Anabandonedplace,adisheveledperson,ashabbyordeterioratingstate:wedescribesuchruincolloquiallyas“goingtoseed.“Butgardenerswillprotest:goingtoseedasidle?No,plantsaresendingoutcompressedpacketsfilledwiththeenergyneededtosownewlife.Apausefromfloweringgivesachancefortheseedstoform.Inatimeofurgentenvironmentalchange,ofpressingsocialinjustice,andofever-advancingtechnologiesandglobalconnections,weoftenrespondwithacceleration--aspeedingupandscalingupofourstrategiestocounterthedamageanddestructionaroundus.Butwhatifwetaketheseedsasastartingpoint:whatmightwelearnaboutwork,sustainability,andrelationshipsonthisbeleagueredplanetifwesloweddown,steppedback,andheldoff?GoingtoSeedexploresquestionsofidleness,consideringthelabourbothofhumansandofthemyriadotherinhabitantsoftheworld.Drawingonscience,literature,poetry,andpersonalobservation,thesewindingandsometimesplayfulessayspayattentiontotheexertionsandactivitiesoftheother-than-humanlivesthatareusuallyexcludedfromourbuiltandsettledspaces,askingwhoseworkandwhatkindsofworkmightbeneededforamorejustfutureforall.
SUSTAINABILITY GOING poetry literature
