Hunter Green on Nostr: The very first thing which happens to a garden when it becomes abandoned is the ...
The very first thing which happens to a garden when it becomes abandoned is the sudden death of the most greedy, hybridized and mispositioned exotic ornamental plants. Having been bred to only survive in industrial greenhouses under the control of precise environmental management systems, these specimens wither away within days or weeks. Their culling is so sudden, it happens even before native weeds begin to repopulate what once was wild land anyway. These ornamental plants were a burden on the garden’s resources: they were of little use to pollinators and local ecosystems, bred to look pretty, consume more nutrients than they should, and take up space.
The very first thing which happens to a civilisation when it collapses is the sudden death of the most urbanized, resource-intensive, consumatronic and unsustainable pockets of society. Having been reared on industrial food production, vulnerable supply chains and hoarded resources, these aspects of the economy begin to wither away within days or weeks. Their culling is so rapid, it happens even before nature begins to repopulate what once was wild land anyway. These greedy human specimens were a burden on the planet’s resources: they were of little use to Earth, bred to look pretty, consume more resources than they should, and take up space.
As the garden rewilds itself, given time it eventually reverts to a natural ecosystem which needs no human supervision: no water, fertiliser, pruning or other management. The wild plants and animals which have returned are no longer under the authority of the gardener. They have established a mutual support system, a circular economy of nutrients which is superior to the green thumb of even the most expert horticulturalist. Most of all, they haven’t been tampered with genetically. They have the in-built wisdom and resilience encoded in their wild-type genes.
As the civilisation rewilds itself, given time it eventually reverts to a self-sustained economy which needs no constant capital injections: no industrial agriculture, bullshit jobs, corrupt politicians or other intensive micromanagement. The new humans are no longer under the authority of the corporatocracy’s oligarchs. They have established a mutual support system, a circular economy of goods which is far more resilient than even the most elaborate supply chain. Most of all, they haven’t been tampered with psychologically by the Unhappiness Machine. They have the in-built sense of happiness and contentment encoded in their wild-type genes.
Beautiful gardens give the illusion that they are healthy. But they are often nothing but an artificial, manicured, unsustainable plot of land constantly dependent on huge quantities of water, fertilizer, and new plants to replace the dead ones. Plants become ornamental versions of their wild-type relatives, dependent on sickening amounts of chemicals, growth hormones and artificial conditions just so that they can keep going.
Our civilisation lives under the delusion that it is able to take care of itself. But it is nothing but an artificial, manicured, unsustainable garden constantly dependent on huge quantities of stolen resources, inflated capital, and risky population expansion. People have become ornamental versions of their former selves, much like industrial greenhouse flowers: reared on sickening amounts of unhealthy foods, half truths and entertainment narcotics just so that they can keep going.
The parallels between how we farm animals and plants and how we have farmed ourselves are so staggering and terrifying, yet most of us have become too domesticated to even see it. We have made ourselves unnecessary to Earth, and harmful to everything else that lives here. It is not difficult to imagine what happens next, in this garden of civilisation.
(George Tsakraklides)
#ecology #anthropology
The very first thing which happens to a civilisation when it collapses is the sudden death of the most urbanized, resource-intensive, consumatronic and unsustainable pockets of society. Having been reared on industrial food production, vulnerable supply chains and hoarded resources, these aspects of the economy begin to wither away within days or weeks. Their culling is so rapid, it happens even before nature begins to repopulate what once was wild land anyway. These greedy human specimens were a burden on the planet’s resources: they were of little use to Earth, bred to look pretty, consume more resources than they should, and take up space.
As the garden rewilds itself, given time it eventually reverts to a natural ecosystem which needs no human supervision: no water, fertiliser, pruning or other management. The wild plants and animals which have returned are no longer under the authority of the gardener. They have established a mutual support system, a circular economy of nutrients which is superior to the green thumb of even the most expert horticulturalist. Most of all, they haven’t been tampered with genetically. They have the in-built wisdom and resilience encoded in their wild-type genes.
As the civilisation rewilds itself, given time it eventually reverts to a self-sustained economy which needs no constant capital injections: no industrial agriculture, bullshit jobs, corrupt politicians or other intensive micromanagement. The new humans are no longer under the authority of the corporatocracy’s oligarchs. They have established a mutual support system, a circular economy of goods which is far more resilient than even the most elaborate supply chain. Most of all, they haven’t been tampered with psychologically by the Unhappiness Machine. They have the in-built sense of happiness and contentment encoded in their wild-type genes.
Beautiful gardens give the illusion that they are healthy. But they are often nothing but an artificial, manicured, unsustainable plot of land constantly dependent on huge quantities of water, fertilizer, and new plants to replace the dead ones. Plants become ornamental versions of their wild-type relatives, dependent on sickening amounts of chemicals, growth hormones and artificial conditions just so that they can keep going.
Our civilisation lives under the delusion that it is able to take care of itself. But it is nothing but an artificial, manicured, unsustainable garden constantly dependent on huge quantities of stolen resources, inflated capital, and risky population expansion. People have become ornamental versions of their former selves, much like industrial greenhouse flowers: reared on sickening amounts of unhealthy foods, half truths and entertainment narcotics just so that they can keep going.
The parallels between how we farm animals and plants and how we have farmed ourselves are so staggering and terrifying, yet most of us have become too domesticated to even see it. We have made ourselves unnecessary to Earth, and harmful to everything else that lives here. It is not difficult to imagine what happens next, in this garden of civilisation.
(George Tsakraklides)
#ecology #anthropology