Words&Dirt

The importance of edge is one of the best gardening tips I took away from Gaia’s Garden, Toby Hemenway’s excellent permaculture guide.  Loosely defined, “edge” describes all the parts of the garden that we don’t always think of as useful, especially for growing edible plants.  Over the years, Ma has done a great job of using […]

“We have reached a threshold: modernity and science seem to be putting the human species in danger, but at the same time they are offering the unprecedented, seemingly incredible promise of a quantum leap in the human condition.  As we stand at the posthuman frontier, should we retreat by actively curtailing further progress, or instead […]