 Today, I'm going to introduce you to the Permaculture Action Network, which is an incredible organization that is mobilizing thousands of people across the nation to regenerate the land, to live more sustainably through permaculture and direct action, while creating more just and equal systems. Being in an urban environment and doing this type of work is key to reaching a lot of people and showing people of all ages, intergenerational, the importance of knowing where their food comes from and reconnecting the food with the community. And in an urban environment, we're densely populated and this is where we need it the most. When we think of sustainability, we think of okay, how can we kind of limit the harm that we're doing and kind of keep things where we're at more or less, but to be regenerative is to say we need to go way beyond that. Permaculture has already been so much damaged that we need to heal that damage. We need to increase biodiversity, create more life-affirming systems, so to regenerate is to really build back that network of connections between all organisms and living things. For me, a big part of permaculture is actually understanding how to communicate and understanding what people's needs are and understanding how to work together to meet those needs so that we can make environmentally sustainable choices. Permaculture Action Network is rad, they're a really amazing group of activists. You can tell as a company and as a network of people they're just very well-versed in kind of how to do the work, how to move lightly and gracefully within the communities that they work with, how to gather people and have a lot of different folks in charge and in places of leadership. Permaculture Action Network partners with performing artists, touring musicians, festivals to mobilize people from cultural events to days of direct action where we're building regenerative systems like these. We invite people to spaces to recognize like they can learn new skills and become resilient peoples amongst their communities to actually provide the necessities of life and livelihood in their place. Showing up after a tour is wholly gratifying to be able to get your hands in the ground and plant a tree or weed a lawn, you know, it's just really gratifying on a very base level. I think of it as sort of a triangle of energy where, you know, rising Appalachias or whatever band or musician is sort of a bugle call to the people about an action day happening. Permaculture Action is well-versed in organizing and permaculture and getting the tools needed to make that happen and then they work very closely with someone on the ground that owns the land or owns the house or the farm or the community garden. So it's kind of a triad of support that works really well. Creating a dynamic environment in which people can work on collective liberation with one another and everyone benefits from the situation. Regeneration means building back up the soil, building back up the community. And the only way to do that is to have diversity and good energy. It's not an environmental movement, it's a cultural movement. And by permaculture, to me it's like kind of self-explanatory but it's gotten confused. It just means like building a culture that can sustain into the future. I see the healing as an overall big process in terms of people healing not just their body but healing their mind. And I think that's something that I've been able to do and been showing people how so that they can appreciate the art of a farmer or a gardener so that later on in life that, hey, you can do this yourself. Healing is being able to feed your community, being able to gather together, being able to talk and share stories and learn new skills. It's really important to us to do this kind of work in a new way. I think the quote that most stands out in my mind is, if you've come to help me, then you're wasting your time. But if you've come because you realize your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. And that right there is like really what we're trying to create through these action days. That's what this movement is about, us creating our own futures that we want. That's what regeneration is, you know, and constant learning is how we will be able to adapt and regenerate. In my nearly decade of working in sustainability, the Permaculture Action Network truly is one of the most authentic and really well designed and well thought out organizations that I've come across. They're not just working on sustainability, it's about true equality and justice as well. And these things really can't be separated, they are all together. So I hope that you'll support their work and get involved. 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