Words: from Robin Wall Kimmerer and the Plant, Baby Plant grassroots movement
Music: Jane Lewis
Plant, Baby, Plant
We’re gonna Plant, Baby, Plant
We reciprocate the gifts of the land by gifts of our care
We plant, protect, restore and so much more
No more destruction!
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Drill, Baby, Drill, that mantra of destruction and extraction, is an intentional slap in the face to people who value land, life, health, and justice over corporate profits. Well, let’s raise a garden-gloved middle finger in return. I invite you, my friends, my neighbors, my readers, my fellow citizens into a new movement called Plant Baby Plant.
—Robin Wall Kimmerer
https://plantbabyplant.com/
Plant Baby Plant is a new grassroots movement led by Robin Wall Kimmerer that invites people to reimagine our shared future through acts of care for the living world.
What do we mean by “Raise a Garden”?
We define “gardens” expansively in our movement. A garden can be a lovingly tended plot that feeds a household, but it can also be a restored prairie, a healthy forest, a revitalized public park, or any landscape shaped by sustained care and attention. In this sense, raising a garden is the ongoing practice of entering into relationship with land—whether cultivated or wild—and helping it thrive over time.
What do we mean by “Raise a Ruckus”?
A ruckus is any act of individual or collective courage that challenges the systems and stories that erode life, from unjust governmental policies to extractive worldviews. Ruckus-raisers advocate for change. In this sense, raising a ruckus is the practice of speaking, organizing, creating, and engaging in restory-ation—changing the stories we tell about our relationship to land, community, and responsibility, and insisting on futures rooted in reciprocity, gratitude, and abundance.
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