Laura of the Trees 🍉

Humanitarian bikepunk. Grower & protector of trees. Climate striker since 2015. Mental health/homeless advocate. #freepalestine

[Laura of the Trees 🍉 @LauraOfTheTrees]

Hey all. Lots of new folk on here from Treetober (thank you!), so thought it would be a good time to reintroduce myself, since I'm more than just about trees (& I'm pretty sure y'all came here for that 😆). My Twitter is:
-trees & ecology
-environmental activism
-human rights 1/

[Nadira Ali🇵🇸 @Nadira_ali12]

we need signs like this EVERY WHERE

[Laura of the Trees 🍉 @LauraOfTheTrees]

My recreation of "Flower Thrower" by Banksy. The original, the man poised with flowers, was made in the West Bank in 2003. It represents hope, peace & defiance against oppression. I remade it with a watermelon, a symbol of Palestinian pride.
No one is free until everyone is free

[John Cusack @johncusack]

Yes - as insane as that sounds - the facts lead to this horrific conclusion

[Laura of the Trees 🍉 @LauraOfTheTrees]

Alt text: an image handdrawn in ink shows a black silhouette of a man with a backwards baseball cap on and a mask over his mouth and nose, about to throw a large, green watermelon.

[Laura of the Trees 🍉 @LauraOfTheTrees]

My recreation of "Flower Thrower" by Banksy. The original, the man poised with flowers, was made in the West Bank in 2003. It represents hope, peace & defiance against oppression. I remade it with a watermelon, a symbol of Palestinian pride.
No one is free until everyone is free

[Laura of the Trees 🍉 @LauraOfTheTrees]

Planting trees isn't Canada's solution to fighting the #ClimateCrisis nor deforestation. Our current model of "reforestation" is timber industry approach that doesn't include sustainability nor biodiversity, while prioritizing monoculture commercial crop.
https://t.co/fWpsWcOXa3

[Laura of the Trees 🍉 @LauraOfTheTrees]

@mattyj612 Toronto was also essentially built over a floodplain, from what I've heard. Floodplains and wetlands are natural landscapes that absorb excess floodwaters and prevent flooding elsewhere. When you pave over that with concrete, it's an absolute disaster waiting to happen!

[Fuck Musk @AutisticGothic]

ATTENTION:
Anyone know about starting a punk house, artist collective, activist group, an intentional community, or any combo of these?
I'm looking to start an artivist home where like-minded creatives live 2gther & work to create affordable housing & higher disability income. 🧵

[Laura of the Trees 🍉 @LauraOfTheTrees]

#FreePalestineFromApartheidIsrael #warcrimes #palestine #🍉 #gaza #FlourMassacre

[Pelham @Resist_05]

Israeli tanks have just targeted citizens waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza, this is one of the worst war crimes in modern history…🇵🇸💔

[Laura of the Trees 🍉 @LauraOfTheTrees]

💔
https://t.co/AcWiwnCrm7

[Ricky Davila @TheRickyDavila]

President Jimmy Carter has officially been in hospice care for a year and is said to be alert, eating and understands what’s going on. The strength of this amazing human being is awe inspiring. Sending him and his family love and prayers. 🙏

[Fuck Musk @AutisticGothic]

Waving Palestinian flags is NOT antisemitic.
Climbing scaffolding, standing outside or walking by a Jewish building to protest genocide is NOT antisemitic.
Marching for an end to the massacre of 30,000 civilians & the literal destruction of every Gaza hospital is NOT antisemitic.

[Laura of the Trees 🍉 @LauraOfTheTrees]

Growing microgreens for nutrition on an extremely fixed disability income. One small handful of lentils. A recycled food container. A tiny bit of soil from outside. Water. Almost completely free, and less than one week from soak to sprout to harvest. 🌱
Fighting #ODSPoverty.

[Laura of the Trees 🍉 @LauraOfTheTrees]

*note: dark splotches are cinnamon to prevent mold.

[Laura of the Trees 🍉 @LauraOfTheTrees]

I've sprouted an eastern white pine! 😊
In my 5yrs growing trees, these have been notoriously difficult! Seeds are hard to find, & must be gathered before the cones release them to the wind. They seldom sprout, & the ones that do often die. So this wee seed is exciting indeed! 🌱

[Progressive International @ProgIntl]

BREAKING: More than 900 popular movements, unions, political parties, and other organizations have signed an open letter calling on states to support South Africa's Genocide Convention case against Israel.

[Laura of the Trees 🍉 @LauraOfTheTrees]

Every time I write anything on this account, switch in from my other account, or edit my bio, I have to authenticate. This has only been happening since I've been writing about Palestine. Fuck you Musk. We know your n*zi ties. Peace will prevail. ☮❤

[Laura of the Trees 🍉 @LauraOfTheTrees]

Israel is literally the same kind of genocidal force used against the Jewish people 80yrs ago. Their propaganda campaign is also so fierce that they've convinced the world they're victims, while they perpetrate apartheid for decades & massacre thousands. 1/