One decision I've made for my family is to use animals in our permaculture system because they are an integral part of the ecosystem's health. We are unable currently to bring more native species of herbivores onto the land, like bison, so I'll be using livestock. The livestock will be in a limited area at any given time, allowing the other wildlife to use the unoccupied spaces. Since the large predators are essentially gone, we have to provide that role in our local ecosystem. It's crucial for the health of the herbivore herds to regularly cull the weakest members of the herd. Right now I'm working on the unused areas of my family's farm. Eventually I plan to expand permaculture to the entire farm, which is around 1200 acres. Livestock will be critical to the operation of the farm. They'll do a lot of the work for me instead of large machinery. It will take time and proven success on a smaller scale to convince some of my other family to follow the path I'm forging. Good thing I'm thinking long-term!
Sounds amazing! I'm certainly not against animals in a permaculture system. They have a fantastic life on a permaculture farm, they perform valuable work (which they enjoy doing, ajd would do either way), and there is no transportation, shipping packaging costs associated with them.
Man, I'm knee deep into mental slavery and doing things I don't want to do. I'm taking super advanced courses at school which I absolutely hate. I want to take the easiest classes possible but my parents want me to "go to a nice college, nice job, nice house, etc." but I don't want that. I've been watching your videos, other channels on permaculture and regenerative farming and that's what I want to do. I don't need much money, and I don't need a high school diploma or college degree to do anything that I now want to do. Last night I went outside and looking up at the sky and moon was more fulfilling than any big house, nice car, or nice job ever will be. Hearing you say that you left that high paying 4 year program makes me wish I could just leave these advanced classes and have more time to be out in the nature doing things that I want to do. It's crazy how very few people do this. I keep begging my parents to take me on a hike or some nature reverse, and both my dad and brother laughed about it and my mom won't go unless everyone else goes. I'm so happy that you chose nature over money and wish you all the best. Maybe you should add a cat to the family so it can trot along throughout the property :-)
All that being said, what I left was a POST secondary education education. I did 6 years in university before I got my job, then did years studying on the job, then did a 4 year program on my job (3 of them at least). It's not university that I left, it was after that. The place that "I landed" after pulling out is in an engineering job where I can ensure my community gets a massive amount of clean energy (both carbon and environmental impacts). This job also gives me the ability to buy trees, solar panels, etc. And I barely spend anything. I know people will see the pond and such and think I make tons and spend tons. It's actually more that I've been a mega-minimalist my whole life and that just gets you to a good place. I mean, my first cell phone was an i-phone 6, and that was when they were 3 years old. That should go a long way to show how much I resist buying stuff. But, I would honestly say I agree with your parents. Get a good degree and a good job. Just make sure somehow that degree can open doors for you in something that matters to you. For example, my engineering degree opens many doors to work in the sustainable/regenerative transformation sector. Whether it's clean energy or what. I couldn't do that without my degree. So being a mechanical engineer doesn't mean I need to produce and design combustion vehicles, or work in a coal plant, or in the tar sands. I could. But I can also work in the solar field, nuclear, materials science, recycling, etc.
Finish high school, knowledge is never a waste, then you need to take responsibility! That means don't expect someone else to pay for your decisions, when you can do that you are free to do as you please. FYI: Cats are murderous little bastards that are the single biggest reason for the huge decline in native song birds!
I believe you have no responsibility to anything. Not to family, or knowledge, or education. I think the happiest and bestest thing to do is to get to know yourself, and break all the imaginary limits in your way, that many people feel to be real. Knowledge let's you see many possibilities, but your (figurative) eyes could always see much more on their own. I wanna express my Self through all the ways I can, to help people feel encouraged to become themselves.
That’s why we need to share our knowledge with other people. And you do it through your channel, I do through mine. So eventually more and more people will join us)
I'm just starting my Permaculture journey and just thrilled by how practical and sensible all of the basic principles are. Working WITH nature rather than AGAINST it. My ultimate goal is to feed my husband and myself, in our retirement, entirely from our food forest, using rain water collection and solar energy. Would love it if you could share your views on water and solar Keith. Stay fabulous!!!! 🤗
I did a series of water videos from last year, as well as a series of swale videos. Right now, I'm not doing any kind of irrigation because of those systems I've made. So as far as collecting rainwater in IBC totes and setting up drip tape, etc, I'll probably never make a video on those because I'll likely never do them. And I hate when people talk about what they don't know. Right now, I don't know those things because I've never done them. My rainwater roof collection goes into my swales and pond. My rainwater from land runoff gets caught in swales and woodchips. That's my irrigation system. For solar, I'm putting in solar, likely this month (the roof is just now getting finished - metal roof). So I will definitely do a full blown solar video in the future.
Hi Lynn, I am doing the same for my husband and myself. Just planted our first trees in March. Taking an online canning and bread making class. Researching ALOT! Learning new stuff everyday. 💜🌎✌
I love your honesty. I found permaculture through my search for veganic (gentle) growing methods so I was first vegan and then became a permaculturist. Unlike you I come from a culture that is much vegetarian and I actually became vegetarian through marrying one. For you it would definitely be harder, therefore I appreciate your honest striving! You have a fascinating story! When I expressed my goal of becoming vegan, like you are doing now, I didn't know if I could. A free 22 day vegan challenge came on my feed. As soon as I signed up my world entered a new level. the education I got in those 22 days was amazing. I earned food prep and shopping and many culinary tricks. I learned about health, animal behaviour and human compassion and about the link between ethics and health. I have been vegan for 8 years and my husband for 7.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy I learned there are supplements that most people require no matter on whatever diet they are on so I take vitamin B12 occasionally. Not regularly. I also should take (but often neglect) to take vitamin D3. The only difference I felt was on a mental and emotional level. Physically I saw improved skin and improved sleep. My husband went from type 2 diabetic to "pre-diabetoc" then to "at risk" which means that his blood sugar was almost completely normal and did not require any more frequent follow-ups. His sleep also improved. The main change was that we enjoyed our meals so much more! They became happy meals that are clean of negative aspects which we became aware of through education on animal suffering so 100% ethical understanding was involved.
