Podcast appearances and mentions of John D Liu

Welcome to this ClimateGenn episode recorded during COP29 in Baku, a conference unashamedly hijacked by the fossil fuel industry. John D. Liu is a renowned ecologist, filmmaker, and environmental advocate. Liu's later career has been dedicated to large-scale ecosystem restoration, emphasising the profound impact of natural regeneration in combating climate change. His pioneering work with the Ecosystem Restoration Camps and his advocacy for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration have made significant contributions to global environmental efforts. This discussion offers profound insights into reimagining our future through the lens of ecological restoration and sustainability. If you are concerned about the future then why not travel with me through every COP conference from COP21 in Paris to COP28 in Dubai, by ordering my book ‘COPOUT - How governments have failed the people on climate'. In COPOUT you'll gain insights into what actually is going on in these supposed world saving conferences and how we have ended up in this dire era of dangerous consequences. You can order COPOUT via the link in the notes or on any online bookstore worldwide in paperback and audio version. 2025 has opened with terrifying wildfires in Loss Angeles demonstrating that climate catastrophe is not only here but that it is tearing great holes in the fabric of our societies. I will be posting many more interviews and also adding many more archive interviews on key topics to the members area. Thank to you for listening, sharing and also to all subscribers for support. Order COPOUT: https://amzn.to/4gSAU19

Vandaag het gesprek met Nadine Maarhuis. Nadine is journalist, socioloog en activist voor een ecologische samenleving. De afgelopen jaren sprak ze honderden groene change makers en haar inzichten bracht ze samen in haar boek 'De groene actiegids', dat onlangs verscheen bij Uitgeverij De Geus. Als mede-initiator van de Koop Niks Nieuws Challenge staat Nadine sinds twee jaar in de Duurzame 100 van Trouw en als hoofdredacteur van We Are the ReGeneration vertelt ze de verhalen van denkers en doeners die ecologie centraal stellen. Laten we beginnen… Wat ik zoal leerde van Nadine: 00:00 intro 02:30 Een rondreis door Europe om allerlei verhalen vast te leggen voor Behind the change. Ze noemt twee mooie voorbeelden. 04:15 Leren door zelf te doen. 05:35 Video is een super krachtig middel. Het 'zien', draagt bij aan je beeldvorming. 08:00 De rode draad door haar leven is, verhalen. 10:00 Na de studie bij MaatschapWij terecht gekomen en de journalistiek ingerold. 11:15 Er zijn veel mensen die willen meebouwen aan die nieuwe systemen, maar niet weten hoe. 13:30 Het belang van negatief én positief nieuws voor een meer neutraler beeld en handelingsperspectief. 14:35 Als mens, cocreëren we de systemen die we om ons heen zien en kunnen we daar iedere dag aan bijdragen. 15:00 Als mens kun je er niet-niet toe doen. 16:15 Hoe verrijkend het is als je ecologie centraal gaat stellen in je eigen leven. 17:25 Je voelt het leven en daar laad je aan op als mens. 19:40 We hebben veel mensen nodig die imperfect groen leven, en niet een kleine groep die perfect groen leeft. 20:20 80 procent van de tijd een goede voorouder zijn. 21:35 Als soort hebben we een bijzondere positie, omdat we meer leven kunnen creëren met de keuzes die we maken. 24:00 Als je eenmaal groene stappen gaat zetten, dan verschuift je wereldbeeld. 25:40 Hoe om te gaan met ingewikkelde duurzame keuzes? 26:45 Niet alleen focussen op onze eigen voetafdruk, maar ook naar de handafdruk kijken. 27:45 De handafdruk van Nadine. 30:45 De flow volgen in je leven. Waar zit de energie? Begin met iets waar je zelf enthousiast van wordt. 35:20 Het ontstaan van de Koop niks nieuws challenge 37:15 De psychologie achter spullen kopen. 40:45 Gat in de markt: kledingruilbeurs voor mannen 43:15 De hoofdstukken in haar nieuwe boek die ze het leukste vond om te schrijven. 45:00 Een andere bedrijfsvorm met steward ownership, interessant voor ondernemers. 46:50 Het succes van de samenleving (BBP) hangt samen met allerlei negatieven gebeurtenissen. Terwijl als we dingen samen doen dan is dat slecht voor het BBP. 49:15 Er is een lange termijn visie nodig, en die is er niet in het politieke systeem. 51:30 Als het ons voortbestaand niet bedreigt, lijkt het geen probleem. Of, we zien het pas als een probleem wanneer het ons voortbestaan bedreigt. 52:15 Het ecosysteem centraal stellen en dit als startpunt gebruiken. 57:00 Landschap herstel in 30 jaar tijd op grote schaal met John D. Liu. 59:15 Ecologisch herstellen met lokale mensen. Four returns: sociaal, ecologisch, economisch en de return of inspiration. Meer over Nadine Maarhuis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadinemaarhuis/  https://www.nadinemaarhuis.com/ https://www.behindthechange.org/ https://www.ftm.nl/auteur/nadine-maarhuis (serie artikelen over ondernemers die ecologische en sociale winst creëren) We Are The Re-generation Boeken: Pioniers van de nieuwe welvaart (2018) (met Kees Klomp) Circular Chefs (2019) - (met Freke van Nimwegen)  De groene actiegids (2024) Andere bronnen: Bright Vibes Achterhoekpakket Duurzaam en licht leven door kleiner wonen – Marjolein Jonker Samen werken naar het happy 2050 scenario – Babette Porcelijn Hoe leren we ons brein omgaan met slecht nieuws? - Tegenlicht Stichting Klimaatgesprekken Word Klimaatcoach

John D. Liu offers a profound understanding of the interconnectedness of ecosystems and emphasizes the critical role humans play in restoring our planet. In this compelling podcast episode, John D. Liu, a trailblazing figure in environmental advocacy, provides a captivating exploration of ecosystem restoration. With his unique perspective, he takes us on a journey beyond conventional environmental discussions. Visit our EAT Community website for more podcasts.

