Build Soil, Collect Water, Emerge from the Ashes.
buildsoil.bsky.social
Build Soil, Collect Water, Emerge from the Ashes.
@buildsoil.bsky.social
He/Him

Emergent, PhD student & Executive Director buildsoil.net
Talks about Build Soil but this is a private account separate from the nonprofit. The Icon for the account is a hand drawn chestnut wrapped up in a ribbon with the words "Build Soil" on pink
Not yet! i think that's important and i've spent sometime on that too, but one thing that i'm currently investigating is the specific economy that stretched from west aftrica to china based on the cowries that are only found in the maldives. I know that there have been other shell systems too!
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Reposted by Build Soil, Collect Water, Emerge from the Ashes.
So:

- I’d like the opportunity to bridge this and get back to being genuinely useful to you all.

This means I’m reaching out during this very difficult time to ask for a push of donations.

Buildsoil.net
Venmo.com/buildsoil
PayPal.me/buildsoiloffice
Buuldsoil.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It’s frustrating to feel like I did a ton of work getting a bunch of dominoes in a row and now they are just out of reach. I have so much ready to enact if we can just get ignition.
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m grateful that I got the opportunity for six years of work teaching educating & giving away 18,000 chestnut trees to communities all over, never happened without social media community and I know that just keeping it going during the pandemic was a feat, but I really do wanna move on next steps
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It’s been a while since I fundraised so I’m going to say I’d like to trying to raise $5000 for now.

Use one of the payment systems or reach out for something more specific.
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Help me:

wrap up lessons learned presentation/wrote ups on how to grow a million chestnuts

Rework the tweets and writings from old Twitter in essay or presentation form

Jumpstart our video podcast “Mutual Coordinates” where I’m working on cross-cultural ecological literacy.
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So:

- I’d like the opportunity to bridge this and get back to being genuinely useful to you all.

This means I’m reaching out during this very difficult time to ask for a push of donations.

Buildsoil.net
Venmo.com/buildsoil
PayPal.me/buildsoiloffice
Buuldsoil.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
- was on the receiving ending of a “me too” type situation with a bookkeeping company that protected a harasser

- that bookkeeping company left me with no product and huge fees

- build soil has multiple amazing projects already worked out but no funding. So on the back burner.
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
And I am 100% convinced that one of the reasons why there is such an interest in increasing the cost of healthcare is directly related to real estate markets
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Honestly bud could be in any jimmy stewart movie
October 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Mr. Bud goes to Washington
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Again my goal is not about the perfect because that often has diminishing returns much better to just set the stage so that more things will grow
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
But we build soil here for larger organizing up a society that works differently
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Honestly I respect what they’ve done because they did a harness a waste stream and I think they’re around a $10 million company and they try to be good about data but they do work with data brokers in their advertising so your information does go to Facebook and others
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
They charge the arborist at a rate that is usually lower than what it cost for the dumping if they were to dump at a composting facility, but you can actually lower their costs and they are far more likely to interact with you if you build a relationship and we are looking for relationships here
October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
And if you avoid them you save the arborist and yourself a ton of money, building local connections. You are still cheaper for the arborist than if they go through that corporation
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I’m not here to promote a single corporation
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is already been addressed in the thread but thank you I have Strong reservations about using chip drop. Just go talk to them you’ll build a relationship and you’ll get people dropping off more often. I would be much stronger in recommending interpersonal interactions rather than online ones
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM