Does anybody know anything about Guerilla Gardening? What is it?

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9. LOL. "Activism" is pragmatic. "Guerilla warfare" in a democracy is not..

If you don't like the democratic process, or you TRY the democratic process and don't get results, THEN you can try your "guerilla tactics".

But to suggest that you can get long-term results throwing seed bombs is just silly. All that effort you put in gardening on public land could have been wasted when the municipality decided it was time to pave it - whereas if you'd gone to the city council or whereever and had it made into a p-patch, it would be protected. AND you would have made it available to a lot more people.

Here's something that work, right here in Seattle: reforestation projects based on getting trees to homeowners. Rain garden and parking strip conversion projects. Neighbor-to-neighbor bulb sharing and seed sharing. Urban orchards and virtual farming. All sorts of stuff, none of which relies on individuals going around trespassing on other people's property or tearing up public land.

Sure, throwing seeds here and there gives you a good feeling. You did something hooray! And you did nothing lasting.

Why? Because you didn't have the guts to put your face on the line; you just snuck in, threw some seeds, and ran away.

That's not activism. At best, that's just having fun. There's nothing wrong with having fun, but it has no real impact.