Today's episode is a special guest in our podcast feed, from the Down to Earth: the Planet to Plate Podcast, presented by our friends at the Quivira Coalition and Radio Café. Working Wild U cohost Jared Beaver sat down with Down to Earth host Mary-Charlotte Domandi to discuss why we started Working Wild U, why we chose to wade into a season on wolves, and the important role working lands play in supporting people and wildlife in the American West. Thanks to Mary-Charlotte and the Quivira Coalition for welcoming Jared to their incredible interview lineup. Other recent guests on the show have included ranch manager Mark Biaggi, author Dan Flores and filmmaker John D. Liu! Check out Down to Earth: The Planet to Plate Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. Find the show notes at workingwild.us  

Global Ecosystem Restoration John D. Liu is my guest on Episode 171 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. In the 1980s and 1990s, John worked as a television producer and cameraman with CBS News, RAI, and ZDF covering geo-political events including the rise of China from poverty and isolation and the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the mid-1990s the World Bank asked John to document the rehabilitation of the Loess Plateau. Since learning that it is possible to rehabilitate large-scale damaged ecosystems John has devoted his life to understanding and communicating about the potential and responsibility to restore degraded landscapes on a planetary scale. Since 2009 John has worked with Willem Ferwerda the Founder and CEO of the Commonland Foundation, which is catalyzing privately invested large-scale restoration in many parts of the world. John is also the founder of the Ecosystem Restoration Camps movement that began in 2016 and has grown to over 50 camps in 6 continents and continues to grow. Studying ecology led John to receive a number of academic appointments. In 2014 John was named a research fellow at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (NIOO/KNAW) and continues to study. https://ecosystemrestorationcamps.org/

John D. Liu started his career as a journalist and cameraman, covering politics, economics, and culture. In 1995, he began documenting the Loess Plateau in China, a massive landscape that had been destroyed by poor agriculture practices over the course of centuries. He watched and filmed as the landscape––and the people––came back to vibrant life over decades, through an intensive process that involved soil science, engineering, hydrological restoration, and the participation of local communities. The result was a living, lush, and sustainable ecosystem that produced more food with less land in agricultural production.

OwnTrail is a social platform that helps people visualize and achieve their next milestone in life and work through offering tools and community that fuel a more authentic definition of success. Kt McBratney is co-founder and chief community officer of OwnTrail, founded in 2020 (just three weeks before the pandemic hit). After meeting her co-founder Rebekah Bastian in Seattle she moved across the country to a new home, sight-unseen, and now lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Before that she's been a chief marketing officer, a brand marketer, production director, worked at a zoo, and in higher education (all while secretly wearing a superhero t-shirt under her business suit). Kt seeks to “disrupt the status-bro” by helping people reclaim their stories and loves building strong, inclusive communities. “The status-bro tricks us into focusing on a mythical one ‘right' path through life, instead of focusing on OUR path. It makes us feel like we're only as good as our resumes and social media.” In this episode we explore being authentic to yourself and why LinkedIn is great for job-hunting but not really great at helping you figure out what you really want to do. We talk about the rising feminine, burnout, frogs, pagers (143 anyone?), and the power of help-beacons; how OwnTrail is designed to be a totally different kind of social platform. Kt explains finding themselves fascinated by people who do many things… people she calls “ANDs.” We also talk about the crucial importance of play (Spoiler alert: the job is never done!) and why Steve is a Mokey sun with a Janice moon and a Scooter rising. There was one social media quote that I couldn't find for the episode that I think sums everything up perfectly: “Be a Kermit the Frog. Have a creative vision and no ego. Recognize the unique talents of those around you. Attract weirdos. Manage chaos. Show kindness. Be sincere.” – Richard R. Penner (@timescanner) Guest: Kt McBratney OwnTrail Kt's Trail Twitter: @k_to_the_t References Jennifer Fischer (Language of Creativity Ep. 2 | Medium | Twitter | Think Ten Media) Seed&Spark Proposals for a Feminine Economy – Jennifer Armbrust (sister.is | book | short video) Ecosystem Restoration Camps Kiss The Ground (documentary) The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music – Victor L. Wootin (GoodReads) A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future – Daniel Pink  (GoodReads) The “Bad Vegan” Scandal (TastingTable) AuthenTech: (from Rebekah Bastian's Trail) “Once OwnTrail has a liquidity event, I plan to take that money and re-invest it into the startup ecosystem, focusing on under-estimated founders that are building AuthenTech companies. In the meantime, I'm starting to dabble in some small investments, as an angel and LP, so I can build up my experience and portfolio.” Short Circuit (IMDB) Weird Al Yankovic (Washington Post | New York Times) Scorpio/Libra cusp astrology Mokey Fraggle Steven's Trail Host: Steven Leavitt Steven's Trail Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/ Featured Music “Boom Cat” by Raul Hernandez “Nothing Wrong” by Lobate Scarp Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes, Amazon and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! Website: https://thelanguageofcreativity.com/ Facebook Group: The Language of Creativity Discussion Group - Facebook Tags Founders, startups, saas, online community, values, woman-owned, LinkedIN, CMO, marketing, board-room, careers, zoo, higher education, employment, indie film, motherhood, book hoarder, moving across-country, Atlanta, home buying, Seattle, pandemic, dad jokes, Jennifer Fischer, health insurance coverage, social media, algorithms, gamified, #winning, safety, milestones, marriage, getting a job, miscarriage, burnout, community, help-beacon, tools, pagers, payphones, fax-machines, starting a podcast, TED talks, life path, questions, artists, square peg in a round hole, creatives, creative careers, environment, sharing stories, non-binary, feminine spaces, abundance, representation, race, disconnection, loneliness, compartmentalization, Los Angeles, individualism, collectivism, John D. Liu, Kiss The Ground, Ecosystem Restoration Camps, mycelium networks, cross-polination, nature, ecology, support, pivot, authenticity, inclusion, curiosity, Muppet astrology

How to Enable Planet-wide Ecosystem Restoration – Ep686 This Episode Features, Performance Guest, Multi-Media Entrepreneur, Visionary, Musician, Nadine Casanova (Kalibri); and Interview Guest, Veteran Television Producer and Cameraman, Founder of Environmental Education Media Project (EEMP), and Ecosystem Restoration Camps, John D. Liu on The LIFE CHANGES Show Ep686 Titled, “How to Enable Planet-wide Ecosystem Restoration” Interview Guest: JOHN D. LIU; and Performance Guest: NADINE CASANOVA (KALIBRI)

