Tao Orion
@tao-orion.bsky.social
Smallholder at Viriditas Farm
Designing regenerative climate-adapted systems
Via Resilience Permaculture Design - www.resiliencepermaculture.com
Instructor at OSU Permaculture (🦫)
Author of Beyond the War on Invasive Species
Kalapuya territory
Designing regenerative climate-adapted systems
Via Resilience Permaculture Design - www.resiliencepermaculture.com
Instructor at OSU Permaculture (🦫)
Author of Beyond the War on Invasive Species
Kalapuya territory
Wow it’s been 10 years since Beyond the War on Invasive Species was published and I got to hold a physical copy in my hands!
Since then I’ve enjoyed so many interesting conversations about ecology, land stewardship, and the meaning of restoration - here’s to many more years of these!
Since then I’ve enjoyed so many interesting conversations about ecology, land stewardship, and the meaning of restoration - here’s to many more years of these!
July 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Wow it’s been 10 years since Beyond the War on Invasive Species was published and I got to hold a physical copy in my hands!
Since then I’ve enjoyed so many interesting conversations about ecology, land stewardship, and the meaning of restoration - here’s to many more years of these!
Since then I’ve enjoyed so many interesting conversations about ecology, land stewardship, and the meaning of restoration - here’s to many more years of these!
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There is a community of the spirit
Join it and feel the delight
Of walking in the noisy street
And being the noise.
- Rumi
Join it and feel the delight
Of walking in the noisy street
And being the noise.
- Rumi
July 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
There is a community of the spirit
Join it and feel the delight
Of walking in the noisy street
And being the noise.
- Rumi
Join it and feel the delight
Of walking in the noisy street
And being the noise.
- Rumi
Kind of random, but what is up with the creepy Dr. Strangelove-esque image in the Dr. Bronner’s bottle? 😂 I used to enjoy reading the bottle, but now…😬
June 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Kind of random, but what is up with the creepy Dr. Strangelove-esque image in the Dr. Bronner’s bottle? 😂 I used to enjoy reading the bottle, but now…😬
June begets berries and bugs. Tiny species of sweetness and light in a world turning dark.
June 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
June begets berries and bugs. Tiny species of sweetness and light in a world turning dark.
Enjoying an nice Monday morning introducing my 8 year old music loving son to Rage Against the Machine. Prescient now as ever…
June 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Enjoying an nice Monday morning introducing my 8 year old music loving son to Rage Against the Machine. Prescient now as ever…
Blue blossom ceanothus covered with native bees. I take comfort in knowing that we’ve created food and habitat for non-human life when the human world is increasingly off the rails…
June 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Blue blossom ceanothus covered with native bees. I take comfort in knowing that we’ve created food and habitat for non-human life when the human world is increasingly off the rails…
Today’s the big day for our son Sylvan who has been working on his Lego build ‘Outbreak at Z Corp’ for the last several months and is displaying it at the Bricks Cascade Lego Expo this weekend. Of course we would end up in the post-apocalyptic theme 😀 So proud of him! With @abel-kloster.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Today’s the big day for our son Sylvan who has been working on his Lego build ‘Outbreak at Z Corp’ for the last several months and is displaying it at the Bricks Cascade Lego Expo this weekend. Of course we would end up in the post-apocalyptic theme 😀 So proud of him! With @abel-kloster.bsky.social
My youngest is really enjoying staging photos that make him look like he’s balancing on various objects. These ones turned out pretty good!
May 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My youngest is really enjoying staging photos that make him look like he’s balancing on various objects. These ones turned out pretty good!
The world may be falling apart at the seams but our golden retriever is romping in the blooming camas so…😁
May 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The world may be falling apart at the seams but our golden retriever is romping in the blooming camas so…😁
Oregon folks - Abel is teaching a FREE Forest Gardening Workshop at the Center for Rural Livelihoods in Cottage Grove this Sunday May 4 from 10-4. More information here if you’re interested: www.resiliencepermaculture.com/courses-events
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May 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Oregon folks - Abel is teaching a FREE Forest Gardening Workshop at the Center for Rural Livelihoods in Cottage Grove this Sunday May 4 from 10-4. More information here if you’re interested: www.resiliencepermaculture.com/courses-events
We heard last week that the Americorps crew that was planning to come to our org. in Oregon was axed by DOGE with one day’s notice. We invited the former crew members to come anyways, and now they’re planning to drive across the country to complete their service term independently - DOGE be damned!
Undaunted by DOGE, these determined young people are fundraising to drive across the country and continue their service. Despite their entire program being shut down, they declare “we can't rely on previous systems to help our communities, we must take it upon ourselves and support one another.”
Donate to Help Blue 2 Complete Their Year of Service, organized by Anna Gibbons
You can help a hard-working team of young volunteers complete their year of se… Anna Gibbons needs your support for Help Blue 2 Complete Their Year of Service
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April 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We heard last week that the Americorps crew that was planning to come to our org. in Oregon was axed by DOGE with one day’s notice. We invited the former crew members to come anyways, and now they’re planning to drive across the country to complete their service term independently - DOGE be damned!