I'm glad to see that I'm already rigorosely following 4 of your points, and trying to improve with the other 3. After growing annual foods on my balcony for 6 years now, my permaculture life will start next year, after I've done the necessary certification course to buy agricultural land in my country. So excited!
If you have a forest or some wilder natural strips around you, you can also learn about edible wild plants. Many have them are quite delicious and have a nutritional score which beats anything (:
@@arexius3 Actually I do. I have thought of doing some planting in the woods near me as he has suggested, but I would also like to learn about edible plants as you mentioned. I am just a bit worried about learning online because I am afraid of making a mistake and eating something toxic. Hopefully there will be a chance in the not too distant future to learn in person.
@@marylyn1530 Great! In my limited experiance plants are quite straight forward, they are usually quite distinguishable unlike mushrooms. So it should be easier to learn it by yourself. And you can simply skip the ones which are too difficult to differentiate. In our area, western Germany, there is also only a handfull of plants which could actually severelly damage you, unlike the tropics :p
Such a powerful message! I rewatch this when I need a booster. I remind myself all the time of 2 things: 1. I used to be one of those people who was unaware of the consequences caused by my actions. It didn’t make me a bad person, I was simply unaware. 2. When I see harmful practices that cause me anger, sadness or that feeling of dread, I remember Mr. Rogers “Look for the Helpers”. You’re one of the Helpers, Keith.
Awwww thanks 😊 I agree so much with the first point also. I was well into my 30s and I didn't know any of this. I feel like I was a good person at the time. If someone told me to start a garden I would have been like "sure dude" then went on about my day.
This was your best video that I've seen. Very powerful message❤ I have just started my food forest this spring on a tiny property in my back yard. I have hundreds of berry bushes and over a dozen foot trees
Love your channel. We discovered permaculture 4 years ago and have been turning our suburban lot into a food forest with an emphasis on insect rehabilitation and native plants for pollinators. Definitely have that existential dread as I have 2 young children. I fear for the future so we do what we can. We don't eat meat often. What we do eat is rabbit that I raise myself. Thanks for getting the word out. If everyone made some small changes we could do a lot of good.
My permaculture journey is just beginning. I have planted about 17 trees and I am working on the guilds with adding some berry bushes and have lots of seed starts to plant out today. Thanks so much for this great video!
I call buying shipped food "eating gas". Usually gets a rise out of folks, which prompts the conversation, which usually ends with me unloading extra seedlings on them.
the hardest part for me in my permaculture journey is just all the resistance I face at every turn, sometimes it turns into ridicule because people just don't know any better. We could rally as hard as we want and try to let the world know about what we are doing, but in reality, the only people we will reach are the people who already care and are already interested in permaculture practices. It is really disheartening but what I learned is that if you intend to do the right thing, you have to be ready to go against the entire world. That's the hardest part, being the only one. However I am very grateful for channels like yours, because at least in the greater scheme of things I am not the only one.
That reality isn't the same reality as the one on earth. All it takes is one chance, one try. Humans don't want to be 'normal' when they think it's bad, so if you offered an unknown change as normal, it wouldn't be accepted, out of self defense. If the truth is made out to put them in a bad light, they will defend their self and stay mostly the same. We aren't going against the world, we're gently encouraging everyone to think for themself by showing them that no one is normal.
@@arthurg1425 but they do have a normal. Most people actually think an overgrown lush green food forrest that holds moisture and is self fertilizing is bad. It is a sore in their sights if you will. They see it as being dangerous, because most people have fear of animals also, instead of love and respect. Most people would perfer if it was all cut down and leveled off, they think pavement is more beautiful than forests lol. We know this is not true, but this is how most of the world thinks. Even people doing food production and growing vegetation for harvest they have this silly notion that u gotta do weeding and u gotta keep "pests" out of their 'garden' and you gotta have your vegetables organized in neat little rows lol which is just silly because nature doesn't work that way. I follow Canadian Permaculture legacy because I agree with everything he says, because he's right. The best thing human beings can do is work with nature and try to take yourself out of it as much as we can, just get out of its way and just let nature do it's thing. One thing I think is completely wrong is weeding and cutting the grass because short grass looses moisture faster than tall grass. I think we should just allow the grass and weeds to grow and die and decay and enriching out soil. Not only that but short grass u cannot even lie down on because it's too close to the ground and bugs will get you but when it's tall and it falls over its very nice to lay on. In my backyard there is an area with straw that is just there because I didn't mow that area and some of the neighbourhood feral cats will often stop to curl up and take naps in the sun for hours there . My entire family thinks it looks bad, and they constantly nagg me to clear it, but from what I can see the cats sure love it, so I think it's good. But yet again...to them it is a sore in their sights and I really wonder why? I also live in Ontario Canada and I get it dandelions are invasive but I still don't understand why people wage war against dandelions. I think they are beautiful, they are edible which is great. And they do very well for themselves plus I'm sure they still clean the air for us and give us oxygen like all plants. So I say why get rid of them? Leave them embrace them, love them.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Thank you. I really appreciate it, especially because your voice gave me the confidence to start doing what feels is right. I've always felt it was wrong to systemically mine nutrients from your garden. Your content is amazing. It's been really good. please keep doing what you are doing. My only complaint is that I wish you showed on camera how you separate the daffodils and replanted them. I have a few in our front garden. They looked so nice I decided not to disturb them xD
Brilliant video. Although I didn't go quite fully into the existential dread thing - there was a time I did feel horribly guilty about one day leaving my son behind into what is going to be a very difficult planet. I still dread what's to come, but that's why we plant these permaculture projects, isn't it? It's not just for us in the here and now, but as an added insurance for our kin when we've gone. From the beginning, I decided my permaculture project would be a little more than food. Pines for making into replacement fence posts, a few more as Christmas trees. Some trees are there for making into structures - willow arches, obelisks, tunnels, fencing. A few different types of tree are grown/coppiced for firewood - as I do have a multi-fuel stove (heating/water). Last week, I planted out some new Saponaria seedlings - as I read they are 25% better at producing a lather than Indian Soap Nuts. (They prefer a light dappled woodland or edge-of-shrubbery position, so a lot of us can grow these under our fruit trees/bushes. So far, nothing has tried to eat them, not slugs, snails, pheasants and voles - all of which seem to like trying anything once). I'm going to try using Saponaria as a replacement for all types of cleaner products, whether it's clothes, surface cleaner in the kitchen and bathroom, skin, and dirty dishes (we're a vegan/vegetarian family, so there's no need to use heavier duty commercial washing up liquid). We went totally vegan a couple of years ago - now bear with me, if you think I'm yet another carnivore-basher. I'm not. But this might help someone out there who's having the same problems as I once did. A few years earlier I'd developed digestive problems that eventually resulted in intolerances to over 100 foods (the very worst being gluten, honey, and green tea). I was also often tired, losing concentration, forgetful to the point it looked like I was developing early-onset dementia, and had severe insomnia. After lots of hospital appointments, dieticians, numerous tests, etc, I had to go on an extensive elimination diet. Only when I excluded meat of all types (including fish) - did I finally get better. After a bit more research, I discovered there are a growing number of people developing a similar set of food intolerances and symptoms. Some blame has been put on the amount of glyphosate being used to dessicate grains that are fed to cattle, this chemical accumulating in their meat. Glyphosate has been proven to attack and reduce the bioflora in the human digestive system, reducing its efficiency, and this can then kick off food intolerances - which of course leads to an unbalanced diet and the other symptoms. It took me 'just 2 weeks' on a vegan diet to fully recover from a whole set of debilitating problems which had been plaguing me for years. We only pulled back from veganism to vegetarianism some time after we went into lockdown (due to so many products being sold out in the ensuing panic-buying madness that swept the world...) - buying in a little normal cheese, since some protein-rich foods like beans were given 'purchase limits.' We continued to do so afterwards, although we do swap the dairy cheese for a very yummy, (if expensive) smoked vegan cheese our local sells now and again. So, this is not a 'don't mince day-old chicks' thing, because I did once eat meat and I'm 'not' actually that much of an animal lover beyond tigers and butterflies...oh and bees, parrots & giant manta rays. My experience is only here because you or someone you know might be having the same dietary problems as I did. A vegan or vegetarian diet might just be the answer, even if it's intermittent, to give your 'system a rest and time to recuperate.'
What a fantastic comment..my father in law (Poppy) was very similar. He was having a hard time digesting meals, gave up meat and felt amazing. I've heard it so often from many people. It's also not surprising that the apex animal in the foodchain is bioaccumulating toxins from their food pyramid. And for cattle their food pyramid is human controlled the whole way. That's honestly more of a "duh of course" moment than anything. How could we expect anything less than massive health problems, specifically accumulating in meat, when we run chemical agriculture every step of the way to produce it.
I'm at that cross roads in my working life right now. I was working for a certain French Canadian circus, flying all over the world for work! I've been at home for just over a year now as Covid completely shut that industry down and I've come to realize that being at home is so much more fulfilling then sitting in an airplane for 12 hours to go to work( also the Carbon footprint with this). I had small gardens( in a permaculture way with teachings from a former circus mate) before but was not getting much success being away from home so much. Last year when I was home and seeing that going back to work was not happening anytime soon, I decided this would be the year I could do my gardens right and started looking things up online and found your channel along with many others and fell in love with the idea of a food forest. This spring is my first big plantings of trees and bushes! And yes, I will not be going back on the road. I will find a job at home and even if I'm not making the same money, I will be much happier at home and in my gardens!! p.s. the wife likes me being home also, especially in Winter to shovel the driveway! ;-)
Fantastic! Where you in cirque du soleil? I'm not really a fan of "shows", just not my thing, but Cirque is fantastic. I'm glad you found happiness right at your front door though :)
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Yes, I was with Cirque du Soleil for nearly 20 years. I was on tour( 100% of time on the road) for most of that time but when I meet my wife we left tour shortly after and I've been doing the fly in/ fly out job for the last 5 years. I loved working there, meet so many incredible people and seen so many incredible places. Who doesn't dream of being paid to travel the world? But like you my priorities have changed and I'm looking forward to the next chapter in my life. PLANT MORE TREES!!
I've read an article stating that some of the states, including California and Oregon, had shut down their state-run tree nurseries, meaning millions less tree babies available, and then the fires started, and there is a shortage of trees to replace what burned. So I've bought 200 one-gallon pots and I'm going around to where I can getting cuttings, (yes, I cleaned my pruner with vinegar,) which I have been putting into water with rooting hormone. I'll pot the ones that make roots. I'll charge a little for my time and expenses and hopefully make some native trees available. Here in formerly "rainy Oregon", we've had so little rain that we've already had fire hazard warnings in April. Let me add that in the process of getting cuttings, I fell in love with some of the trees. There was a delicate, airy one, tiny leaves, all spaced out, and the branches hang over at the ends. It made me think of fairies. My app calls it a bilberry, but the bilberry grows to 24" tall, and this was a tree. So beautiful. Anyone know what it is? Just a thought that if anyone can do even a few cuttings and grow them a bit, they are needed.
Inspiring.. thank you. I go back and fourth between staying a stay at home mom/ homesteader and wanting to dive into my career. You're right, its the hardest but easiest choice. Can't miss this short time with my children. Thanks for this video
Its funny how people from different areas have the same ideas at the same time. 6 years ago we bought 20 acres of forest in upper east Tennessee with the thought of build a house and retire there. The first three years we cut trees and road and electric to the build site long distance from Florida which is where we raised our 5 children. Last fall we sold and gave away alot of belongings , seriously downsized from 23 years of collecting and moved to a small apartment near the property. This past winter I have planned and replanned and researched and discovered your channel in the process. Love the content! Now I have this urgent feeling in my soul to grow and store food. My small apartment looks like a greenhouse! Seedlings and grow lights everywhere awaiting last frost May 1st. While waiting we have had 4 dumptrucks of wood chips from the electric company dumped on the property and 5 dumptrucks of black gold from the local dairy farm for free!! Lots to do with love in my heart and excitement for the future of harvesting and canning the fruits of my labor. Really enjoying nature and listening and observing. Truly peaceful! Thank you for your time and inspiring videos. Keep em coming!💜🌎✌
Thank you so much. Honestly it's so satisfying that there is such a large movement towards sustainability. We still have a long way to go, but I think we're at the start of a complete revolution here. I've been in this space for only about 5 years and I can FEEL the difference in the last 2 years or so. I think the silver lining of COVID is that people have really started to value a little bit of self-reliance.
I can say that as a young twenty something ,I completely changed my direction for life from media, sustainability and graphic design to studying and working to become a market gardening and activist. The biggest thing is to be the change you want to see. Go out into the street and demand action. I cant stress enough, get out into the street and demand change. Climate change,democracy, peace and humans right needs actions to get better. I never thought that I would protest and do civil disobedience but when I watch people across the world demand change even if they risk their life and safety of their family , it made me question why I who live in a safe and "good country won't do it?
I think if I could add one more #8 to the list, it would be this. #8 Be visible And I don't mean yelling at people. But be visible. Be the change you want to see, and then be seen doing it. Be seen showing how much it actually makes your life better. Infect people by having them want what you have. Not by yelling and shaming them. People change because they want something they see in someone else's life and they want it in their own life.
Thank you so much for this and all your other videos!!! I don't have a lot of space, but I really enjoy bringing life back into it - thanks to your explanations. This video though is very special to me, because it shows what I think and feel and want and need to do. And that I am not alone. Best regards and greetings from Germany.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy that's the "dw can't read meme" btw. Also I forgot about the intro until after I got finished. I missed it the first time. That chuckle, lol. I've noticed a lot more jumps in the editing? Are you trying out stuff or is it just getting used to the new editing software?
@@PaleGhost69 LOL yeah, "dw can't read" I found it funny. I added the eating crayons bit because of spending too much time in the wallstreetbets subreddit during the GME thing. I hope you don't mind the playful joke. I like them together "not worried about it because I can't read, brb going to eat some crayons". For the editing, yes this video was done in the new editing software (I'm using Sony Vegas now). It cost some money, but I consider it an investment in the channel. A new camera is probably next, just trying to find out how much I want to spend, and see if I can upcycle someone else's camera locally. This is one of those topics where, where I make the video I can tend to ramble a lot. The first cut of this video was 1 hour and 12 minutes long. Yep. So there's lots of cutting and editing in this one. I spent 2 straight days on my weekend making this video flow as well as I could, adding in b-roll footage, photos of my inspirations, etc. I hope that the time spent was worth it. I'm hoping to make a few impactful videos that can help draw people to the channel, and then once they are here I can teach them how to get started planting trees and growing food.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy I bet that line would get you gold on reddit lol. I love jokes especially if someone can roll with me like Statler and Waldorf. I just thought the dw meme might've gone over your head as I don't know how deep into internet culture you are. I noticed the new software a long time ago when you were including the after effects. I only ask because some of the cuts were kind of weird compared to the stuff you normally do. (Example: walking backward in the clover trail has 3 cuts that almost look back to back) I don't know if that was intentional to shorten that clip or if it was fumbling with new software so I don't know which way to tailor the constructive criticism. I think muting the long clip alone would've sufficed but even so, the cuts could've been a little longer with something to break them up between to lessen the awkwardness. If you're going to include b-roll while you talk might as well make it as sexy as possible, right? You can also use b-roll to disguise the ramble cuts. No one will know if they don't see the frame jump. Like I said before in another comment, I don't mind the rambling but it really feels like you're cutting out necessary information sometimes. If someone is going to watch 30 mins, they'll watch 35-40 too and most wont even notice. But they will notice the cuts. It can be even more distracting for people with short attention spans because they were following along then all of a sudden they are lost. Seeing as you do want to improve this aspect though, I would recommend making a bullet point list to keep you on track. It helps reduce rambling by knowing what you're coming up to next and also in the editing process because things will be in organized chunks.
It's so interesting that I came to the same conclusion based on my experience from the health care industry. I started learning about permaculture. I am determined to build a food forest. We grow with nature instead of fighting against it. We can thrive only if we exploit less, or else we be extinct by the sixth extinction. Thanks a lot for the inspiring video.
I can just imagine we'll be living in a mad max environment with little permaculture oasis being the only thing keeping the survivors alive. That would make a great movie.
100% the reason I just bought 10 acres. So when the next crisis hits I will be self sustained. Except for toilet paper. But I will have all the food to barter for TP.
Thank you for all of your videos and this one in particular. I wish more TH-camrs would follow suit. This is not a problem for future generations: In 2019 the US military released a report warning of widespread collapse of US society by 2040 (yes, 2040) due to climate and ecological disruption. I want to address two points you made in the comments: 1) "It's easy to point the finger at the Exxon Mobil and Shell of the world and say "see those guys there, they are the bad guys", without understanding that it's our demand that they are supplying." Placing the burden of choice on consumers assumes that there is an affordable and widely-available alternative energy source we could turn to instead of fossil fuels. There isn't, because giant multinational corporations like Exxon and Shell have spent millions of dollars waging disinformation campaigns against climate science and have basically monopolized the market through government subsidies. 2) You then say: "And in the end, history has shown that if there is money to be made, then unchecked capitalism will provide someone to fill that demand." Why not go to the source of the problem then, and consider that a system built upon the premises of endless growth and maximum wealth concentration (i.e. capitalism) is fundamentally unsustainable. Anything else is just bandaids on broken bones. Individual action is necessary but not sufficient in this case. We need an organized and systematic response if we are going to return the planet to a habitable state. When talking about individual responsibility, keep in mind also that the wealthiest people in the world have VASTLY larger carbon footprints than the poor, and contribute disproportionately to ecological destruction through their high-consumption lifestyles. And remember that 100 corporations are responsible for 70% of emissions.
Totally agree with all of that. I do hope I didn't try to shift all the blame onto people and not onto the exxons of the world. I just detest when someone just points fingers at them and takes no responsibility for the life they are living. Totally bang on points you made. Good post.
My first date with my now partner of four years was a hike in a forest. It set the tone for who we are as a couple. We still spend most of our time together in nature.
This is simple, yet complicated . Good video trying to explain in simple in simple words. Like Michael Pollen says “ eat food, not too much, mostly plants” . Be kind to all creatures great and small. Be a part of nature instead of exploiting nature . Like Sadguru says , if everyone on this planet wants live like Americans , we need five planets! All we have is this wonderful and magical place called Earth .let us consume less, upscycle more. Be kind and compassionate all creatures on thisplanet. Every thing is here for a reason, which we might not understand in our ignorance and arrogance. Work with nature, as we are part of it.
I like the focus on do something! The more people growing their own food the better. Each step in the right direction builds momentum. Very few people who grow their first tomato will stop there.
Thank you so much. Definitely spread the word. We change politicians by changing the people. Politicians are just mirrors that reflect the sentiment of the voters. If we educate enough people on these things, then the policy changes will happen.
This was great. Really appreciate you mentioning reducing meat consumption and veganism. A lot of people who care about the environment as still resistant to reducing meat. I was vegetarian for a long time and resistant to going vegan and thinking I could never go vegan because of eggs and cheese. I've been vegan for a few years now and wish I hadn't been stubborn and had done it sooner. I'm going to be starting my first permaculture food forest this year with a goal to grow as much as our own food as we can. Thanks for your videos!
Excellent video and excellent message! I now am growing a young food forest because of people like you. Thank you, it has changed my life and the way I live in the world today.
thanks so much for talking about eating meat. One of the biggest ways you can reduce your ecological footprint and something not talked about enough. I've been plant based (plus eggs from neighbors) for about 5 years now. I felt so stoked for you when you talked about wanted to transition to a vegan diet. Thanks for sharing with your viewers, and good on you.
"When humanity exterminates other creatures, it is sawing off the limb on which we are sitting, destroying the working parts of our very own life support system. The conservation of endangered species should be elevated to a global emergency for all governments and institutions, equal to the climate disruption to which it is linked". I think a very important part of my own life, professional and personal is the assessment of "root cause". Our current plan for dealing with endangered species is too focused on collecting them and preserving them. I understand why - for many of these we are at such dire situation that this is the only way to keep them alive. But having a few pandas in a zoo isn't going to fix anything until we address the root cause of what is causing the extinctions. Largely, unbridled capitalism, and our disconnection from the consequences of our lifestyle choices. We sure like to point the finger at ruthless corporations seeking nothing but profit at the expense of all else. But that is a faceless monster, and just saying "look at that bad guy" doesn't get us anywhere closer to actually solving the problem. The sobering reality is that the problem is in the lifestyles we lead. We are also largely focused on large animals, because we FEEL when they go extinct. We can connected with them. However there are tens of species going extinct every single day which are not invertebrates. We have only started to categorize the tremendous diversity of soil microbiology and insect life. We don't even know the species that we are putting extinct every day, and their critical role in the web of life. There are millions of fungi in a single teaspoon of forest soil. How many of those die when we clearcut a rainforest to put up a palm plantation or cattle pasture? How many of them are unique only to that area? How many are vital to the nutrient cycling in that soil, which evolved to live in those soil conditions, and which may never exist again and be gone forever? How many herbaceous layer plants are being destroyed which are pollen for insects, which are food for birds, which are food for mammals, etc. Many of us don't understand that buying some coffee creamer at Walmart is contributing to the destruction of the rainforest, because palm oil is in half of the processed food we consume. And isn't that the problem? We are disconnected from the consequences of our choices. We don't even know how we are impacting the planet and contributing to it's destruction. This is why it's critical that we red-pill as many people as possible, as quickly as possible. Read the description of this video and leave your comments here. Although these 7 things won't miraculously change the course we are on, they are the baby steps we need to at least start turning the hull of the ship in the right direction. My preferred method is to focus on things we can do which also happen to just make our lives better also. Because it's not even so much that doing these things will save our natural ecosystems, but rather that NOT doing so will seal their fate.
I wish every person on the planet could watch and really listen to this video. I love it. It really resonates with me in so many ways. I wish there were more hours in the day so you could run for US President. I think you would be phenomenal and exactly what that country needs. That being said, I quit my lucrative job as a geophysicist a few years ago with exactly your thoughts on my mind, I get it. I am vegan besides eating eggs and use plastic, but only a little bit. You are so right. We need everyone doing a little bit, not a few people being "perfect". I love your wait a week until buying challenge. Brilliant. I will do it. And you make such an important point about us first world inhabitants being so disconnected from our waste. It doesn't just disappear once it's in the bin.
Love your content. Thanks for sharing your backstory and the references to other channels. Been thinking about our responsibility to take care of earth and you have pointed out all the reasons why this is important. Thanks.
Very cool! I'm glad you shared your story. You're clearly a very bright and thoughtful person. That is part of what I like about watching your content. Start somewhere! I'm learning and failing. Another tip would be to support lical farm stands and markets over the grocery store. That helps you understand what is in season and will grow in your area. I only eat meat once per day generally. My kids and I usually only have fruit for breakfast. I have tried to be very conscious of how each thing I eat feels, spirituality. It's good to be conscious of what you consume! Consciousness and small changes in our lives!
Nice video Keith. We all need to do our part. Maybe one day our world will be different and more people will learn to take care of themselves and others alike. We can all benefit so much if we can just change the way the world farms. So much of this planet is dedicated to growing food. If only food was being grow for a better reason than $$$. Farmers are put through such a viscous cycle of poisoning their land and driving themselves further into debt with more machines, more chemicals, more problems. Josh Satin has a video interview with Mark Sheppard, what an amazing individual that man is. I encourage anyone reading this to check it out. He talks about a better way of farming. A better way of life, and a better way to profitability. The thing is, so many people worry about profitability but spend so much to get there. Imagine if all farms were like the farm from the movie "the biggest little farm" (just an example close to what Mark talks about). A better example would be Marks farm (look up mark on youtube and watch a few of his videos) I believe Justin Rhodes did a video with him as well. The world would be so much more better off than it is now. When are we going to wake up and change how we live. Why aren't we teaching our children how to be more self sufficient, more self sustainable. How much do we all really need? How many jobs can we start doing ourselves instead of relying on the bigger commercial players. Lets all take care of ourselves more and the community we live in. We can all help and benefit from each other. The world could be so beautiful. Stand up for change. Open the eyes of as many as you can. Help others that have gotten lost along the way see the problem. Do your part however you can. If not for yourself, for your family, for the future of this planet. Cheers Keith
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy thanks Keith. i watched a video the other day. Very upsetting but also an eye opener for anyone who doesn't realize what's going on out there. This is my second attempt at telling you about it. I originally left a video link but youtube pulled it out of comments. Check out martysgarden on youtube. hes a worm farmer. He has a video with Russel Brand talking about farming over seas. Very sad what's going on in the world. Video is labeled micro farmers are under threat by giants. There is also a link in marty's video description for the whole video by Russel. Cheers Keith. Love your channel man. Keep spreading the knowledge.
Thanks. Yes yuotube algorithm is deleting so many comments lately. I almost need to make a video about it, because people may think I'm deleting comments. The trick is to avoid words like "video", "channel" and definitely no links. Thanks for the suggestion, I will watch it tonight.
I took the food forest first route and it led me to having a mostly plant based diet. Unfortunately I can't get the other 3 in my house to. My health issues from a fatty liver to high cholesterol have vanished. Plant like your life depends on it! 💯
Courage my word, it didn't come , it doesn't matter. Heartfelt gratitude for this video you inspire me to keep going. The universe supports us when we take care of our planet over greed. 🌲♥️
Excellent info. I live in townhouse with a tiny front and backyard but I'm planting as many vegetables as I can in with my flowers. I'm also planting vegetables and flowers in my friend's yard...she lives next door. We will share the food. I agree about making food at home too. Buns are rising in the kitchen to go with supper. Keep sharing all your great info.
Thank you for sharing! Truly inspiring. I share your channel with others who are interested in gardening but don’t know where to start because your episodes are intelligent, funny and extremely encouraging. You look like you are having so much fun gardening and sharing your knowledge.
Thanks Keith for another inspirational and motivational video! You touched on so many points that are near and dear to me...so many that are goals along the path of my own journey in life. I love reading all of the comments and learning from others. Whether I agree with them or not is not that important, the learning journey and the process, the feedback and the information all shape my path to some extent, perhaps they affirm, inform and guide, or just add an interesting alternative perspectives. Sometimes I can get upset with certain views, perspectives or outcomes, and one of my goals is to become a curious but detached observer, leaving my feelings aside. Not always an easy thing to do....that too is a process and a journey. Your comment about "soul food" reminded me of the first chapter in the book "Edible Forest Gardens", Vol 1, which I just started, but haven't moved past Chapter 1 yet, mostly because the chapter itself is drawing me back to certain quotes that just reaffirm my path, so I would like to share them here. This croud is probably familiar with the quotes, but hey, just putting them out there in the universe again. Some research first that sheds light and stokes the fire: Pg. 16 "Fragmentation increases forest edge, in a pattern different from native agroforestry....the remaining forest is smaller. Frequent major distubrances disourage ...natives (and) ...favour disturbance-adapted opportunist speciest, ... non-natives." Pg. 19 "The nitrogen compounds ("NOx") that help cause acid rain also enrich soil nitrogen levels to as much as three times the normal amount...(which) reduces the lignin content, and therefore the strength, of woody plant tissues... (and) increases their succeptibility to diseases and insects. Research shows that excessive soil nitrogen increases the succulence of vegetation ... (which) increases deer populations." Pg. 20 "Leslie Jones Sauer (The Once and Future Forest) stated "the forest of five centuries past is largely gone, and the recoverability of its remnants is, in face, very much in question...the forest is losing its ability to replenish itself." (And why?) "Our intervention in the forests of easter North America occured for different reasons. Disrupted ecolorical function has reduced the ecosystem's ability to maintain intself. In this case, however, we have not taken on the burden of caring for the community." Pg. 21 "Unburned hydrocarbons and other air pollutants from auto exhaust fall back to the earth and lead to "oiling" of urban and suburban soils, making them more resistant to rainfall absorption, among other things." How did we get here? Pg. 22 "Our biggest mistake is that we see ourselves as separate from the natural world. We then project that sense of separation onto every other living and nonliving thing with which we interact." Some hope (which we all need) and direction, hence the "soul food": Pg. 9 "The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings. (Masanoby Fukuoka, The One-Straw Revolution)" Pg. 23 "Reverence and respect are natural responses to the awesome interconnections we now know to be present in nature." Pg. 24 "As Einstein said, we cannot solve these significant problems at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. We must move beyond the monoculture mind-set, the world of separation. We must move into a world of participatory involvement and cocreation evolution with our ecosystem. We have to see both the forest and the trees. We all have the forest in our blood. We must begin to think like, act like, and garden like the forest." Hope someone finds this useful and thanks again Keith. Watching your channel as I prepare for the day is one of the best and most reaffirming ways to start the day. Much appreciation.
Really enjoy all those. Great books for sure. One straw revolution is LOADED with amazing quotes. Also really love that Einstein quotes, one of his better ones which doesn't get enough spotlight.
#1. My only true donation was to clear a dead grove so that the forest would regenerate faster. I used the dead trees for firewood. #2. I have some chicks for eggs again! I'm hoping to get wild meat. I don't eat much meat at all. #3. It's always cheaper to conserve, reduce consumption, than to produce. #4. When I see someone litter I think of what was said to me, the last time I littered, 37 years ago. "Is that all you think of your province?" David Suzuki once said, "Get out and play in nature. Because you will fight to protect that which you love." #5 Diversify your pantry. Palm Oil is a problem because it is popular. If people have a limited diet or have one thing every day, that popular thing will become the new forest destroyer. #7 that's my attitude now. I started my forest and the pandemic hit. I thought, "Oh crap! I'm late!!" Great talk, keep it up!