Support us to create more episodes like this one on Patreon here Sign up for an Ecosystem Restoration Camp here Follow the podcast on Instagram Follow Ecosystem Restoration Camps on Instagram Unconditonal Freedom Project (Prison self development & garden program) John D. Liu, ecologist, filmmaker and founder of the Ecosystem Restoration Camp movement joins us to talk about this approach to accessible, participatory large scale restoration of degraded landscapes (and how he learned this was possible by filming the restoration of the legendary Loess plateau in China!), and how this revitalizes livelihoods, society, biology, and the human spirit when done well. We also talk about how the concept for this model came to him through his dreams (!), correcting current systemic dysfunction by re-aligning our consciousness and societies with the equation of how Earth actually works, sacred texts & cosmology pointing us to this knowledge, the evolution of the human brain, and so much more! Everyone listening is invited to engage deeply in this work by joining or starting up their own living laboratory, a.k.a. Ecosystem Restoration Camp. Each camp is autonomous, self-organizing, and self-governed; the organization just links the network for outreach, knowledge and resource sharing. If youre feeling disconnected and wanting to make a change in your life, gain community, and gain skills, head to https://ecosystemrestorationcamps.org, pick the camp you want to go to, and reach out! Show notes: How John learned that large scale ecosystem restoration is possible & how the model for this organization came to him through his dreams Current systemic dysfunction of grinding up the Earth to make ruins people will find in the future while harming nature's life support systems Physics as the natural laws that regulate Earth systems The importance of using the advances of technology for to spread useful knowledge, such as: hydrological cycle, carefully tending paradise, soil health, etc. Broad scale disconnection & the collective dream The potential landmates, businesses, friendships that are there to be connected with at these camps Valuing the living systems of earth: rediscovering what the native/indigenous cultures have known and lived by for millennia and how ridiculous it is that colonizers from Europe didn't recognize they were consciously, intelligently managing all these life systems Establishing restoration camps with integration/deference to & involvement of the culture & people of the place Social ecosystems: Central kitchens integrated with locally grown produce, means of production for woodworking/metal working/mechanics/ sewing/ceramics/art/etc. as a way to engage people in what needs to be done instead of focusing on making money. And cultural stages for music/theater/education (needs: healthy physical/emotional lives, meaningful work, and to transmit the culture) Applying this work to refugee situations & prisons (The Unconditional Freedom Project) & using prison time as an opportunity for inmates to upskill in propagation & species preservation to prepare them for meaningful work after release. So much more!

Christy and Vivian introduce the importance of food agriculture and benefits of self-planting in our communities. They interview Cherry Liu, the Beacon Food Forest Outreach Coordinator, who describes more in depth about the history of farming and how she began working for the Beacon Food Forest. Cherry describes how individuals should opt for local food sources and self-farming for fresh produce rather than big supermarket companies. Urban farming organizations to follow in the Seattle area: Black Star Farmers @blackstarfarmers Black Farmers Collective (Yes Farm) @blackfarmerscollective Salsa de la Vida @salsadelavida Danny Woo Community Garden @dannywoogarden ACRS Farm @acrsnews Percussion Farms @percussionfarms Nurturing Roots Farm @nurturingrootsfarm Cherry's Cottage @cherryscottage Rural farms in WA to follow: Kamayan Farm-Ariana de Lena, Filipina-owned farm in Carnation @kamayanfarm Small Axe Farm, Black-led farm in Sammamish @blackfarmerscollective Sweet Hollow Farm-Vero Vergara, multiracial queer worker-owned cooperative farm in Woodinville @sweethollowfarm Good Rain Farm-Michelle Weeks, Indigenous-led farm in Camas @goodrainfarm. Asian American-owned farms in the US to follow: Farmer Mai-Mai Nguyen (Sebastopol, CA) Namu Farm-Krystyn Leach (San Francisco, CA) Shao Shan Farm-Scott Chang-Fleeman (Bolinas, CA) Electronic Resources: "Hope in a Changing Climate" by Dr. John D. Liu, about reversing desertification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLdNhZ6kAzo&t=124s Leah Penniman, keynote address on ancestral farming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvQJP8QP-Ng&t=116s The Indigenous Science of Permaculture: https://www.kcet.org/shows/tending-nature/the-indigenous-science-of-permaculture?fbclid=IwAR3yxc-GbWxDEWDFjMHBQshGh81NjsbaZdgZ3WHmLxHh-H_WOx-LsxFLmWU Asian American farmers: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/young-asian-americans-turn-farming-means-cultural-reclamation-n1072036 Contact us at uwbsust@uw.edu or bas@cascadia.edu. Cherry's contact: cherry@foodforest.ngo Beacon Food Forest: https://beaconfoodforest.org/volunteer https://beaconfoodforest.org/ Follow Campus Sustainability Offices:on Instagram @uwbsustainability or @sustainabilityatcascadia Check out our websites uwb.edu/sustainability or cascadia.edu/bassp Image art by Sarah Blechner

Hosted by Atossa Soltani, Founder and Executive Director of Amazon Watch, among the most effective groups in the world conserving the Amazon and its peoples. Learn about the struggles to preserve some of the last large-scale vibrant ecosystems on Earth, crucial to the diversity of life on our planet, the climate and to our own species' survival. Kris Tompkins describes the remarkable work she and her husband Doug Tompkins, Co-Founder of Esprit, are doing as conservation philanthropists and practitioners to create national parks that protect and restore wildlands and biodiversity, inspire care for the natural world, and generate healthy economic opportunities for communities in Patagonia in Chile and Argentina. John Liu shows how understanding the true value of ecological functions including hydrological cycles, climate regulation and soil fertility reveals an astonishing cost-benefit ratio that points to both the ecological and economic imperative of large-scale ecological restoration worldwide, such as he has demonstrated in China and Rwanda. Marina Silva will describe what can and must be done to protect the forests and peoples of the Amazon while alleviating poverty. With: Kris Tompkins, conservationist, former CEO of Patagonia, who since 1993 has worked with her husband Doug Tompkins to create large wilderness conservation areas in Chile and Argentina; John D. Liu, international filmmaker, conservationist and ecological restorationist; Marina Silva, Brazilian environmental leader.