The real parasite class is Musk and his ilk literally stealing publicly funded services to enhance their private gain. This process is not new but is amplifying at unprecedented speed now.
A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system
A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system
Staff shortages are about to get even worse.
buff.ly
February 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The real parasite class is Musk and his ilk literally stealing publicly funded services to enhance their private gain. This process is not new but is amplifying at unprecedented speed now.
We do a lot of work with NRCS programs, and this is a huge issue with the wanton destruction of federal programs.
Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act added more than 19 billion dollars to NRCS cost share programs to help farmers implement practices on their land. Now, that funding is cut and farms funded through IRA are left with the debt from their 2024 installations. In Iowa alone that amounts to $11,000,000.
USDA Freezes Conservation Funds, Other Programs, Leaving Some Farmers in Financial Limbo
Farmers are learning their conservation payments are frozen because those contracts were funded through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The White House has frozen IRA dollars across the federal gov...
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February 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
We do a lot of work with NRCS programs, and this is a huge issue with the wanton destruction of federal programs.
This is what I’ve been saying for a while. So many of the things that keep our society somewhat functional on a base level are a result of federal programs.
Americans don't understand how much a functional federal government allows their lives to run on autopilot because most have no living memory of anything else and they only learned the surface stories of those the state has long victimized, neglected, or both
The most frustrating part of all of this for me is what I have witnessed from both Democrats and Republicans and even non-voters.
Which is the mindset of “well don’t worry. That’s not gonna happen to me/you.”
That mindset, to me, is pure unadulterated evil.
Which is the mindset of “well don’t worry. That’s not gonna happen to me/you.”
That mindset, to me, is pure unadulterated evil.
February 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is what I’ve been saying for a while. So many of the things that keep our society somewhat functional on a base level are a result of federal programs.
I found this a useful explanation of what is likely going on. I’ve been trying to figure out exactly how Musk benefits from all of this - “DOGE” is certainly based on self-interest. How we combat this plan will require different legal and movement strategies than we’ve tried in the past.
February 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I found this a useful explanation of what is likely going on. I’ve been trying to figure out exactly how Musk benefits from all of this - “DOGE” is certainly based on self-interest. How we combat this plan will require different legal and movement strategies than we’ve tried in the past.
So happy that the “newspaper of record” is delivering such hard hitting analysis this morning. I was wondering if my fashion choices were up to snuff right about now. But seriously, WTF NYT?
February 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
So happy that the “newspaper of record” is delivering such hard hitting analysis this morning. I was wondering if my fashion choices were up to snuff right about now. But seriously, WTF NYT?
My lovely and talented cousin-in-law @springtidepress.bsky.social made these just in time.
February 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My lovely and talented cousin-in-law @springtidepress.bsky.social made these just in time.
I was 19 years old in a crowd of 500,000+. Over the years I’ve wondered where all those folks are now, what they’re doing today. 25 years later and the stakes are much higher now. We need this energy again and I’ve been pondering on leverage points, movement strategy.
(Seattle WTO protests, 1999).
(Seattle WTO protests, 1999).
January 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I was 19 years old in a crowd of 500,000+. Over the years I’ve wondered where all those folks are now, what they’re doing today. 25 years later and the stakes are much higher now. We need this energy again and I’ve been pondering on leverage points, movement strategy.
(Seattle WTO protests, 1999).
(Seattle WTO protests, 1999).
A friend just told me that you can sign up for newsletters from the WHO. Since we’re apparently no longer going to get this information from our own govt, seems like a good idea: www.who.int/news-room/ne...
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January 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A friend just told me that you can sign up for newsletters from the WHO. Since we’re apparently no longer going to get this information from our own govt, seems like a good idea: www.who.int/news-room/ne...
Check out this documentary series “Thinking Like Water,” a 5 part exploration of the work of Bill Zeedyk and others to restore waterways in the arid SW US. More info here: thinkinglikewater.com/r3-productio...
Stream/Screen - Thinking Like Water
You can rent one or more episodes and enjoy viewing at your own pace, in your home. Get tips on reading the landscape from Bill Zeedyk and learn how these
thinkinglikewater.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Check out this documentary series “Thinking Like Water,” a 5 part exploration of the work of Bill Zeedyk and others to restore waterways in the arid SW US. More info here: thinkinglikewater.com/r3-productio...
If you’re wondering where I am, I’m chilling with this critter for the time being.
January 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If you’re wondering where I am, I’m chilling with this critter for the time being.
Off to watch this movie at our local community center. Glad to have some inspiration for the days ahead www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVGR...
King In The Wilderness Official Trailer (2018) | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
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January 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Off to watch this movie at our local community center. Glad to have some inspiration for the days ahead www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVGR...
After searching for years, @abel-kloster.bsky.social finally found this classic book. ‘The Challenge of Landscape’ by PA Yeomans is the classic treatise on Keyline Design, an innovative system of moving and storing water across landscapes. Excited to add this to our library!
January 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
After searching for years, @abel-kloster.bsky.social finally found this classic book. ‘The Challenge of Landscape’ by PA Yeomans is the classic treatise on Keyline Design, an innovative system of moving and storing water across landscapes. Excited to add this to our library!