# T h e L O L
The
Library of Life 

Become a friend of the Library of Life

V o l u n t e e r
Are you interested in joining the LOL team? If so, you can host or help facilitate a plant swap at your local library.
G r o w
As a grower, you have the honor of caring for plants at your home on behalf of the collective community. 
D o n a t e
If you don't have time to volunteer or grow for #TheLOL you can always help us out financially! 

T h e  L i b r a r y  o f  L i f e  :  P l a n t  S w a p 

We host a monthly plant swap in partnership with San Francisco Public Library, featuring a seed bank, succulent bank and tillandsia bank. Our five-year vision involves propagating the event to other libraries around the world. In the meantime, for those who don't live nearby, we offer each program online.

Why the LOL Matters

Polyculture 

Seeds - biotechnology = ecological responsibility 

75% of genetic diversity of agricultural crops have been forever lost due to genetic modification and monocropping. We need to keep the remaining 25% of nutritional varieties alive! All we need to do is continue to grow them and share them with one another. 

Global Unwarming 

Succulents - grass = water efficiency

Climate change is threatening our atmosphere and access to clean water. Urban forestry is a proven antidote to global warming and succulents and air plants make for water-efficient alternatives to lawn-lovers.

Communification

Community + gardening = community gardening

Recently international and domestic tensions have eroded decades of social progress. Do you hear it? Humanity is calling upon us to come together like never before to counteract this trend, and bringing together lovers of community and lovers of gardening, in an economically neutral space is a powerful antidote.

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One Time Donations

Paying it Forward
We are fiscally sponsorsed by Community LIFE Network so donations to The Library of Life are tax-deductibe!

Annual Giving Levels

Seed Saviors
Botanists
Agronomists
Foresters
Life Librarians
Propagators
"In less than 100 years, biodiversity in the everyday fruits and vegetables we eat has dramatically declined with the advent of industrial farms. It’s estimated that between 1903 and 1983, 93 percent of seed varieties have disappeared. Many of the varieties that remain are owned by chemical and agricultural companies like Monsanto, which own 90 percent of seed banks. Maintaining biodiversity and nutritional diversity is the driving force behind Library of Life, a new non-profit program that takes place at the Ortega Branch Library."

Our Partners

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