{"id":32991,"date":"2021-04-06T16:53:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seedsistas.co.uk\/?p=32991"},"modified":"2023-06-22T13:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T12:48:56","slug":"community-gardening-as-a-path-to-eco-activism-re-build-re-connect-re-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seedsistas.co.uk\/2021\/04\/06\/community-gardening-as-a-path-to-eco-activism-re-build-re-connect-re-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Gardening as a path to Eco- Activism. Re-build Re-connect Re-store"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
Why Community Gardening as a path to Eco Activism is important – what is happening globally with community herbalism?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The Pandemic reminded us why cultivating change through our eco-activism work is increasingly more important by the day. This year, sees our beautiful earth\u2019s temperature is rising, the seas are filling with plastic, and carbon emissions are skyrocketing which is causing massive, destructive ecological impacts. These extreme changes such as floods, crushing storms, rising sea temperatures, pesticide contaminated soil and forest destruction for human construction are disproportionately affecting marginalized communities and leaving civilizations feeling broken and disconnected.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Eco-activism is a voice that is speaking not only for the land beneath our feet, but also for those that are concerned with the way in which our current way of life is leading us to our imminent demise. Human rights, such as the accessibility to medicine and good, nourishing food goes hand in hand with protecting the environment as both provide for the other! We aim to prevent damage to our Mother by creating communities and awareness around a new way of living. One that promotes autonomy and empowers people to create a personal connection to the earth through plants.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Out-of-pocket costs for pharmaceuticals is not as high in the UK as it is in other countries. In places like the US, a person will spend on average $1,200 per year on prescription drugs. Those that lack insurance will also be less likely to seek medical attention or purchase a necessary medication due to increasing costs. Some simply cannot afford to take care of themselves as we are now faced with monstrous global wealth gaps.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Food transport is yet another culprit that is causing strain and degradation to the planet in the 2020\u2019s. We have become so used to enjoying whatever food we want all year round that we are out of sync with a natural, seasonal food system and in sync with disregarding the impact that transport emissions have and will continue to have on the earth. Not to mention the pesticides sprayed on most crops that seeps deep into the soil. All for the satisfaction of instant gratification. We must think local! Growing local, regional foods and medicine will not only reduce energy use, but it will empower and create self-sustaining communities. These communities will be people who have built a connection with the earth and each other. Their carbon footprint will be greatly reduced and they will be spending far less out-of-pocket costs for their health as some medicine will be grown from the land nearby. They will have the power and knowledge to share and educate others, and more self-sustaining communities will sprout.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n