Announcing ☾ dark.properties ☽ — A new ecosystems-focused editorial project, written & curated by me. Sent as a weekly-ish newsletter.

. @enckj explains how people can avoid the pervasive material polluting our bodies and environment in @willak's latest newsletter: dark.properties/plastic-purg…

"She sees the details. She observes with wonder. I, on the other hand, am constantly adjusting my lens. Or not looking at all." Cheri Lucas Rowlands reflects on 2024 and revisits #longreads by @the_jennitaur, Robin Wall Kimmerer, @willak, @TheUniverse, @ferrisjabr, @BenjiSJones, and @JarodAnderson: longreads.com/2024/12/12/a-y…

'Anyone who’s ever agreed to showcase their creative work in public knows the feelings that tend to accompany such opportunities. While still abstract and far-off, the commitment feels motivating and exciting. But as the date draws closer, some stress inevitably creeps in. You begin to notice every little thing that seems “wrong” with whatever it is you’ve agreed to share, and time starts to feel like a countdown timer that’s ticking away the days you’ve got left to whip your sh*t into shape. But sometimes—as is the case with my garden—you just can’t. And for me, that’s been a great lesson.' The creative process, delightfully described by @willak. What if messiness 𝘪𝘴 freedom? dark.properties/garden-tour/

In our last interview with Dark Properties, Willa Köerner (@willak) interviews Cortney Cassidy about leaving her tech job to become a full-time gardener Link below 👇

I recently got to talk to @willak for the series “Ecologies of Entanglement” about why I’m obsessed with moth camouflage, pollinator relationships as a form of ecological cognition, how technical systems can be living systems, and more! Interview now on @AREdotNA, check it out 🦋

"At some point I think we’ll fully realize that what’s happening in the natural world is more computationally efficient, inventive, and resilient than anything we could create from silicon." @willak @TheUniverse @AREdotNA #longreads dark.properties/from-silicon…

I got to chat with one of my faves, @TheUniverse, for my new editorial series w/ @AREdotNA Have a read if you're ready to see computation as imaginative, endlessly evolving, and 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 💻✨🧪 are.na/editorial/from-silico…

New on Are.na Editorial** Introducing Ecologies of Entanglement, a new series from Are.na and Dark Properties that collapses natural ecologies and networked technologies into one future-defining tangle. are.na/editorial/introducing… Dark Properties is a newsletter by writer, gardener, and friend of Are.na Willa Köerner (@willak) that connects personal and planetary ecologies.

new series from me and @AREdotNA coming in hot🌱

This gem of a document was published in 2018 and initiated by @willak We are very pleased that this is still being discovered and still resonates ❤️❤️❤️

Anyone up for a Solidarity Summer reading club? There’s so much material I want to dive into and talk about

What do plants know? In anticipation of Zoë Schlanger (@zoeschlanger)’s forthcoming book, The Light Eaters—out next month from @HarperCollins—Willa Köerner (@willak) sat down with the author to discuss the collective, connective intelligence of plants. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/z…

The exponential spread of invasive plants is scary, but when you literally get in the weeds with them, there are all sorts of creative solutions to mitigation and remediation <3 dark.properties/streambank/

thinkin 'bout existential sky stuff in today's newsletter◉ dark.properties/eclipse/

"Sensing enables us to question what we feel most familiar with. It opens up the door for new impressions, and new ways of thinking and being." — @yeahsnos on Dark Properties 🌿 dark.properties/yasaman-sher…

my latest 💌Dark Properties🌙 newsletter is about how lawns drool, and sustainable native-plant-rich gardens rule! thx to @ElanaSchlenker, far-out designer and suburban-gardening influencer, for this epic deep-dive into creative landscaping 👩🏻‍🌾🌻 dark.properties/elana-schlen…

Just a crazy idea but What if we put automation and AI to work doing all the basic boring shit, then implemented universal basic income and used our newfound free time to volunteer with our neighbors, clean up the environment and grow locally sustainable food economies? 😈

Having a newsletter is cool bc you can finally write the invasive-worm think piece nobody asked for 🪱🪱🪱 yr welcome! dark.properties/crying-about…