John D. Liu is a filmmaker, environmental educator, and Founder and Advisory Council Chair of the Ecosystem Restoration Camps Foundation. He also serves as Ecosystem Ambassador of the Commonland Foundation. As a filmmaker in 1995 (with a history at CBS), the World Bank asked John to document the ecological restoration of the Loess Plateau in China. Since learning that it is possible to rehabilitate large-scale damaged ecosystems, John has devoted his life to understanding and communicating about the potential and responsibility to restore degraded landscapes on a planetary scale. John was recently featured in the Netflix documentary, 'Kiss the Ground' and has worked on numerous (and award-winning) film projects including 'Hope in a Changing Climate', 'Green Gold', 'Jane Goodall - China Diary', 'Leading With Agriculture', etc. Kiss the Ground on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81321999 https://ecosystemrestorationcamps.org/ IG: @ecosystem.restoration.camps ____ YOU ARE LOVED. www.helendenham.com @helendenham_

Guest John D. Liu, ecosystem ambassador for the Common Land Foundation, joins host Robert Strock in a discussion about restoring the planet's biodiversity and biomass through regenerative agriculture and ecosystem restoration. These two practices and concepts recognize and incorporate the symbiosis of all living things in order to restore and reclaim land. Restorative agriculture programs, including Liu's Ecosystem Restoration Camps, are now found on six continents, including a massively successful pilot program on China's Loess Plateau that covered 35,000 square kilometers. Regenerative agriculture organizations are now partnering with homelessness programs in LA to train the unsheltered in these techniques, developing skills and confidence in the unsheltered and providing a means to contribute to the health and well-being of society. Learn what you can do to learn more about and help support restorative agriculture organizations. Listen to the episode and find out more at: The Global Bridge Foundation

On today's podcast, you are going to have the opportunity to hear from John D. Liu, who is truly a legend in the regeneration ecosystem restoration community, and body of knowledge. He is just such a wise sage. Somebody who has lived their life in contemplation around how can ecosystems, how can people, how can communities live in harmony in symbiosis with nature? John D. Liu is a filmmaker and ecologist. He also is a researcher in several world institutions. He's a fellow from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. John is also the ecosystem ambassador for the Commonland Foundation in Amsterdam. And John D. Liu is also the Ecosystem... He founded the Ecosystem Restorations worldwide movement, which aims to restore degraded ecosystems on a large scale. You are going to be blown away. You're going to be awakened. You're going to be inspired. Truly today's conversation is awakening the possibilities of regeneration. And I just trust that you're going to love it.

On today's podcast, you are going to have the opportunity to hear from John D. Liu, who is truly a legend in the regeneration ecosystem restoration community, and body of knowledge. He is just such a wise sage. Somebody who has lived their life in contemplation around how can ecosystems, how can people, how can communities live in harmony in symbiosis with nature? John D. Liu is a filmmaker and ecologist. He also is a researcher in several world institutions. He's a fellow from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. John is also the ecosystem ambassador for the Commonland Foundation in Amsterdam. And John D. Liu is also the Ecosystem... He founded the Ecosystem Restorations worldwide movement, which aims to restore degraded ecosystems on a large scale. You are going to be blown away. You're going to be awakened. You're going to be inspired. Truly today's conversation is awakening the possibilities of regeneration. And I just trust that you're going to love it.

How do you restore an entire ecosystem at scale? Eroded desertified landscapes: can they be healed? Journalist, filmmaker, and environmental educator John D. Liu is the Ecosystem Ambassador for the Commonland Foundation and Founder of the Ecosystem Restoration Camps Movement. He is best-known for his documentaries on the restoration of the Loess Plateau, like Hope in a Changing Climate and Green Gold. On this episode of Reversing Climate Change, John joins Ross to explain how human activity caused the degradation of the Loess Plateau, describing how it went from being one of the most beautiful places on Earth to a barren landscape where the poorest Chinese people lived. John discusses what made the Loess Plateau restoration so successful, offering insight around how the Chinese government engaged the people there and how the project design balances functional space for agriculture with land dedicated to natural regeneration. Listen in to understand how John thinks about restoring inherently complex ecosystems and learn how you can get involved in John’s work to transform our economy and facilitate ecosystem restoration all over the world. Connect with Nori: Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Nori Nori on Facebook Nori on Twitter Nori on Patreon Nori Newsletter Resources: The Weather Makers ‘The Holy Grail of Restoration: Mending the Sinai Peninsula’ in Kosmos Journal John’s Academia Page John on Twitter The Great Work of Our Time Documentary on Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration World Bank Story on the Loess Plateau Restoration Presencing Institute Theory U International Union for the Conservation of Nature Rothamsted Research Institute University of the West of England Netherlands Institute of Ecology Elinor Ostrom Kyoto Protocol Kate Raworth Paul Kingsnorth Wendell Berry Willem Ferwerda John F. Nash --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/support

John Dennis Liu is a film-maker and ecologist. He is also a researcher at several institutions. In January 2015 John was named Visiting Fellow at Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. John is also Ecosystem Ambassador for the Commonland Foundation based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2017 John Liu founded Ecosystem Restoration Camps, a worldwide movement that aims to restore damaged ecosystems on a large scale. Most recently, John was featured in Kiss The Ground, a full-length documentary narrated by Woody Harrelson that sheds light on an new, old approach to farming called “regenerative agriculture” that has the potential to balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world. For more information on John, please visit: Https://knaw.academia.edu/johndliu Help restore our planet! Sign up at: https://ecosystemrestorationcamps.org/foundation/john-d-liu/ Watch Kiss the Ground: https://kissthegroundmovie.com/about/

Ecosystem Restoration Camps are a potential methodology to regenerate degraded lands on a planetary scale. Carry Kim speaks with John D. Liu, Ecosystem Ambassador and Founder and Advisory Council Chair of the Ecosystem Restoration Camps Foundation. The camps movement serves as a model for restoring ecological function while addressing some of the most pressing issues of our time including: poverty, hunger, refugee crises, climate change and the need to create resilient communities. There are now 23 camps spanning 6 continents, and the movement continues to grow exponentially. John D. Liu is a filmmaker, environmental educator [https://knaw.academia.edu/JohnDLiu], and Founder and Advisory Council Chair of the Ecosystem Restoration Camps Foundation [https://ecosystemrestorationcamps.org/join-a-camp/]. He also serves as Ecosystem Ambassador of the Commonland Foundation [https://commonland.com/en]. As a filmmaker in 1995, the World Bank asked John to document the ecological restoration of the Loess Plateau in China. Since learning that it is possible to rehabilitate large-scale damaged ecosystems, John has devoted his life to understanding and communicating about the potential and responsibility to restore degraded landscapes on a planetary scale. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.d.liu https://www.facebook.com/groups/1206960359323785/ Interview by Carry Kim Hosted by Jessica Aldridge Engineer: Blake Lampkin Executive Producer: Jack Eidt Show Created by Mark and JP Morris Music: Javier Kadry Episode 65

How nature and successful civilizations build soil, and how Edenicity will use these models to create a permanently wealthy civilization. If Episode 14 was like Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back, today's episode is like The Return of the Jedi.For this episode, it'll really help to have the Edenicity Reference Design.John D. Liu videos: Hope in a Changing Climate, Green is GoldEcosystem Restoration CampsAllan Savory TEDx TalkSupport the show (https://teespring.com/stores/edenicity)

John D. Liu is a film maker and environmental activist. His film 'Green Gold" looks at how arid and degraded areas have been greened and restored using regenerative strategies. He shares his work in building ecorestoration camps around the world. These camps not only restore the local environment, but also heal society and creates a greater sense of community. To learn more contact: James Cox Cell: 267 323 6936 Email: jamescoxprivateemail@gmail.com

John D. Liu, Ecosystem restoration researcher, educator and filmmaker, has dedicated his life to sharing real-world examples of once-degraded landscapes newly restored to their original fertile and biodiverse beauty. He represents Ecosystem Restoration Camps, a grassroots movement where everyday people like you can have a real impact, directly. Their big goal is to have one million people come together by 2030 and restore degraded lands in 100 camps around the world.

Jaeb is a woman of vision, as well as extraordinary humility. “If I know anything, it’s that I know nothing.” When Jaeb and her husband first purchased land in central Thailand, the soil was so degraded by monocrop farming and heavy use of chemical fertilisers, it was like rock. They started growing trees for shade around the house. Initially, Jaeb and James had many failures, with thousands of saplings dying. But then they discovered the work of Dr John D. Liu. Since then, Jaeb has undertaken a fascinating journey of learning about ecological restoration, permaculture and sustainable agriculture. Jaeb wants to create a food forest, a way of producing food that doesn’t require deforestation or monocrop farming. An educator by training, and passionate about the environment, Jaeb wants to bring as many people on this journey with her as possible. From her own children to the local town to an international community of volunteers who come to the farm to live and learn, Jaeb’s vision is to share knowledge about food security and nature. “It’s possible to live off the land and to enjoy nature. You don’t need to cut down everything in your farm.”

Dear listeners, In this episode of Wachama talks Kris takes us to a journey around the world which is also a journey of personal growth throughout his life until now. His search for meaningful contribution led him to Wageningen where he found like minded people and cool projects to work on. Nowadays Kris is mainly focusing on RENEW -Restoration Network Wageningen (link below) Useful links: Wachama on Facebook: www.facebook.com/wachamatribe/ RENEW -Restoration Network Wageningen www.facebook.com/RestorationNetworkWageningen/ Alan Watts ~Conversation with Myself www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylqPkuCJPBs The 7 habits of highly effective people by stephen covey book review www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktlTxC4QG8g Green gold with John D. Liu www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBLZmwlPa8A SHUNYATA BAND's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/shunyataband/

SUBSCRIBE: WWW.EARTHREPAIRRADIO.COM This episode explores the new movement to regenerate the planet with "Ecosystem Restoration Camps", where groups of people set up temporary camps on degraded lands for education and implementation of ecological rehabilitation and permaculture. The first camp is now up and running in Spain, with many more in the works. John D. Liu, one of the ideas inspirations, shares much about his vision of the camps and movement to restore the planet's degraded lands and stabilize climate change through a massive social and ecological movement. Show links: WWW.ECOSYSTEMRESTORATIONCAMPS.ORG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Liu John Dennis Liu full bio: John Dennis Liu (born 1953 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a Chinese American film-maker and ecologist. He is also a researcher at several institutions. In January 2015 John was named Visiting Fellow at Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. John is also Ecosystem Ambassador for the Commonland Foundation based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Early career Liu was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, as the son of a Chinese father and American mother. He spent most of his youth in Bloomington, Indiana.[1] Liu studied journalism.[2] In 1979 he went for the first time to China, after being pushed by his father to see his grandmother before her death. In China Liu helped set up the CBS News bureau in Beijing in 1981, at a time when tensions between the United States and China were lessening. He worked for CBS for more than ten years as a producer and cameraman. Liu has said that after the collapse of the Soviet Union he grew tired of journalism and wished to make films. He started working for European media as RAI, SRG SSR, ZDF[3] For RAI, ZDF, BBC World and National Geographic Channel he produced nature documentaries.[2] In 1995 he filmed the Loess Plateau in China, which was being transformed from a barren and eroded ground into an oasis by the government.[2][4] At this point Liu noticed the possibility of humans restoring ecosystems, rather than only destroying them. Ecological recovery and ideas Liu retired from journalism in 1997 and became the director of the Environmental Education Media Project (EEMP). With the EEMP he uses television to provide information about ecology, sustainable development, public health in China and other countries.[3] Liu emphasizes that the harmful effect of humans on the world is not only caused by greenhouse gasses, but is to a great extent caused by the destruction of biomass, organic matter and biodiversity. Liu claims that the decline in these factors has led to higher temperatures and loss of arable soil, in the end leading to desertification.[3] Liu sees a solution for these problems in the way people look at money, as people currently value the products and services derived from ecosystems higher than the ecosystems themselves.[3] The episode, Regreening the desert / Green gold of the show Tegenlicht, was aired by Dutch public broadcaster VPRO and co-produced by Liu. The episodes sees Liu traveling the world to countries as Jordan, China and Ethiopia and shows the possibilities in re-greening areas turning into desert. At the 65th Prix Italia, in September 2013, the episode won the Special Prize Expo 2015.[5][6] Since 2009, Liu is working together with Willem Ferwerda, former director of the Dutch office of IUCN, executive fellow business and ecosystems at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and founder of the Commonland Foundation an organization that works on large scale landscape restoration projects with a business approach, based on the 4 returns from landscape restoration framework developed by Ferwerda.

Episode 3 closes out Muse Ecology's inaugural series recorded in December 2017, about ecosystem restoration and the work of John D. Liu. In this episode, John and I have a conversation on the way to the airport that weaves through many topics currently affecting our global situation, and we discuss how a large scale shift to focusing on ecosystem restoration addresses the roots of all of them. John D. Liu is Ecosystem Ambassador for Commonland Foundation and Visiting Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences.  He also catalyzed the Ecosystem Restoration Camps movement.  You can find his films and research papers at  One of the topics we discuss is how water vapor is more of a greenhouse gas than carbon emissions, and how ecosystem destruction has disrupted the water cycle and led to increase of uncondensated (not formed into clouds) atmospheric water vapor.  The source John was referring to for his greenhouse gas numbers can be found at the following link.  Water vapor also acts as a magnifier of other greenhouse gases through strong feedback effects.  Here's another article, from NASA, on water vapor's contribution to the greenhouse gas effect. Some have ascribed the increase in uncondensated atmospheric water vapor simply to warming caused by carbon emissions, as in the following article. Other researchers have been doing work synthesizing peer-reviewed findings from climatology, ecology, soil science, microbiology, and other fields that show anthropogenic causes, besides carbon emissions, of increased uncondensated water vapor and climate change.  The good news about such effects is that they are based on our land management, and hence can be changed.  The ecosystems that control the water cycles and climate have largely been cleared, drained, and paved or tilled up, and by restoring ecosystem function on the surface of Earth, we can restore hydrological cycles, which control most of our planet's thermodynamics.  Here are some links to some of this important work exploring these complexities. Walter Jehne's  paper was presented at Tufts, MIT, Columbus, Dayton, Oberlin, and Harvard Universities in 2015.  It addresses water as greenhouse gas, our land management's effects on the water cycle and climate, and the role of vegetation and organic carbon and microbiology in the soil.  Atmospheric carbon is relevant too of course, and he also has a great paper on the carbon drawdown possibilities of ecosystem restoration, .  He also gave a fantastic webinar presentation earlier this year, 2018, on the water cycle, how we've altered it, and what we can do about it, as a guest on the webinar hosted by my friends Neal and Raleigh.  You can find the webinar video . Juraj Kohutiar and Michal Kravčík wrote another great paper on civilization's land management's effects on ecology and hence hydrology and climate, .  They and others at the Rain4Climate group also wrote the book , also available for free online. Here are a couple more links with lists of further resources on the relations between vegetation, water cycles, and climate. There lots more out there on these complexities, and folks are continuing to do important research, so stay tuned in to this topic of the connections between ecosystem restoration, water cycles, and climate change.  We have alot to learn. _______ Michael DiGiorgio recorded the banjo-bird jams I'm using in the intro and ending. You can find his amazing nature art at . Mike says that if you'd like to buy the album of his nature-banjo jams, you can find his email on his website and he can mail you a CD. State of the Union, at the end, is part of my album The Sweet Subtle Revolution, that I've been thinking to record for a while now.  You can find a few of my songs and videos and a booking contact at The lovely version of Home on the Range in the background during the introduction to the bison series at the end was on the album The Spirit of South Dakota, part of an album series of music and nature sounds from National Parks around the U.S.  You can find this beautiful music at   

This is the fifth and final part of episode 2 at the Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn, Germany with John D. Liu.  In this part we hear two conversations about the important but historically ignored voices from indigenous nations, including their long history of oppression by globalizing civilization, the distinct worldviews inherent in the global economy and indigenous cultures, and the importance of bridging these differences and working together to protect and restore the Earth. John D. Liu is Ecosystem Ambassador for Commonland Foundation and Visiting Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences.  He also catalyzed the Ecosystem Restoration Camps movement.  You can find his films and research papers at  We will first hear John Liu speak with Leo van der Vlist, who works for the Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples and the Embassy for the Earth, and is a member of the international Forest Stewardship Council.  For over 25 years, Leo has been working with indigenous peoples to protect and restore their sovereignty, and for the last couple years has been working with large scale ecosystem restoration projects involving local communities. After Leo, we'll hear another profound conversation, with Marcos Terena, an indigenous elder from Brazil, along with his translator, Mercio Cerbaro, PhD researcher at the University of Surrey in the UK.  Marcos has been working for decades to involve sovereign indigenous voices in the global conversation. In 1988, he was integral to the inclusion of indigenous rights in the Brazilian Constitution. In 1992, more than 700 indigenous leaders worldwide elected him to speak to world leaders on their behalf at the U.N. Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the first time an indigenous person had addressed the United Nations. He also founded the Union of Indigenous Nations, the first indigenous rights group in Brazil, and is the coordinator for the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity.  In this interview, he shares valuable observations, concerns, and wisdom about mankind's relation to Mother Earth. Michael DiGiorgio recorded the banjo-bird jams I'm using in the intro and ending. You can find his amazing nature art at . Mike says that if you'd like to buy the album of his nature-banjo jams, you can find his email on his website and he can mail you a CD.

Maddy Harland is the co-founder of Permaculture Magazine International (1992) and book publishing company Permanent Publications (over 80 books inc. former guest Charles’ Dowding and Stephanie Hafftery’s Award winning, No Dig Home and Garden, 1990). In 1995 Maddy helped set up The Sustainability Centre in Hampshire, a former Naval base and now a thriving educational centre and is the author of The Song of the Earth, Fertile Edges and the Biotime Log (August 2018). Over 2 episodes, Maddy talks with Peter Donegan about permaculture. What is it ? How does one do a little, on their balcony, small back garden in their town or in their estate. As important, we chat what one should not do, the magazine she co-founded and edits, the books she has written and published and in true Peter style (?) things go a little off the beaten path and come back again. The Sodshow is available every Friday in iTunes, all good podcast stores and www.sodshow.com The Permaculture Website: Established in 1996, permaculture.co.uk is a trusted source of free practical information about permaculture and other related subjects. It has hundreds of feature articles, videos, reviews, and reader’s solution all searchable by content or your favourite author. Permaculture Magazine International: Published quarterly, Permaculture – Earth care, People Care, Future Care is a bestselling international green/environmental magazine. Its 88 pages are packed with inspiring articles written by leading experts alongside the readers' own tips and solutions.It is also full of reviews of the latest books, dvds, tools and products, details of courses and access to contacts who will help you achieve your own goals and dreams. Subscribe here: www.permaculture.co.uk Fertile Edges: Maddy Harland explores the rise of permaculture globally, from its origins in Australia in the 1970s to its current activities in over 170 countries worldwide, and describes the positive developments of this global movement and the huge potential it has yet to achieve. Amid a wealth of permaculture’s solutions and the ecocide of ‘business as usual’, Maddy interfaces practical permaculture and global transformation with deep ecology. “…breathtaking and strangely rollicking good fun.” John D. Liu film maker of Green Gold Further info: Maddy Harland FB: MaddyHarlandPermaculture Twitter: @MaddyHarland Permaculture Magazine FB: PermacultureMag Twitter: @PermacultureMag Insta: @permaculturemagazine The Sodshow Twitter: @sodshow facebook: The Sodshow instagram: sodshow

Maddy Harland is the co-founder of Permaculture Magazine International (1992) and book publishing company Permanent Publications (over 80 books inc. former guest Charles’ Dowding and Stephanie Hafftery’s Award winning, No Dig Home and Garden, 1990). In 1995 Maddy helped set up The Sustainability Centre in Hampshire, a former Naval base and now a thriving educational centre and is the author of The Song of the Earth, Fertile Edges and the Biotime Log (August 2018). Over 2 episodes, Maddy talks with Peter Donegan about permaculture. What is it ? How does one do a little, on their balcony, small back garden in their town or in their estate. As important, we chat what one should not do, the magazine she co-founded and edits, the books she has written and published and in true Peter style (?) things go a little off the beaten path and come back again. The Sodshow is available every Friday in iTunes, all good podcast stores and www.sodshow.com The Permaculture Website: Established in 1996, permaculture.co.uk is a trusted source of free practical information about permaculture and other related subjects. It has hundreds of feature articles, videos, reviews, and reader’s solution all searchable by content or your favourite author. Permaculture Magazine International: Published quarterly, Permaculture – Earth care, People Care, Future Care is a bestselling international green/environmental magazine. Its 88 pages are packed with inspiring articles written by leading experts alongside the readers' own tips and solutions.It is also full of reviews of the latest books, dvds, tools and products, details of courses and access to contacts who will help you achieve your own goals and dreams. Subscribe here: www.permaculture.co.uk Fertile Edges: Maddy Harland explores the rise of permaculture globally, from its origins in Australia in the 1970s to its current activities in over 170 countries worldwide, and describes the positive developments of this global movement and the huge potential it has yet to achieve. Amid a wealth of permaculture’s solutions and the ecocide of ‘business as usual’, Maddy interfaces practical permaculture and global transformation with deep ecology. “…breathtaking and strangely rollicking good fun.” John D. Liu film maker of Green Gold Further info: Maddy Harland FB: MaddyHarlandPermaculture Twitter: @MaddyHarland Permaculture Magazine FB: PermacultureMag Twitter: @PermacultureMag Insta: @permaculturemagazine The Sodshow Twitter: @sodshow facebook: The Sodshow instagram: sodshow

While largely unfamiliar to many, peatlands perform crucial funcions in Earth's carbon and water cycles.  For many centuries we have been draining peatlands to free up land for commodity agriculture, destroying these important living systems.  We now are growing aware of the effects of draining peatlands, and some folks are exploring ways to preserve and restore these wet ecologies while still being able to produce and harvest biomass and other crops from these areas.  This sort of peatland agriculture is called paludiculture. In part 4 of this 5 part series at the Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn, Germany, we will hear John D. Liu interview 3 individuals who are working to change agriculture, finance, and policy so that they work to restore, rather than drain peatlands. John D. Liu is Ecosystem Ambassador for Commonland Foundation and Visiting Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences.  He also catalyzed the Ecosystem Restoration Camps movement.  You can find his films and research papers at  Jans Joosten, one of the world's foremost experts on peatlands, is head of the Department of Peatland Studies and Paleoecology of Greifswald University.  ()  He will describe how peatlands function and some of the consequences of draining them.  Through his research, writing, and policy advising he has helped to protect and restore peatlands all over the world. Annawati van Paddenburg is Head of Sustainable Landscapes at the Investment and Policy Solutions Division of the Global Green Growth Initiative. ()  With member countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, she has worked on climate and food security and sustainable growth in forest, agriculture, coastal, and marine areas.  Growing up in rural Indonesia, she is motivated by her observations of the destructive effects of business on the pristine landscapes of her childhood.  The Indonesian government has recently determined to rewet their drained peatlands, and she is working with them to develop commodity production business models that support both local communities and peatland ecologies. Aldert van Weeren is a cattail farmer. () After rewetting and restoring peatland areas, intending to sustainably harvest cattails for housing insulation, he found that he had legally created nature reserves and was not allowed to harvest from them.  He and others have been working to change these policies so that folks like him can restore and preserve peatland function while producing a nontoxic, renewable source of housing insulation. Michael DiGiorgio recorded the banjo-bird jams I'm using in the intro and ending.  You can find his amazing nature art at  .  Mike says that if you'd like to buy the album of his nature-banjo jams, you can find his email on his website and he can mail you a CD.    

