Contributor: Sara Torrie

Perpetually distracted towards dreaming with current intention to ground and make real one or two of the bigger ideas (cause there is only so much time in this beating heart), Sara Torrie is found at present in the metropolis of Toronto, experimenting with trusting the notion that everything she needs is all around her. The Mile End meadow is one of her favourite places.

a theory of weeds as catalysts for social change

As with most things, weeds have names and when you put a name to a face it adds a layer or two of recognition and understanding that wasn’t there before. And like getting to know a new human in your life, learning the name is just the starting point.

five plants

In a magical and geeky kind-of-way, it’s interesting to me that when soil is disturbed there are certain particular plants that always tend to grow. Further, they are most often called weeds and thought of as BAD when they are more accurately edible and highly nutritious. Stellar, yes?