About the Growbook:

When I was in middle school, my friends and I wrote notes to each other in a collective notebook. One by one, we'd fill in the pages with our own musings and pass it along to the next pal, who would read the latest entries & write their own. Through the Notebook, we'd watch friendships develop, inside jokes created, and individual lives unfold.

I wanted to take the essence of the Notebook & translate it into a tool to be used in this critical moment. Designed to share with a small Pod of folks we're building/abolishing/sharing/creating/etc. with during COVID-19 and beyond... so that Pods can continue to bond & grow during physical distancing.

I shared this project idea with my friend (& collaborateur!) Cori Nakamura Lin who aptly named it The Growbook. Cori is a fellow illustrator who roots herself in deep, mycelium work in hopes of making this world a more connected, empathetic, just, and livable place -- for humans and non-humans alike.  I couldn't imagine working with a better pal for this project.

To everyone who downloads and "picks up" the Growbook, thank you. We are thrilled, humbled, and honored to be co-creating alongside you.

-- Tori Hong, creator

Additional Resources:

• Pod Theory - Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective
• Our Responsibility to The Seventh Generation: Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development - Linda Clarkson, Vern Morrissette and Gabriel Regallet 
• American Revolutionary - the life of Chinese American civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs
• Mapping Our Roles in Social Change Ecosystems - Deepa Iyer, SolidarityIs and Building Movement Project

Sharing the Growbook:

#Growbook | bit.ly/Growbook | Tag Tori & Cori on Instagram