In Part 3 of this episode at the Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn, Germany, we will hear conversations between John Liu and folks who are working to restore degraded forest lands around the world through research, international business, and volunteer initiatives. John D. Liu is Ecosystem Ambassador for Commonland Foundation and Visiting Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences.  He also catalyzed the Ecosystem Restoration Camps movement.  You can find his films and research papers at  Patrick Worms is President of the European Agroforestry Federation and Senior Science Advisor for the World Agroforestry Centre, a research organization that studies the benefits of trees in agicultural systems and helps farmers to implement their findings. Pieter van Midwoud is the Tree Planting Officer for Ecosia, the search engine that plants trees.  As people use the search engine, their counter shows how many trees they are responsible for purchasing, and Pieter is the one who connects with reforestation projects around the world to get the them planted. You can set Ecosia as your default search engine or try it out at . Paul Hol is the Executive Director of Form International, a forest management and services company that manages 27,000 hectares of sustainable forest plantations, forest restortion, nature conservation, and agroforestry in Ghana and Tanzania.  They work to restore degraded forest lands and local livelihoods while creating models that demonstrate that trees can be a good investment.   Aviram Rozin is the Founder and International Director of Sadhana Forest, a vegan volunteer-based organization focused on creating long-term plant-based food security through environmental restoration. Globally, there are 133 million malnourished people living in arid areas who have private land but are not using it to grow food due to lack of water and agricultural knowledge. Sadhana Forest trains local people in India, Haiti and Kenya in the use of water-saving irrigation techniques and provides them with free seedlings to plant drought-resistant, indigenous, food-bearing trees around their homes.  Aviram is also a board member of the Foundation for the World Education and the first council member from India in the Global Restoration Council.    Sadh Guru is a mystic, best-selling author, and founder of the Isha Foundation.  He has inspired a people's movement in India that has planted over 32 million trees.   You can find the entire conversation between Sadh Guru and Eric Solheim, Environment Director for the U.N. . Michael DiGiorgio recorded the banjo-bird jams I'm using in the intro and ending.  You can find his amazing nature art at  .  Mike says that if you'd like to buy the album of his nature-banjo jams, you can find his email on his website and he can mail you a CD.    

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John D. Liu is passionate about ecosystem restoration, and has been championing the solutions and associated philosophies for more than thirty years. Join us as we explore our inextricable connections to nature through John's eyes. Prepared to be inspired and challenged as John shares some of his journey. We go into the thinking behind the degenerative systems, how they came to be, and what he sees as the necessary evolution of human consciousness to move into regenerative systems.He is currently the Ecosystem Ambassador for the Commonland Foundation, and a visiting research fellow at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology, of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Links:Commonland FoundationEcosystem Restoration CampsERC Facebook PagePublished works - Academia page A few of John's documentaries:Green GoldHope In A Changing Climate   SHOW NOTES Background- background in journalism, camera work, television & radio- saw a lot of ego and hubris- realised that contributing to environmental healing was much more meaningful- changed to ecological research- began lecturing and speaking on his research- came to believe knowledge is a right, not a commodity- hopeful that future generations will carry this shift in thinking  John's Message- discussion of the Loess plateau, its ecological destruction and subsequent restoration- it is not inevitable that humans degrade their environment- we have looted the earth- by contrast, in nature there is no waste- nature accumulates each generation- a human collective consciousness is needed, not just experts- felt like a detective figuring out what had gone wrong in barren places- living separated from each other and our environment = the result is deserts, wars, etc- there is no need for us to destroy our natural systems  The Impact of Modern Agriculture- humans have spent a lot of time decreasing biodiversity- modern agriculture is only 10-12,000 years old- there are no exposed soils in natural systems (with a few exceptions)- monoculture: human ancestors spread certain kinds of plant while killing many others  Hope For The Future- Commonland is working on the principle of “4 returns”- return 1: inspiration- return 2: social capital - jobs, happiness, normal relationships- return 3: natural capital- return 4: return on investment, financial- many people are beginning to be aware- idea of ecological restoration live-in camps- holistic view of life experience & development  Making Changes- our descendants' quality of life will be determined by what we learn, and how much we understand- we have it in our power to restore paradise- if our intention is to restore the earth, we will do it- John believes this is our duty to do so- what is the result of consciousness and generosity- it's necessary to move to the next level of consciousness- not just a meme or a catchphrase, but a true understanding of our symbiotic relationship with the natural world  Final Thoughts- collaborative learning- not institutions that will accomplish it, but people- this work needs to be done from an ecological standpoint, but also with a view to living together in peace- these go hand in hand 

We are experiencing the end of an era as a new era in human civilization is beginning. It is a time of great risk but also a time of great potential. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/103 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE. We now know that it is possible to restore large-scale damaged ecosystems. It is possible to sequester carbon and re-regulate the hydrological system. It is possible to restore natural fertility and to remove toxicity from contaminated soils and water. We are required to do this so that future generations will live in peace and abundance. For humanity to further evolve it is necessary to transition from a society dedicated to consumption to a society dedicated to ecological function. Although sometimes obscured by the collapse of the old order this heralds a time of full employment, equality, purpose and fulfillment. This is THE GREAT WORK OF OUR TIME and we are called to understand and participate in it. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/103 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE. PV2 Audio: permaculturevoices.com/pv2audio

We are experiencing the end of an era as a new era in human civilization is beginning. It is a time of great risk but also a time of great potential. We now know that it is possible to restore large-scale damaged ecosystems. It is possible to sequester carbon and re-regulate the hydrological system. It is possible to restore natural fertility and to remove toxicity from contaminated soils and water. We are required to do this so that future generations will live in peace and abundance. For humanity to further evolve it is necessary to transition from a society dedicated to consumption to a society dedicated to ecological function. Although sometimes obscured by the collapse of the old order this heralds a time of full employment, equality, purpose and fulfillment. This is THE GREAT WORK OF OUR TIME and we are called to understand and participate in it. Show Notes: permaculturevoices.com/103 PV2 Audio: permaculturevoices.com/pv2audio

A fundamental flaw in our economy drives the consumption of our ecosystems until they enter terminal dysfunction. This logical error has eroded numerous civilizations and landscapes. Can our species cooperate to restore large-scale degraded ecosystems across the planet before terminal collapse? In Extraenvironmentalist #65 we speak with John D. Liu about his experience documenting the […] (Visited 2,762 times, 5 visits today) The post [ Episode #65 // Restoring Function ] appeared first on Extraenvironmentalist.