Right on ! Keep up the hard work and the videos. My girlfriend and I are on a path to FI in the next 9.5 years and plan on dedicating our time to transform a place outside of Ottawa that's degraded. These videos are a great source of knowledge.
Get chickens for eggs, we stopped dairy and meat since January 2020, we only eat fish we catch or sockeye salmon (can't be farmed) and eggs from our organic chickens 😋. We both way healthier (thinner too lol). I kind of knew that you're gonna quit that job eventually, good for you, you will be way happier. I quit mine for health reasons, wish I had your input on how to build our food forest here. Good luck in your new endeavour. Cheers 🥂
Hi there, I've just found your channel, I'm thrilled, I'm power watching, I've found another like minded friend, I'm in Australia I'm on quarter acre, we have raised veggie beds, fruit trees, grape, passionfruit two variety's, blueberry bushes, heaps of flowering bushes for the birds and bees 🐝 I love our bees I grow comfrey to chop and drop feed our chickens and make compost tea, I'm also going to make a skin salve with it. I only buy heritage seeds or heirloom. My only problem here is we have clay soil and couch grass which is a pain to dig and it gets into our beds. Anyway I'm thrilled I found you, stay safe and well your aussie friend Kirsten 😊 ps I love Geoff Lawson to and Morag gamble both so inspirational. I know your in Canada but another channel is Huttons Valley Permaculture is awesome Linda does everything by herself.
I appreciate your including us apartment / balcony / patio people in this vlog. I started my journey on a portion of 5 acres, but life changes had me relocate to apartment living again. I have been trying my hand with grow lights over the winter, have an indoor mini greenhouse, and make us of a 2nd floor balcony during the warmer months. Also attempted DWC hydroponics / Kratky to a lesser degree. I still consider myself a seasoned beginner and gardening / growing is one of the few things I can really focus on (ADHD) that has lasted longer than anything else. I am trying to do some videos to reinforce that. You have greatly inspired to me to guerrilla garden as well from one of your past videos and am in the middle of trying to plant out and area right next to my job. I already feed the birds there and am planting perennial things to grow that hide in plain sight. Plus extra for the animals. Not sure how it's going to turn out, but I am definitely going to leave it better than I found it. Just picking up the wind blown and thrown garbage alone.... 😑 As I am on a budget right now, I found wild patches of blackberries and black raspberries that I have propagated and am transplanting them in 'My Secret Garden' there and other places. Plus apple seeds, etc. Thanks for all you do. Your personal journey helps to keep me focused and, most of all, educated and inspired! 💪
Doesn't' picking up garbage just make you feel fantastic? What a rush of endorphins! Honestly, being in an apartment can be a bit of a blessing. You can learn so many things while you are there. Starting seeds and growing plants, saving seed. Even if you wanted to take it to another level and start apple seedlings which you use as root-stock to then learn grafting with scion wood you find on wild apple trees. Get your grafting game up while you are in an apartment. Start taking softwood and hardwood cuttings off wild trees and practicing how to root them. I'd love it if when I bought this land I had years worth of knowledge on how to start seeds and pot-up, and graft and do cuttings. It certainly would have saved me a ton of money if I could have propagated half my plants off other plants I found in the wild! I'm only learning this in the last few years here.
I'm so glad that you're cutting down on meat (dead animals) and hope to be vegan. I've been vegan for a long time. These days it's so easy as there are so many plant-based alternatives. If you have trouble, just remember that it's a dead animal. I became a vegetarian over 35 years ago after attending a block party in Toronto. Dead gray animals at one end of the table; colourful vegetables and fruits at the other. That's when it hit me. (I "couldn't" give up cheese until I watched only a little bit of "Earthlings." That was over 10 years ago.)
I’m the one in our house who is into the whole garden sustainability, my husband is keeping his job like what you walked away from... he is 56. You’re a lot younger. Our kids are grown. His personal life has always come first over work, he has never worked past 5. But at 56 he’s not going to walk into another local job for the money he makes, which funds investing in structures for animals and all the plant materials i need, without travel. You can take steps to put a food forest in place and a decent garden and animals on a low budget, but man am I grateful he doesn’t put limits on spending. And he’s game to build the stuff I need.
Yeah, it's one of the reasons why I still work where I do. Firstly of course, I strongly believe in what I'm doing. But the pay cut of leaving the job would be huge. While it would give me more time to do what I love, it would also take away a lot of ability to actually do it. So I think right now I'm in a place where I'm in "balance" with work-life. Many people think work life balance means that we stop working completely to make it work. That's not really balance! My job lets me do what I am doing, and it's also a cause I believe in. The other job wouldn't have. I'd have been on 3 days, 4 off, 4 nights, 3 off. That kind of shift. I also would have held a tremendous responsibility, not just legally but also to the company, and there are only so many shift-licenses around. So the company kind of owns you. Not really (not bashing the company), but anyone with any sense of duty whatsoever would definitely feel that way. I just didn't want that level of duty to the company. I'm a good employee, hard worker and will do everything I can to make them succeed... up to the point where it impacts my family at home. The old job pushed WAY too far into infringing on that.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy most upper management jobs in corporations have that same time “expectation”, maybe not with the weird shifts. My daughter in laws dad has always been an engineer at a nuclear reactor here in PA, he has that schedule and expected hours etc. the money is great, but there quite a costs. He’s willing to do it. Anyway it’s a great balance that I’m the primary driver for the outdoor stuff and my husband is less engaged in that and keeps it financially do-able. I’ve always stayed home with kids and now grandkids. He has always worked, military then corporate. It’s a good balance.
I've been vegan for about a year and a half. As far as meat replacements, everything I've eaten from the brand Gardein has been good. Not that 'mock meats' are necessary to eat as a vegan, but they satisfy the desire for those tastes and are easy protein. As far as restaurants, I don't eat out much but I really like the cheesecake factory veggie burger. Also some fast food places have vegan stuff if you ever eat that stuff. And yeah that first home grown cherry tomato really got me hooked.
In the span of a few days I planted 15 raspberry bushes, linden tree, culinary and medicinal roses, elderberry and have 3 hazelnut trees on their way and 6 new baby chickens. This Springs work. Also awaiting 2 raised beds by the end of this month. Single mom with 2 teenage girls, 2 puppies, a new boss😜 and 3 acres of grass.. mostly.
Yeah I think a lot of that is based on where the person came from. For example a feedlot cattle farmer who discovered sustainable/regenerative agriculture and who is transitioning towards permaculture is very likely going to have many pro-meat views. Contrary to that, an urbanite permaculture may come from an environmental activism background and would be very pro vegans and likely vegan themselves. And we are all permaculture practitioners. We need to find common ground, and also understand that we are all heavily influenced by where and who we used to be. I also think historically and generally (very much generalizing here) vegans took a terrible approach, almost trying to convert people like it's a religion and the non vegans are blasphemous. When someone takes that stance, it pushes people away and makes them hate the cause. Fortunately I think that is SLOWLY changing. I will still get the odd 1000 word angry message on reddit if I even mention sustainable animal agriculture from some angry vegan. I don't know why they do it, it just makes people hate them, and nobody wants to be like someone they hate.
Absolutely yes. Look up silvopasture for the most abundant example. The cows are the key species and its a soil building and carbon sequestering system. I.e. the system is net negative. Fantastic system, and also as humane as you can get animal husbandry. To some, there is no humane way to raise animals, and I can respect that viewpoint as well. One main thing to understand... there is no system on the planet which is regenerative and does NOT have animals in it. Every single closed loop system has animals as part of the nutrient cycle. Every one. The moment we take animals out of an agricultural (or horticultural, or aquaculture) system, we create an imbalance that must be replaced with artificial inputs, all of which have carbon footprints and natural resource and energy footprints. The most efficient and regenerative systems on earth ALL have animals as a key factor. The goal then is to get the integration of animals in the system to be as ethical, humane, and natural as possible, while respecting the life of those beings.
I love your channel. This video was very inspirational. We bought land last fall and our goal is to get some fruit trees and hopefully more, in the ground this year.
That is awesome! Thanks so much. Also thanks for joining the membership program! I'm glad the video moved you enough to join. Welcome aboard. Make sure to check out the members post area and use those fancy emojis :)
First 7 minuts, is 95% story og my life, rest og the video just fab. Good job, keep on working, i keep on follow you work, i get tons og inspiration, on how to work and think my own 1 year food forrest.
Love this video mate, my first date with my girlfriend was a hike out in the dune forests along Lake Michigan. And I tried being vegan for a year in high school and it was the hungrier time of my life because I really didn't know what I was doing or how hard it would be in Michigan to get good fresh fruits.
I love your series. I watch it A LOT. This video has the same 'there is no perfect way to do stuff' vibe... But I do need to say something about your comments about Veganism. Points I agree with include: eating less meat is better for the environment, knowing where your food is coming from is a great idea and local is way better than food from a far. Factory farms are horrifying should be stopped/banned... and so should monocrops of soy. MSG being called 'TVP' and processed into pretend animal products is not the 'health food' people think it is. IMO all food moralizing is problematic and harmful. I could say a lot about socio-economic factors at play here too... but to my point: As a person who was vegetarian on and off most of my life, and strictly Vegan for 7 years, with the last 3 of those being focused on raw food 'cooking', I know a few things. I also studied Holistic Nutrition formally. Not everyone can be Vegan. Out bodies have digestive systems that are as unique as our finger prints. Out nutritional needs, even for the same person, can vary from day to day. I became incredibly ill (I nearly died) specifically because following a Vegan diet was not a good match for my body's needs. It's a whole food web and we are part of it. I have no doubt, as an engineer, you will investigate and find what's right for you, but saying that Veganism is 'healthier' for everyone is a flawed statement that engages in the black and white thinking that I believe you understand is wise to avoid. It's funny to me that, before my recovery from veganism, there was NO WAY I would ever entertain the idea of slaughtering my own meat. I watch your videos as we aim to move out of the suburbs to the country (goal date is 2025) so we can homestead/build a food forest of our own. I hope to have chickens/livestock.
Oh, I'm surprised that it came across that I thought vegan is better for everyone. That's probably my fault. I do hope I didn't explicitly say that! I actually think EXACTLY along the lines that you do. Veganism works well for some people and it really doesn't for others. I've heard so many people say the exact thing you did. I appreciate the comment. I actually couldn't agree more with everything you said here.
Thanks for watching. This was a hard one to make, because I wasn't sure how it would be received. But it's an important video I think. Maybe my kids can watch it one day when they are older and see that their old man at least cared.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy thanks! The things I am trying to do is replace my front lawn with a veggie garden also my wife has been vegetarian for 15 years and I have been a vegetarian for 8 years The only thing I miss at this point is summer sausage from one of those roadside farms
I'm munching on a plate of kale and either rutabaga or turnip leaves, realizing my favorite thing to eat is the spring garlic hearts, they are the absolute best spring food by far, until the strawberries get into gear, and even then, the spring garlic is amazing~
I stop eating meat about 4 years ago. I am 49, everybody can do that. Industriell meat system is so bad, if you see it once you just stop eating meat. There are tons of reasons to stop or reduce drastically meat consumption. Go for it. Greetz from a lazy german guy :-)
Namaskaram, Another bonker! I just love your directness and how you structure your videos. I just feel to add about become vegetarian or even vegan, it is a huge discussion by itself, but I ll try to put it in a nutshell. Formost, we need to keep our physical and mental systems healthy. Objectivly seen, meat consumtion is not very healthy, but from a subjectiv point of view for most people it is better to keep eating it. Let me give an example, most of my friends at one point or another decided to go at least off meat, for all kinds of reasons. Allmost all of them are now, after a few years, back to eating meat. Some were quite drastical, trying to convert people to veganism. At some point they could'nt resist their bodies craving for meat anymore and they gave in. