FLOWERS
Do you know where your flowers come from? Or whose labor produces them?
Elevine Field & Flora grows and sources local flowers, whenever possible, to reduce carbon emissions and promote ethical working standards.
We keep garden waste out of the trash to reduce methane gases and limit our use of water, pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. But the whole idea is bigger than that. We want people to reconsider how they interact with nature--what nature is to them, even if it is through flowers.
“I used to think I would change the world by teaching people about composting or spreading the word about sustainable flowers - but those are mere components of a bigger picture. I think we need revolutionary change in the way we think about the nature of work, how we relate to each other, how we learn, how we integrate creativity into our lives, how we live together in community. We tend to segment life — sort it all, compulsively. We schedule time for health, love, beauty, yoga, we set alarms on phones to meditate, as if there could be a schedule for breath. I look around at the uncanny way we have learned to see nature as other, as something to go to, to be in, as if we could then be ‘out’ of it when we return to our homes, our phones our work and lives. Nature is right here… it’s teeming here, even in my city bedroom. It is in you, it is you.”