“If it is not accessible to the poor, it is neither radical nor revolutionary”
-Jonathan Herrera Soto
Earth Sculptors is fully dedicated towards a sustainable transformation of our world,
and to achieve these goals we’re passing on all resources we find helpful, here on this page.
If you have the DIY spirit and want to take action to mitigate the climate crisis, this page is for you.
Recommended Reading
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Rainwater Harvesting
Brad Lancaster really published a groundbreaker. This is thee book for learning how to build rainwater harvesting gardens.
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Native American Ethnobotany
ISBN #: 0881924539
This is where I learned about all the precolonial staples for our region. Massive reference manual that can teach you how so many plants were used. Very important book. -
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Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land
Gary Paul Nabhan makes some insightful predictions on the collapse of modern agriculture, along with remedies to building food security
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Perennial Vegetables
Written by Eric Toensmeier, delivering another cherished reference book that catalogs the forgotten side of food. Everyone thinks about fruit, but vegetables are the source of solid nourishment. &&& Perennial Veges are a low maintenance and resilient way!
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Organic Mosquito Control
Mosquitofish are the organic solution to mosquito problems in your backyard water features. They are native to North America and can eat tremendous amounts of mosquito larva.
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Ponca Sacred Corn
Many of you are already familiar with this. I am multiplying these seeds of resistance. This corn stopped the Keystone XL pipeline!!!! It is a major reason why the land defenders won that battle. It is protected, and in turn it protects the land.
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The forest is magic
In healthy ecosystems there emerges a symphony of life. When life feels really overwhelming and you're depressed, GO TO THE FOREST>>> It is so centering and healing.
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Local Earth Stewards to Support
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Great Plains Nursery
They have the best selection of native flowers, trees and shrubs available in the region. It’s a bit of a drive to get out there in Weston, Nebraska. The good news is that you can now find a lot of their plant stock at Mulhall’s. Check out their plant availability list on their website found here: Click Here to Learn More
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Soil Dynamics
They are doing great things in the Omaha metro area. Composting local restaurants, coffee shops, and schools’ food waste. All that luscious soil is available for purchase and delivery as well. They also sell mulch, compost, 50/50 and raised bed mix. Learn more here
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Free Farm Syndicate
Follow Free Farm Syndicate on Instagram to learn about upcoming events. CLICK HERE
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City Sprouts
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Big Garden
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Big Muddy
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Tallgrass Hearth & Home
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Healing Roots
Black-led African Diaspora Garden
Cultivated to honor people, cultures, plants and gardening practices of the African Diaspora.
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Blazing Star Seed Cooperative
A seed cooperative of growers, processors, organizers + distributors. They distribute free locally-grown seed + provide seed saving education.
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Sunflower Cooperative
Fresh organically grown produce with BIPOC leadership in urban agriculture. Food Day Omaha 2022 Producer of the Year! tinyurl.com/OmahaSunflower
Mushroom Log
Compatability Chart
For all mycological projects check out North Spore
Falling Fruit: Open-Source Forage Map
E-Butterfly: Open-Source Butterfly Database
As of November 2023, Omaha was updated in the USDA Plant Hardiness Map to Zone 6!
The silver-lining to global warming is that we can start growing crops we were once never able to.
Such as peanuts! To the right is an image of my first peanut harvest in Omaha, circa 2018.
