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Guerilla Gardening (2015)

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Re: Guerilla Gardening (2015)

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Post by jacquesm »

hkmurakami wrote: post #9
kibwen wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey, you, the person reading this comment thread who just skimmed over the above comment without giving the video link a second thought. I'm telling you, go back and watch the video, or any other video on Tony Santoro's channel. The man is a legend who deserves more press. He absolutely embodies the hacker ethos, if in his own unique way. Autodidactic, anti-authoritarian, fiercely intelligent, sharply witty and indef…

I enjoyed this profile of him in Chicago local TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvtqKMxZ95s "For around the country mostly illegally riding freight trains" and "being exposed to a variety of ecosystems" piquing his knowledge, and reading science books in the libraries where he went, is quite refreshing.

Wrong link?

Re: Guerilla Gardening (2015)

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Post by kibwen »

jacquesm wrote: post #11
hkmurakami wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I enjoyed this profile of him in Chicago local TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvtqKMxZ95s "For around the country mostly illegally riding freight trains" and "being exposed to a variety of ecosystems" piquing his knowledge, and reading science books in the libraries where he went, is quite refreshing.

Wrong link?

Here's the one they were referring to: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4BT8XHJaDm0

Re: Guerilla Gardening (2015)

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Post by zdragnar »

notkid wrote: post #6

Does anyone know if any regulations may limit these actions in the US?

That depends (almost) entirely on whether the land is public or private, and whether it is local municipal, state or federally owned land, and whether that land has special protections or not.

For example, planting things (or disturbing existing things) on private land or state or national parks is generally illegal and enforced (assuming you get caught, of course).

Planting anything on a controlled list (such that it is considered invasive or otherwise dangerous) is also generally prohibited and enforced.

If it's not one of those things, then it's generally going to be ignored as harmless. If something were to grow to a height such that it obstructs important views (i.e. of a pedestrian crosswalk), or poses a risk of falling on something (a poorly managed tree leaning over a road) then the city or state would likely tear it out. By that point, though, it's not too likely that you'll get the blame for planting it in the first place if you're acting as an individual.

All of this, of course, is just speculation based on assumptions about the potential hypothetical circumstances. IANAL and you would certainly want to think carefully about what you do to property that isn't your own.

Re: Guerilla Gardening (2015)

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Post by inamberclad »

kibwen wrote: post #5
jasonsb wrote: post #4

Another good resource that you guys might enjoy is "Tony Santoro's Guide to Illegal Tree-Planting" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvtqKMxZ95s

Hey, you, the person reading this comment thread who just skimmed over the above comment without giving the video link a second thought. I'm telling you, go back and watch the video, or any other video on Tony Santoro's channel. The man is a legend who deserves more press. He absolutely embodies the hacker ethos, if in his own unique way. Autodidactic, anti-authoritarian, fiercely intelligent, sharply witty and indef…

Seconded, and his series in the Atacama is incredible.

Seriously, he's incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUOejqhaeZI

Re: Guerilla Gardening (2015)

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Post by pvaldes »

Is essential that the people doing this, either knows what is seeding, with name and surname, or stop doing it. Right now. Invasive species are not a joke.

Naive people could end doing a lot of damage after seeing a video from a project in the other coin of the planet. I can spot at least one invasive species in the images that must not be used in some parts of US, for example.

Re: Guerilla Gardening (2015)

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Post by pvaldes »

windowsworkstoo wrote: post #7
notkid wrote: post #6

Does anyone know if any regulations may limit these actions in the US?

Buddy, it's called "Guerilla Gardening".... I'm not from the U.S but the answer is of course yes, and they would vary wildly per council/municipality

There are many species able to create damages by several millions of dollars (Not, I'm not joking).

Genetic contamination of endangered native plants with hybrids that are almost identical (or had being genetically modified), would be also a huge mistake

Re: Guerilla Gardening (2015)

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Post by ydb »

jasonsb wrote: post #4

Another good resource that you guys might enjoy is "Tony Santoro's Guide to Illegal Tree-Planting" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvtqKMxZ95s

Hell yeah Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't is my favorite damn YouTube channel.

Like everyone else here, I sing high praise of Tony. His absolutely lovable one-in-a-million combative yet beautifully intelligent personality is perfect. I've developed a recent intense interest in revisiting my garden, which I attribute exclusively to stumbling upon his videos. Sometimes YouTube's Big Algorithm does something right. :)

Re: Guerilla Gardening (2015)

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Post by seltzered_ »

lostmsu wrote: post #3

I don't like gardening, but I'd love to donate to people, who would enjoy doing it in my city. Almost wish there would be a per-patch donation box.

You can also see if there's some permaculture association / food forest in your city. (for example, Seattle has the beacon hill food forest which accepts donations)

You can also ask if it has to be done in your city, per se. Would you be happy donating if it were done somewhere else and served other needs (e.g. reforestation)?

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