order we impose on nature is never more
than temporary or illusory. In the end the logic of nature will win out
over the logic of capitalism, the logic of the factory, the logic of
efficiency. It's always been so, and it always will be so. Nature is
stronger than any of our designs, and nature resists our control."
"Everything
we do, what we choose to eat, what flowers we choose to put on our
tables, what drugs we choose to take, these are evolutionary votes we
are casting everyday, in many, many different ways."
So let's adopt an outlook where the world of plants and animals, and the world of people (who sometimes forget we are animals) are not mutually exclusive. In fact, without plants, we would have very little time left on this big ol' globe. It's about that time of year to start the early seeds, like onions. Seed packets have already found their way to Greentree, the local co-op. Get planting!
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