Dear 1037148,” wrote one admirer to a golden elm in May. “You deserve to be known by more than a number. I love you. Always and forever.

Email-a-Tree Service Doesn’t Go As Planned in the Best Possible Way - The Atlantic

Melbourne gave their trees ID numbers and email addresses so residents could report downed branches or other problems. Instead, people starting writing their trees love letters. 

Sometimes, the trees even write back: 

To: Green Leaf Elm, Tree ID 1022165   29 May 2015   Dear Green Leaf Elm, I hope you like living at St. Mary’s. Most of the time I like it too. I have exams coming up and I should be busy studying. You do not have exams because you are a tree. I don’t think that there is much more to talk about as we don’t have a lot in common, you being a tree and such. But I’m glad we’re in this together. Cheers, F”

29 May 2015  Hello F, I do like living here. I hope you do well in your exams. Research has shown that nature can influence the way people learn in a positive way, so I hope I inspire your learning. Best wishes, Green Leaf Elm, Tree ID 1022165

I am so completely charmed by this. 

(via chels)

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zenvdaya:

Zendaya at ‘Marie Claire Hosts “Fresh Faces” Party Celebrating May Issue Cover Stars, April 11

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I am interested in building a society where creativity is a mass condition and not a gift reserved to the happy few, even if half of them are women. Our story at present is that of thousands of women who are agonizing over the book, the painting or the music they can never finish, or cannot even begin, because they have neither the time nor money. We must also broaden our conception of what it means to be creative. At its best, one of the most creative activities is being involved in a struggle with other people, breaking out of our isolation, seeing our relations with others change, discovering new dimensions in our lives.
Silvia Federici, “Putting Feminism Back on its Feet”  (via dongkelley)
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thesacredarch:

“One of the biggest problems with the term “Asian Pacific Islander” (of which there are so, so many), is that it suggests that Asian American and Pacific Islander communities have a uniquely shared set of experiences. They do not. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders both experience racism and oppression, but in very different ways and for very different reasons. Although I made this graphic based locally on SFUSD data, you’ll find similar kinds of numbers for Pacific Islanders in other school districts as well.”

Infographic credit: Kapi’olani Lee

kapi'olani lee isms
I want it to stop and am furious that fear has found me here,
in the sun where people are laughing, doing ordinary things.
Joy Harjo, from A Map to the Next World
(via mythaelogy)
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