Trevor Seyl
@tnseyl
Trevor Seyl
The wood wide web has been mapped, traced, monitored, and coaxed to reveal the beautiful structures and finely adapted languages of the forest network. We have learned that mother trees recognize and talk with their kin, shaping future generations. In addition, injured trees pass their legacies on to their neighbors, affecting gene regulation,
... See morePeter Wohlleben • The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature Book 1)
the trees man
If one tree fruits, they all fruit—there are no soloists. Not one tree in a grove, but the whole grove; not one grove in the forest, but every grove; all across the county and all across the state. The trees act not as individuals, but somehow as a collective. Exactly how they do this, we don’t yet know. But what we see is the power of unity. What
... See moreRobin Wall Kimmerer • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
the forest
“Transform yourself to transform the world
adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy
As You Like It subverts the traditional rules of romance. Gender roles, nature and politics are confused in a play that reflects on how bewildering yet utterly pleasurable life can be
As You Like It | Royal Shakespeare Company
apt description
I would like for the audience to take away a new relationship with their own self. To feel that change is possible, and that change can come from working together, learning from each other and from being more honest. Being brave enough to jump off the cliff into the unknown!
Article
There’s a network of roots in a forest, so all the trees are connected to each other. If one tree is struggling then other trees who have enough, will send nutrients to try and save that other tree through the root system, regardless of species.
Article
the forest as mutual aid
The mechanisms of capitalism have chugged along for centuries finding cheaper and cheaper ways to outsource labour; ethicists and lawmakers have attempted to push back at various points, discouraging and criminalizing unethical wages, unsafe labour practices, and forced servitude. AI does the job for free, and you can’t illegally exploit it because... See more
rayne fisher-quann • Choosing to walk
I often found this work mind-numbing and pointless, and because I’ve never been good at doing anything I don’t want to do, I was bad at it.
Choosing to walk
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“Well, there are two options. One is you direct the attack only to the people who are willing to listen to the complexity, but those aren’t the people who are enslaved by entertainment anyway. Or you find some way to make the attack on entertainment entertaining, in which case you’ve been captured by the very thing you’re fighting against.”... See more
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The one about the phones
quite poignant