We Are Druid

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." - Albert Einstein Proud member of the We Are Adventurers collective.

[salty-vegan]

I dgaf where you get your meat, eggs, and cheese from, it’s all exploitation/abuse

I don’t care if they’re dollar store brand, organic free range, or from a farmers market

I don’t care about your commitment to buying “locally sourced humane meat”

It’s all bullshit

That shit isn’t yours to take

Fuckin leave the animals alone

[phantomfirefly]

I painted a springtime tea party grizzly bear. Who doesn’t love tea and honey?

[peachy-bunster]

Visit Original Link

[moist-astronaut]

Send help I’ve been laughing for 15 minutes the internet killed my sense of humor

[mildlydisconcertingsparrowhawk]

I was expecting exactly that and was not disappointed

[leprachaunsean]

@screaming-bees

[mrsokiedoke]

I was trying to play this, and it played halfway across the house on my bluetooth speaker, and scared my dogs who are sleeping in their crates

[danthemedicman]

I’m heee hawing at this SO HARD rn

[a-spoon-is-born]

Did you know? You can buy wild rice direct from Native folks!

Wild rice isn’t actually rice-it’s a grass seed that grows naturally in lakes in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and it’s been an indigenous staple food for many, many centuries. Although some corporations have taken and grown “wild rice” in paddies, it is not the same thing- it is actually a hybrid seed that is not the same quality and often sold for a higher price anyways.

Not only is the wild rice a sacred food, but is a form of Indigenous science that lets you know how healthy the water is (or isn’t), because water is life and affects the health of all people, plants, and animals that live with it. This has been belatedly acknowledged by very recent research from the University of Minnesota that the health of the wild rice can predict all health of lakes and streams.

I buy my wild rice from the Red Lake Nation and the White Earth Nation.

The cool thing about buying from the White Earth Nation is that they also have videos showing the traditional processes involved in harvesting and parching the rice, and they offer stuff like gift baskets, chokecherry preserves, maple candy, soup & pancake mix, and cookbooks which make great gifts!

What I like about buying from the Red Lake Nation is there is a massive variety and quantity of different wild rice products at many different prices! They are aware that the broken grains are not as quality, but it doesn’t go to waste-you can buy the broken grains for “Soup Bits” ($3.49) which are an inexpensive way to add flavor & nutrition to soups and stews. They also offer “Quick Cook” wild rice ($5.69), which is prepared from a lighter roast/parch process that allows the grains to cook in a shorter amount of time and has a rich, traditional flavor.

You can also buy syrups and jellies made from hand harvested hawthorn, chokecherry, and highbush cranberry there.

BUT! If you’re worried about shipping costs or like me, are disabled/have limited mobility and can’t always get to the store like you might prefer,Red Lake Nation also sells their rice through Amazon, eligible for Prime shipping. This is also good for those, Native or not, who are struggling in the community and share their wishlists for help purchasing food.(Also please know this post is only meant to share information, not to make anyone feel bad or imply they’re eating “inferior” food.)

If you’re interested in finding out what other nations cultivate and sell/trade wild rice, there’s a partial list here of where you can buy hand-harvested wild rice from native people in the Great Lakes region

[yesterdaysprint]

The Daily Times, New Philadelphia, Ohio, July 9, 1924

[necessaryveganism]

[mtfautoandrophile]

i think it is good to warn people in advance about the circumstances that will cause you to bite them and i think that having given that warning it is good to follow through when the time comes

[mtfautoandrophile]

the rattlesnake is an admirable creature whose virtues we should emulate

[red-moon-witch]

The moon is messaging to tell you she loves you.

[veganpropaganda]

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Ever see a baby calf snore?! @danmckerna caught Mike snoring while waiting at the MSU vet 😂 🛌

A post shared by Barn Sanctuary (@barnsanctuary) on Jan 16, 2018 at 3:08pm PST

[90377]

Rothirsch - red deer - Cervus elaphus by Olaf Kerber

[plutomeetsgenius]

You saw the god of the forest and you took pictures?

[hillergoodspeed]

(https://www.instagram.com/p/BfJt9clFxjO/)

[pianoaround]

Rockin and a rollin. 

[neomushi]

this has so many chaotic energies to it

[blogging-phelddagrif]

me at 2am

[evilsmurfnope-deactivated202001]

That’s an Eldridge god

[karina-padilla]

Wow this made me cry

[asking-jude]

Source

[thefrizzkid-deactivated20220425]

I love my friends!

[zeteo-deactivated20180224]

[amorphoussystem-deactivated2024]

How much longer until the utopic Solarpunk future where Capitalism is dead and we all live in ecologically sustainable high-tech forest cities? Asking for a friend.

[plantyhamchuk]

Until we make those ecologically sustainable high-tech forest cities ourselves. It’s going to take a lot of us to do it though, so best to spread the word (and gather native tree seeds).

[samiholloway]

And, like, get started now. Then our “weirdo houses” will be the only thing functioning when everything falls apart!

[plantyhamchuk]

The only reason why we don’t live in a solarpunk world right now is because no one has bothered to make it yet. 

We’ll have to make it ourselves, and we’ll have to help each other make it. That’s why it is solarpunk. 

Some resources to consider creating or joining or doing:

Repair cafes - create or join your local repair cafe! Repair stuff, learn how to repair stuff, teach others how to repair stuff.

Map of Makerspaces - make some things! learn how to make some things! teach others how to make some things!

Community Garden Map (note that this is US-only, and not a complete list) - join a local community garden

Support your local farmers / local economy (US only link)

Support or create a local Food Not Bombs chapter

Support or create a local Food Not Lawns chapter

Grow food in 5 gallon buckets

Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity (as a bonus you can learn extremely practical skills)

Volunteer via 350.org to help the environment / the planet / the place we live and depend on

Excellent-and-still-growing wiki from reddit’s awesome r/zerowaste community - great resource to learn how to live more lightly on the earth

Spread the word about solarpunk, especially to engineering students. Show them projects like Open Source Ecology - Global Village Construction Set and Bridges for Prosperity 

Learn how to Patch a Hole, Mend a Seam, and Fix a Hem

Learn how to repair a hole in the sole of a shoe

Learn some basics on passive solar design - clever use of the sun can create extremely energy efficient homes and buildings. You can use these principles to save on energy bills, even if you’re renting.

Free USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning, 2015 revision - cut down on personal food waste! Learn how to safely preserve food. Very useful if you suddenly harvest / purchase for crazy cheap in season / dumpster dive a ton of perishable food.

Donate to One Acre Fund, which provides training and capital to farmers (making them more productive and pulling them out of poverty) in various east African countries

Donate to Bridges to Prosperity, which provides technical expertise, money, and volunteers, to help local people build and maintain their own footbridges in extremely isolated rural areas 

joining r/solarpunk, and sharing links/ideas/art/music with the community. Also, upvoting stuff for greater visibility. There’s over 900 members!

[solarpunk-aesthetic]

Now that’s what I’m talking about!