In what way can you help preserve biodiversity, improve your habitat and spend your time on an enjoyable rebellious Solarpunk activity?

Enter “Guerrilla Gardening”! - A type of gardening that involves doing it in public or abandoned spaces without permission. The purpose being to improve the environment, increase biodiversity, and make neglected areas more beautiful and productive.

This activist form of gardening can be planting native plants, flowers, and trees, and entire gorilla gardeners help to provide habitat and food for local wildlife, such as bees, butterflies, and birds. In turn, this increases biodiversity in urban areas, which are often lacking in green spaces and natural habitats and often look like concrete jungles in some major cities.

Guerrilla gardening for food production alone can be an effective tool for positive change in our communities and help to address food insecurity in urban areas. Many low-income neighborhoods lack access to grocery stores and other sources of fresh food, which can contribute to poor health outcomes and other social problems. So growing food locally can help to bridge this gap and provide communities with a reliable source of fresh produce.

And even though it is technically illegal for plant in public spaces, communal planting activities or “organized guerilla gardening” can help to build community resilience. By working together to grow and share food, communities can develop stronger social connections and build local networks of support. This can be especially important in times of crisis, such as natural disasters or economic downturns, when access to food may be limited and people have to rely on each other for local support.

It’s a rebellion by way of a peaceful green protest. A counter culture statement similar to tagging, except instead of defacing property, you are creating plant life and serving a bigger ecological agenda. Creating food and increasing biodiversity by creating new healthy biomes for insect, fungi, birds and many other organisms - some of them endangered by human industrial activity and city spurs.

In addition to helping create new living spaces for pollinators and wildlife, the other benefits to this style of community gardening in cities is the transformation of neglected urban spaces into green oases, This not only improves the aesthetic appeal of the area but also enhances the air quality by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. So it has a global pro-social reach that aids the overall ecosystem as well as local pro-social effects like promoting community engagement and social interaction by involving residents in the planning and implementation of the project, it can create a sense of shared ownership and pride in the neighborhoods - drawing attention to issues of environmental justice and the need for greater access to green space in urban areas and galvanizing the community by giving individuals tasks that they can do at the personal lever to help the cause of Solarpunk.

Doing guerilla gardening successfully depends on your willingness to take a bit of risk as well as ability to propagate plants successfully. What type of plants and whether you will plant from seeds or clones will depend on environmental factors. Some good choices for guerrilla gardening include wildflowers, herbs, and vegetables that can be easily grown from seed. You could also consider planting low-maintenance perennials such as ornamental grasses, shrubs, or trees.

But of course you don’t have to limit yourself to plants alone. There are also fungi!

The world of mycology opens up a whole additional dimension in Solarpunk activism. Also, depending on your climate, propagating fungi might be easier to do than planting. Different species of fungi have unique properties, so it’s important to choose the right type for your location. Some fungi are beneficial for plant growth, while others are better at breaking down toxins in the soil. Popular fungi to use would include oyster mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and mycorrhizal fungi. But you could also experiment with more mysterious varieties such as the psychedelic Amanita Muscaria, which is impossible to grow indoors but is often found living in a positive symbiosis near the base of trees in the Pacific northwestern U.S and other climatologically similar regions.

You can also touch up wider areas by Inoculating the soil such as by spreading spores, mycelium, or spawn. You can purchase these materials online or at a local garden store then following the instructions on the package carefully to ensure the best results. Using this method, you can use batches of soil to spread in your targeted areas to cover more ground with less field activity.

The use of this style of non-combative peaceful and green activism is an important sort of protest against the establishment globalist agenda of endless consumerism and ecological destruction - and overall enjoyable pastime.