Earthseed
Earthseed, the Ecollective journal
The Ecollective journal
Vol. 1, 2023
The Earthseed journal is named for the collection of writings by Lauren Oya Olamina, the protagonist of Octavia Butler’s novel, The Parable of the Sower.
Lauren keeps a journal that includes reflections about her spiritual philosophy called, “Earthseed.” The basic principle of the philosophy is cooperation. Read more about this philosophy and its relation to current crises in the Earthseed “The summer of our discontent” editorial. The Earthseed journal, volume 1, 2023
Black gardeners in the history of Norfolk Botanical Garden
Black people (mostly women) cleared 25 acres of swamp land and transformed the area into the Norfolk Botanical Garden during a 1930s WPA project.
King cotton, great American icon
Ever wonder why so much nostalgia is imbued in a crop that’s associated with intense heat; brutally exploitative labor and devastating insect infestation?