Jay Griffiths

Jun 26, 2024 | laphamsquarterly.org | Scott Korb |Deborah Blum |Brent Cunningham |Jay Griffiths

Most honest discussions that bring together food and animals are really, at bottom, about suffering and killing and death, topics that we all know have a way of making people feel bad. This is especially true, I’ve found, if those people are young college students whose lives have been relatively unburdened by the kinds of suffering and death—and the increasingly regular thoughts about such things—that go along with honest living in the world.

May 8, 2023 | shado-mag.com | Ellen Miles |Tinuke Fagborun |Ron Finley |Jay Griffiths

Looking for hands-on, feel-good direct action that supports people and planet? Welcome to the growing movement of wholesome botanarchy. What is guerrilla gardening? Guerrilla gardening is the act of planting in public places, in a radically grassroots fashion. In other words: it’s when residents take urban greening into their own hands, with total independence from the council or other civic authorities.