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Dustin Bajer (he/him)
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🌿 Cities As Ecotones 🌿
Educator | Beekeeper | Tree Farmer | Urbanist
Founder of Shrubscriber (community tree farming) and BeeComm (backyard beekeepers)
Inner-City Edmonton, AB
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Hey BlueSky,

I'm Dustin, an educator, urban beekeeper, and tree farmer.

I believe cities ARE nature and that integrating built and natural environments benefits both.

Passionate about gardening, ecological design, and biomimicry.

Social-sufficiency > Self-sufficiency

Let’s connect.
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Yep. And my call to Tories to stand up still stands.
November 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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The NDP found their numbers!

Bill 201 would

- increase minimum wage to $18 over 3 years and then index it to inflation.
- Eliminate the lower "youth" minimum wage (youth don't pay lower prices, after all)
- Ensure tips stay with service staff.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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NDP leader Naheed Nenshi pulled few punches today…

Not only did he condemn Smith’s claim Peter Lougheed would support her attack on human rights…

He called her and the entire UCP caucus cowards.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Student walkout being planned for Lethbridge.

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October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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A lot of questions today about how Danielle Smith -- the "libertarian" and "conservative" -- could use closure & the notwithstanding clause to remove Albertans' Charter rights.

The answer: she's neither libertarian nor conservative.

Is the province or her party, though? We'll soon find out.+
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I'm the next few days, it would be a mistake to:
❌️ limit the resistance to the teachers' demands or saving public education
❌️ make labour/workers/unions the only faces of opposition

The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is much broader than one strike or one set of rights.
The days ahead will be crucial.

Not just in terms of public opinion, but in terms of political culture.

Champions of human rights and the constitution must not only outnumber the premier's supporters.

They must persuade Albertans that these positions are dominant, piercing the populist bubble.
October 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Meanwhile, in Manitoba…

At least one premier has a grasp of just how serious using the notwithstanding clause is…

And is taking steps to ensure that at least one province doesn’t use it before hearing from the courts.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
October 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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“(The provincial government) is coming up with solutions for problems that don’t exist. The decision for the province to come in and change that feels like overreach." #yeg #yegvote #yegelxn #abpoli #ableg
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Nobody tell David Staples this is all because of the changes me and my UCP have made to how municipal elections are held in Alberta.

Let's see if he can use his "journalism" skills to figure it out on his own!🤭

#abpoli #yyc #yycvote #yeg #yegvote
October 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Voting stations are closed and we are now awaiting results from Edmonton Elections. Follow along with our dashboard: edmonton.taproot.vote/2025/results #yegvote #yeg
Unofficial results - 2025 Edmonton Municipal Election
Unofficial election results for the 2025 Edmonton Municipal Election held on Oct. 20, 2025
edmonton.taproot.vote
October 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hello, Future Secret Society Members,

We're hosting a screening of "The Secret Long Tree Society" here in Edmonton on August 26th.

www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-secret... #yeg #yegtrees #yeggarden #yegnature
The Secret LongTree Society – Film Screening & Nursery Planting
The Secret Long Tree Society and the EFCL invite you a screening of the CBC documentary The Secret LongTree Society.
www.eventbrite.ca
August 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The Secret Long Tree Society is a documentary about a group of people who are trying to grow 1,000-year-old trees from seed. 🌲

I am one of them 🤫

The doc airs on CBC this Saturday, August 2, at 8 PM. Or stream it for free on CBC Gem.

vimeo.com/1104979113 #yeg #trees #longtrees
The Secret Long Tree Society - TRAILER
Streaming August 1st on CBC Gem.
vimeo.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The Catalpa tree I gave my neighbour is flowering for the first time!
July 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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In the busiest of weeks, I saw something beautiful! A tiny oak tree growing up from the artificial turf at work. Proof that no matter what may try and stifle nature and beauty, it always emerges.

I hope your beauty can thrive folks. ✌🏻🫶🏻
July 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Better option - we tax billionaires into a living wage and fund a society that gives everyone the same opportunities they were afforded.
July 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The John Janzen is temporarily closed, so I've been hosting their beehive in our backyard. The colony outgrew their living arrangement, so here’s a time-lapse of me moving them into their observation hive.

#bees #beekeeping #beehive #urbanbeekeeping #urbanagriculture #yeg
July 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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It is really imperative we look out for our beautiful #elm trees. #DutchElmDisease #KillingDisease #EasyToSpread #Yeg #Edmonton
Hey, #YEG Alberta Avenue Folks,

Dutch Elm Disease has arrived in the neighbourhood. Be on lookout for crispy leaves in the elm canopy, and please report any suspect trees to 311.

cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#yegtrees #dutchelmdisease #ded #yeggarden
July 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Tree tourism while it lasts
Aw, man. I thought your city was going to escape that.

I'd hoped to make it to Edmonton some day to see streets with elms like I used to see down here when I was very young.
July 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Hey, #YEG Alberta Avenue Folks,

Dutch Elm Disease has arrived in the neighbourhood. Be on lookout for crispy leaves in the elm canopy, and please report any suspect trees to 311.

cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#yegtrees #dutchelmdisease #ded #yeggarden
July 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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I wish private equity could buy climate change so it would stop
working
July 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A, B, and C

And that’s all I’m saying

🦍🌳🍑
June 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Shrubscriber winecap mushroom bed workshop at a community member’s home.
June 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No, you cannot drive over the boulevard, new sod, and tree roots at your convenience.

#yeg #yegtree
June 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Kids scraping an elk hide for National Indigenous Peoples Day.

What to do with leftover elk hair?
Where are the local fly tiers?
June 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM