NPR listenings

Hawks in the City.

On hearing that the tenants of the co-op tore down the Red-tailed Hawks nest I was angry. When I learnt that an agreement was made between the co-op and the Audubon society I was happy. This story showcases that humans and animals/nature can coexist and that all it takes is a little bit of compromise and understanding.

Machetes and Marigolds

This is perhaps a disadvantage of community gardening. Since there is no structure someone is bound to think that they are the boss and then make things difficult for others. This shows that whenever you have a lot of people coming together there is bound to be some conflict. People have different temperaments and a variety of backgrounds that is bound to breed tension. Also, due to the success of community gardening, there was bound to be a high demand for additional plots.

Guerrilla gardening illustrates that people want their surroundings to be beautiful and planting flowers is a way of achieving this goal.

Defiant Gardens

These stories touched me. They were extremely poignant. I particularly liked the line "small pleasure must correct great tragedies." Planting gardens in the midst of war I feel illustrate the soldiers need to have control over something in their lives. It is also a way of cultivating life and beauty amidst all the death and devastation surrounding them. The soldiers are transcending the war. The gardens have a cathartic effect on them. It soothes their soul in the same way that music calms the soul.