Jim East @ wolfyvegan @slrpnk.net

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Convert the pasture lands to syntropic food forests and native forests, and then the birds and other native animals will have a place to live again.

Let us not forget that this is primarily due to deforestation, whether directly (due to loss of tree cover for moisture retention) or indirectly (due to climate change).

People are working on it.

We need both, obviously. Ending animal agriculture is the most practical way to achieve it.

Anyway all policy scenarios with any hope of staying below 2ºC, let alone 1.5ºC, include a lot of net reforestation. So we’ll have to turn this around, somewhere.

It seems like people are working on it in various places, especially in the Amazon:

• https://amazonrestore.codeberg.page/
• https://www.eco-libre.org/vegan-communities-ecuador/
• https://cocolandia.org/locations/

Did you sort this out?

Did you ever find an answer to this re: reforestation projects? Could be useful to relocate termites in order to introduce the microbes to grasslands.

You should have plenty of space if you can plant in the park! Public fruit trees are a great community service, and if you tell the park people that you want to plant native trees, they'd be foolish to say no. More fruit for you, more fruit for the birds, more fruit for anyone smart enough to harvest it, less grass and prickly stuff, more shade in the heat of summer. Everyone wins. Including the people at the persimmon nursery. :)

Projects like this are in desperate need of serious people to help them scale up. If even a small fraction of the people who see articles like this (or videos, or whatever) were to contribute some of their time and energy to the projects themselves, then the odds wouldn't be so against them, and that little bit of progress would become reforestation of entire regions. The question isn't whether it's possible for a project like this to succeed; the question is whether there are enough people willing to make it happen.

https://worldfloraonline.org/ is useful for verifying plant names and finding botanical descriptions.

There's never enough space! Have you looked into nearby lands where you could guerrilla plant some things? At least you got some pawpaws planted already. That's probably the most important thing.

This is an excellent idea, much needed and long overdue! If this takes off, then it'll be an important part of a sustainable future (along with the transportation technology to make the swaps possible, of course.)

It's not clear from looking at the site whether this is for exchanging seeds too. Seeds are much easier to transport, so it makes sense to also include listings for seeds. I recommend asking people to indicate what time year their seeds are available, as many seeds have a short viability.

Another important inclusion would be information about transporting seeds and plants long distances. That could include guides on how to prepare and pack them as well as information about seed-/plant-friendly transportation services in various parts of the world. I think that people who offer such a service (and can provide proof of it) should be allowed to make a listing for their service as well.

There's a lot of potential here! If you like these ideas, I'll gladly discuss further over DMs. :)

For transporting grafted plants in luggage (in order to get them through customs), this video explains the process of removing soil, bracing graft union, and so on.

Transporting plant material internationally

or YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cyn9gDx2seU

I remember reading a few years back that about half of the total world production of palm oil goes to "livestock" feed, but I cannot find the source now.

All systems of oppression must be dismantled, no matter how inconvenient or unpleasant that process may be.

This article was (from what I understood) mostly referring to old heirloom crops that are no longer widely grown because they've been superseded by newer commercial cultivars. I remember hearing that in the early 1900s, there were something like 53 potato cultivars available to buy in grocery stores in the USA, but by the end of the century, there were only 4. That probably applies to other crops as well. Another example of capitalism reducing biodiversity, I guess.

I think that the point of the article is that keeping a large seed collection in storage is a risk; if the freezer fails, all of those seeds are lost forever. Even if the seeds are preserved indefinitely, after a few centuries of climate change, they may not be able to survive in the same region where they were collected, whereas by growing them out generation after generation, they are allowed to adapt to changing conditions and maintain a different sort of viability.

It would seem that keeping some seeds preserved in cold storage while also growing some of the same lineage in as many locations as possible would be the most effective means of keeping the genetics alive.

Someone has to be the first.

The article is definitely lacking details about the Moche and Chimu cultures. The coast of Peru has a history of severe droughts and floods and landslides and earthquakes, yet these people had advanced irrigation systems and managed to live in such an environment for centuries. From what I understand, it's the communal management and temporary nature of the irrigation infrastructure that differs from modern methods, but the how of managing it and moving it over time is left out. If anyone knows more, perhaps they can comment here.

Have you ever been a-wanderin'
out in the great outdoors
when suddenly you feel a little
movement in your drawers?
And from your life's experience,
you know that that ain't good.
'cause all you see around you
is just rocks and grass and wood?
And in your mind you're thinkin'
toilet paper'd be the best,
'cause the way this thing is feelin',
it could be a great big mess?
And all that you can think is
"What the hell am I gonna do?"
But fortunately nature
has a solution just for you!

Oh, the Toilet Paper Plant
is a magical thing!
When you wipe your butt with it,
it makes you wanna sing!
Probably the softest leaves
that you have ever seen!
And when you're done, your derriere
is so damn super clean!

Well I thank GOD, ALLAH,
and BABY JESUS too
for Toilet Paper Plants
when we really gotta poo!
'Cause when you're in an emergency,
and there's no water to be found,
you thank the lord up above
for Toilet Paper Plants around!

Oh, the Toilet Paper Plant
is a magical thing!
When you wipe your butt with it,
it makes you wanna sing!
Probably the softest leaves
that you have ever seen!
And when you're done, your derriere
is so damn super clean!

And if you think savin' your underwear
is all that it can do,
close your eyes and realise,
I got better news for you!
The Toilet Paper Plant
makes a tasty little fruit,
like tiny little blueberries
that give you a little toot!
And if you feel another one
comin' down the pipe,
congratulations for discoverin'
the greatest cycle of life!

'Cause the Toilet Paper Plant
is a magical thing!
When you wipe your butt with it,
it makes you wanna sing!
Probably the softest leaves
that you have ever seen!
And when you're done, your derriere
is SO
DAMN
SUUUU
PERRR
CLEEEEEEAN!

...That song is about Miconia crenata, but it's relevant to the spirit of the article if not the letter.

(FYI, planting Miconia crenata outside of its native range is generally considered a Really Bad Idea™. Find a native toilet paper plant for your area!)