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Radical Gardening

Why planting a garden is a political act 

Louis Albert explains the process of assessing scientific, economic and social results from the operating of the ‘Fermes d’Avenir’ (literally farms of the future), for the sake of understanding if these models of farms can be replicated and thus serve the multipurpose of changing the global paradigm. If according to permaculture principles, the problem is the solution, then micro agriculture is the solution to agriculture!

Louis Albert de Broglie was an investment banker before dedicating his time and energy in the preservation of biodiversity. 25 years ago, he created the National Tomato Conservatory in the Loire Valley. Several years later, he saved and modernized one of the world oldest natural sciences institution – Deyrolle. He is now developing a model of micro-farming inspired by permaculture.

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Activists

A guerilla gardener in South Central LA | Ron Finley

Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA — in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where “the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys.”

 
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Guerrilla Gardener Richard Reynolds

Guerrilla gardener Richard Reynolds takes us through his south London ‘gardens’ and explains how his work relates to environmental activism.

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Seed bombs, the “tree lady of Brooklyn,” and the roots of urban gardening.

New York City looked a lot different in the 1960s and 1970s. A sharp economic decline and white flight meant there was mass disinvestment and urban decay, particularly in the city’s lower-income neighborhoods. It’s what Hattie Carthan and Liz Christy noticed in their communities when they each set out to revive their neighbourhoods by making them greener. Ultimately, their radical acts of gardening would transform the landscape across New York City.