Six #Tesla Gigafactories are scattered around the globe to produce Elon #Musk's electric #cars.
To meet the demand of the European market, a factory was built in #Germany. It is located on the outskirts of Berlin and has a production capacity of 500,000 vehicles per year.
The region around #Berlin, although it has many small lakes, is one of the driest regions in Germany. Activists and residents of the area feared the water consumption and pollution that the #Gigafactory would bring.

https://jorts.horse/@ecosurrealism/113537291086991582

About two years after the factory was built, plans surfaced to expand the 300-acre site by another 130 acres. In response, activists have been occupying the #forest adjacent to the #Gigafactory since February.
This week, after nine months the occupation was evicted. It was suspected that there were bombs from the world wars in the forest area. It was said that it would be necessary to leave the forest, for some days, as long as it would take to search for the explosives.

https://jorts.horse/@ecosurrealism/113537314058005484

3/3 According to the police, the reason for the eviction was the unwillingness of the activists to co-operate.
Now, the last structures in the trees are torn down. #GigaFactory #tesla

https://jorts.horse/@ecosurrealism/113537320901696712

And with the Witching Hour at hand, autumn turns to yuletide.

My toddler, just the other day, made a point to say, "Bye, tree! See you soon!" to a nearby tree while we were walking away. I think children are natural animists - it is very easy for them to say "sorry" to a rock if they drop it or talk to a worm like it will talk back. They just naturally seem to see their connection with the world in a way we've lost with colonialism and industrialism.

May we all have the ecocentrism of a child.

Thank you for 100 folks looking in at my little channel. As a note, the channel is largely a diary of my druidic journey with some memes scattered about, but I appreciate everyone popping in for the memes.

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere like I do, and find that you feel the desire to slow down about this time, whether that is in your faith practice or your work or anything else, listen to that. It is your ancestral memory talking. Humans are just as much cyclical creatures as any other animal. Sit down with a candle, drink some hot cocoa, lounge. In an era where everyone is expected to go and do everything as quickly as possible it is revolutionary to listen to your body and just do nothing for a while.

I say this emphatically, earnestly, and enthusiastically - if you are interested in earth-based spirituality, there are few ways that tap into the human creature better than skyclad/nude ritual. Other participants not needed. You will feel closer to yourself, your surroundings, and your gods, should you choose to have them.

Good Thor's Day.

I am pleasantly surprised to see a pretty large influx of furry subscribers. While I'm not particularly out looking to gain subscribers, as this channel is a personal project, I am glad to see this is the case, as I genuinely see the otherkin and therianthrope communities as a modern revival of Totemic religions. The only major difference between the two, if we are to be honest, is the artwork associated.

Ah. Ancient people and those in 2024 shake hands in recognition of their spiritual connection, past and present, to the other animals of our world. Lovely.

🤝

Merry winter solstice, friends.

In Ireland, this holiday was celebrated by the Celtic druids as Grianstad An Gheimhridh, celebrated in a manner similar to the Nordic Yule, placing four candles of various colors atop a log and letting them burn down over the night. While the story of the Holly King and Oak King are certainly an interesting play on the dual nature of the Horned God, there is no official evidence they existed in Celtic folklore prior to their introduction into the Wiccan religion in 1970, so I feel no need to include it in my druidic practice, though I understand why others do.

As I explore my own cultural connection to the Celtic druidic tradition, I find that it is but a small thing to reintroduce the celebration of season. We have lost our wildness, and as all animals follow and accept the changing of autumn into winter, winter into spring, spring into summer, and summer into autumn again, so must we as human animals do likewise.

It is coming close to darkness now. Gather with your friends as you can. Light fires, small or large. Eat warm food. Drink as you feel led. And most of all - rest.