Radical Herbalism: Feral Herbalists, Free Clinics, & Guerrilla Gardening

By Jesse Hardin and Jesse Wolf Hardin

Radical Herbalism Feral Herbalists, Free Clinics, & Guerrilla Gardening Drawn from the pages of Plant Healer Magazine Edited by Jesse Wolf Hardin & Kiva Rose Hardin Foreword by Paul Bergner 438 pages - Softbound B&W - Over 800 Illustrations 48 Chapters by 31 Impassioned Herbalists: Paul Bergner * David Hoffmann * Guido Mas * Phyllis Light * Kiva Rose * Renee Davis * Sean Donahue * Janet Kent * Sam Coffman * Susun Weed * Dara Saville * Charles "Doc" Garcia * Rebecca Altman * Lisa Fazio Ferguson * Aviva Romm * Alanna Whitney * Susan Leopold * Jen Stovall * Rae Swersey * Dave Meesters * 7Song * Nicole Telkes * Sarah Baldwin * Michelle Czolba * Bri Saussy * Leaf * Roger Wicke * Leah Wolf * & Jesse Wolf Hardin Herbalism is the "People's Medicine," a skill historically and necessarily accessible to all regardless of one's class, status, gender, race, or financial situation. Radical herbalism is "root" herbalism, inextricably linked to and drawing sustenance from this lineage of personal empowerment and insistent natural healing. And not just the healing of bodies, but of our psyches and spirits, community and culture, immediate environs and global ecology. This new book called Radical Herbalism is the work of 30 socially and environmentally active herbalists, addressing issues of increasing importance to a new generation of plant healers, and providing the tools for preserving, growing, informing, equipping, and invigorating the herbal field... including topics such as: * Herbal Access * Street Medic Skills Festival Medicine Setting up a Free Clinic Volunteering outside the U.S. Social Justice, Herbal Justice The Right to Practice * Regulation & Licensing Strategies * Herbal Activism Neurodiversity Diversity in Herbalism Transgender Competency for Herbalists Rewilding Our Selves, Herbalism, & Earth Guerrilla Gardening & Greening The City Cannabis Synergism Weedwyfery and Community Herbalism Radical adjective (relating to botany): of, or springing direct from, the root or stem base of a plant (relating to a tradition such as folk herbalism): of the root of something in particular 3. (relating to medical treatment) intended to be completely curative; thorough 4. (relating to ideas) innovative or progressive 5. advocating or based on thorough political or social reform 6. (relating to action or change) affecting the fundamental characteristics of something; far-reaching The 48 chapters in Radical Herbalism were written by 31 of the leading herbal educators, visionaries and activists of our Age... drawn directly from the pages of Plant Healer Magazine. Each contributor has their own personal perspective, focus, and approach, and not all are in agreement by any means. But in concert, the effect of their diverse contributions is to inform, inspire, and embolden us - the readers - in our co-creation of radical, healthful new paradigm.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1533451516
• ISBN13: 9781533451514
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 2.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"