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!
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…😁
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?
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).
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.
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!
Forest restoration in fire prone ecosystems means burning in the fall and winter. Here we are doing pile-burning for biochar after a thinning project that makes the forest less prone to wildfire damage.
January 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Forest restoration in fire prone ecosystems means burning in the fall and winter. Here we are doing pile-burning for biochar after a thinning project that makes the forest less prone to wildfire damage.
Another free biochar workshop today at the Center for Rural Livelihoods in Cottage Grove, OR.
Biochar is an important tool for enhancing fire resilience in Forster areas. You can turn all of your slash from thinning into biochar that can be applied back onto the land or in gardens.
Biochar is an important tool for enhancing fire resilience in Forster areas. You can turn all of your slash from thinning into biochar that can be applied back onto the land or in gardens.
January 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Another free biochar workshop today at the Center for Rural Livelihoods in Cottage Grove, OR.
Biochar is an important tool for enhancing fire resilience in Forster areas. You can turn all of your slash from thinning into biochar that can be applied back onto the land or in gardens.
Biochar is an important tool for enhancing fire resilience in Forster areas. You can turn all of your slash from thinning into biochar that can be applied back onto the land or in gardens.
And this is the guy who is going to create a human civilization on Mars?
😂
😂
January 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
And this is the guy who is going to create a human civilization on Mars?
😂
😂
I've been in this strange lull state since the election, knowing that things are about to slide in all directions, and I'm going to have to call on all of my reserves to adapt and respond over the next 4 years & beyond. I'm glad there is some coherent response available for CA now.../
January 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I've been in this strange lull state since the election, knowing that things are about to slide in all directions, and I'm going to have to call on all of my reserves to adapt and respond over the next 4 years & beyond. I'm glad there is some coherent response available for CA now.../
Much needed waterfall time today…Silver Falls State Park 🤩
January 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Much needed waterfall time today…Silver Falls State Park 🤩
Today begins another term of online Permaculture courses at Oregon State University. ~200 students from all over the world are joining 3 different courses that start today.It’s so fun to be able to meet people and see them be inspired about the potential for regeneration in their communities.
January 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today begins another term of online Permaculture courses at Oregon State University. ~200 students from all over the world are joining 3 different courses that start today.It’s so fun to be able to meet people and see them be inspired about the potential for regeneration in their communities.
We really didn’t intend for this at the outset but we have ended up with two very cute orange critters 🧡🧡. Enjoying winter’s coziness as much as we can!
January 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We really didn’t intend for this at the outset but we have ended up with two very cute orange critters 🧡🧡. Enjoying winter’s coziness as much as we can!
Western Oregon winter solstice vista. I’ve always loved how the fog follows the creek in the little valley where we live. Even in these short cool days, there is beauty everywhere.
December 20, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Western Oregon winter solstice vista. I’ve always loved how the fog follows the creek in the little valley where we live. Even in these short cool days, there is beauty everywhere.
A week of hard frost and the medlars are 🤌. It’s fun to have fresh fruit from the tree in December! These will usually last through the New Year most years. Having year round harvests is one of the ways that we enhance food resilience on our site.
December 5, 2024 at 7:38 PM
A week of hard frost and the medlars are 🤌. It’s fun to have fresh fruit from the tree in December! These will usually last through the New Year most years. Having year round harvests is one of the ways that we enhance food resilience on our site.
When it’s late stage capitalism and your kids’ homeschool charter organizes a field trip to go indoor skydiving, they pretty much have to go right? 😂
Quite an experience!
Quite an experience!
December 5, 2024 at 4:49 PM
When it’s late stage capitalism and your kids’ homeschool charter organizes a field trip to go indoor skydiving, they pretty much have to go right? 😂
Quite an experience!
Quite an experience!