Placenta Fruit

August 28th, 2011 - 
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Selah with Quince

Will tours a garden where placentas have been buried beneath trees.

The placenta (for those of you who’ve forgotten 8th grade biology) is involved in fetal development.
It’s where a mother’s blood passes nutrients and oxygen to the blood of a fetus inside her.

With the help of the umbilical cord, it’s how a mother nourishes a developing baby.

For these, it’s how a baby can nourish a young tree.

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Thanks to Molly Graves & Chris Hamilton for letting Will explore the sounds, tastes, and implications of their garden; thanks to Charlie Mintz for editorial advice.

Music by Kevin MacLeod

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Pinch Pruning Ourselves

September 1st, 2010 - 
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When plants exhibit apical dominance, they climb upward and outward to increase access to (solar) power.

Humans often also exhibit apical dominance.

This video on pinch pruning can remind us to focus energy toward bearing fruit in our lives: de-emphasizing upward mobility in order to increase cultural prosperity.

Let’s branch out a little.

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