Within the household of nature

Within the household of nature

Sustainable? For who? For me, for you, for us, for everybody? No, I’m fucking not living sustainably. My welfare is dependent on the third world, so I’m still part of a colonial system where my goodies and resources are dependent on people who are less fortunate, because I am part of the western world.

Sebastian Noslund

Before she set off on a cross-Atlantic sailing journey, Topology poetry editor Elisabeth Wenger shared a link to the inaugural episode of the video series Rooted in Reason. In this episode, a young filmmaker documents the early years of Hästekasen Gård, near Uddevalla, Sweden, a small farm owned by Sebastian Noslund and worked by a collection of young WOOFers. In the context of this issue’s theme of local government, it’s interesting to see how the worker-residents of the farm negotiate to organize themselves on a small scale within the larger household of nature and geopolitical realities.