We are Strawberry Laura-Marie and Ming. We are disabled Permaculturists.
We quest for more elements of succession in permaculture design plans, and inclusiveness in permaculture structures, both physical and theoretical. Disability Justice is a paramount ethic. All bodies are valid bodies, and all people can contribute to community.
Strawberry Laura-Marie (ki kin, they them, berry) is a writer, artist, zinester. Their favorite plant is tree collard, and they love disabled dancing. Laura-Marie likes to ride trike, sing in a few different languages, cook, eat, and advocate for fat liberation and autistic liberation.
Strawberry is disabled by hypermobile joints and chronic pain, as well as autism and multiple psychiatric diagnoses. But mostly berry is disabled by capitalism, with its unrealistic expectations of a grueling pace of consistent production. Capability fluctuates, which is to be expected. We’re all alive, which means we’re all in flux, changing.
Community building art witch, Strawberry is happy to relate, learn, and teach about relationship, food, and healing.
Ming
Ming (they / he) is a disabled retired nurse, and the spouse of Laura-Marie. Ming has two young adult children. Ming enjoys living in community, serving Food Not Bombs, working as a street medic, and helping run the Las Vegas Radical Mental Health Collective. Ming is a yea-sayer and has the sleep disorder narcolepsy. They say that activists need to stay active.
Ming loves poppies, esparliered Asian pear trees, walking onions, caring for chickens, and speaking the truth. Like Moses, Ming is slow of speech. Ming is open to feedback and not afraid of what other people think.
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We are here to tell the truth and be helpful within the parameters of our energy and expertise. Thank you for considering us as consultants to projects that need our help. We trust Love to lead us where we belong.
