Hi everyone!

As a mod, I started getting some reports on people commenting doomer stuff under posts. They're not really great, they're demotivating and most importantly not really fit this communities vibe. I'm not fond of them, but I can't go removing comments and banning people left and right, because technically, they not breaking any rules. So I feel that the community discussion is in order.

If we going to implement a rule against doomers, I think it is very important to define the rule clearly, for it not to be too broad. So I propose the phrasing "blatant doomerism". Here are examples:

• Blatant doomerism\doomer trolling (comment gets removed, user banned if spams to many comments like this):

• adequate discussion with some doomerism (nothing gets to be done by mods, discussion in the comments goes as usual)

So, the discussion is welcome. If I missed anything, or even if it's not needed and there should be no change to the rule set, or you have anything to add, feel free to comment.

Update: rule is added, up and running! If you have critique or something to add feel free to comment here.

Hi everyone!!!!

It was recently brought to our (mine and pencilnoobs) attention that our community need rules. So I thought it would be fair if everyone could take a part in making a new (and bright!!!) future of hopeposting!

So, here's a ruleset, provided for you by an amazing [email protected] and revised/expanded by me:

1. Posts must inspire hope or highlight the beauty of existence
2. Posts and comments harassing or antagonizing a real person will be removed
3. Posts mentioning religious topics are allowed but religion should not be the main point of the post. E.g. “God’s beautiful world” is fine because of the “beautiful world” part, but “God loves you” isn’t because religion is the focal point
4. Posts and comments judging group of people in negative way based on stereotype will be removed.
5. No posts with toxic positivity. All human emotions are valid.

I also think there shoud be a rule about format of the posts themselves (to prevent turning into cutsie/deep-quotes group), but I'm having a hard time defining it to be not very restrictive. Please feel free to discuss and give your feedback!!!!! (you are a very valuable asset to our company)

Edit: New rules are now implemented!

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48143799

In this episode - Part 3 of this series (check out the prior video here : • Part 2 "The World Doesn't Have to Suck" - ... ) - we follow up on Brad Lancaster's work Guerilla Planting Trees on a bleak section of concrete in his Tucson neighborhood. After that, we check out some legal and permitted installations of trees and rainwater catchment basins he and his community installed on the sidewalks and street margins for the purposes of shading the streets, reducing urban heat and more.

For more on Brad and his community's work: • Subscribe to his YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/HarvestingRainwater

• Check out his "Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands & Beyond" books and website: www.harvestingrainwater.com/

• Check out his community's rain-irrigated native food forestry website: dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/

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Your contributions support this content. It sounds cliché but it's true. Whether it's travel expenses, vehicle repair, or medical costs for urushiol poisoning (or rockfalls, bee-stings, hand slices, toxic sap, etc), your financial support allows this content to continue so the beauty of Earth's flora can be made accessible to the public, accompanied by a small dose of profanity and crude humor. At a time when so much is disappearing beneath the human footprint, CPBBD is willing to do whatever it takes to document these plant species and the ecological communities they are a part of before they're gone for good.

Plants make people feel good. Plants quell homicidal (and suicidal!) thoughts. To support Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't, consider donating a few bucks to the venmo account "societyishell" or the PayPal account email [email protected]...

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Thanks, GFY.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48092091

Part 2 of 4.

Part 1 here : • Harvesting Rainwater with Brad Lancaster: ...

In this second video showcasing Brad Lancaster's work in Tucson, we check out a large Guerrilla Planting project as well as more of the rainwater catchment projects on the neighborhood streets.

For more on Brad and his community's work: • Subscribe to his YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/HarvestingRainwater

• Check out his "Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands & Beyond" books and website: www.harvestingrainwater.com/

• Check out his community's rain-irrigated native food forestry website: dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/

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Your contributions support this content. It sounds cliché but it's true. Whether it's travel expenses, vehicle repair, or medical costs for urushiol poisoning (or rockfalls, bee-stings, hand slices, toxic sap, etc), your financial support allows this content to continue so the beauty of Earth's flora can be made accessible to the public, accompanied by a small dose of profanity and crude humor. At a time when so much is disappearing beneath the human footprint, CPBBD is willing to do whatever it takes to document these plant species and the ecological communities they are a part of before they're gone for good.

Plants make people feel good. Plants quell homicidal (and suicidal!) thoughts. To support Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't, consider donating a few bucks to the venmo account "societyishell" or the PayPal account email [email protected]...

Or consider becoming a patreon supporter @ :

www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

Buy some CPBBD merch (shirts, hats, hoodies n' what the shit) available for sale at :

www.bonfire.com/store/crime-pays-but-botany-doesnt…

To purchase stickers, venmo 20 bucks to "societyishell" and leave your address in the comments.

Plants ID questions or reading list suggestions can be sent to [email protected]

Thanks, GFY.

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don't you dare go hollow out there