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Olympia Land Reclamation Project (guerrilla gardening) | (Read 213 times) |
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rachael hamblin
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April 14, 2008, 11:53:41 PM |
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Meet at Media Island 816 Adams St. SE Thurs. April 17 at 7pm
Guerrilla gardening is political gardening, a form of nonviolent direct action, primarily practiced by environmentalists. It is related to land rights, land reform, and permaculture. Activists take over ("squat") an abandoned piece of land which they do not own to grow crops or plants. Guerrilla gardeners believe in re-considering land ownership in order to reclaim land from perceived neglect or misuse and assign a new purpose to it.
Some guerrilla gardeners carry out their actions at night, in
relative secrecy, to sow and tend a new vegetable patch or flower
garden. Others work more openly, seeking to engage with members of the
local community, as illustrated in the examples that follow. It has
grown into a form of proactive activism or pro-activism.
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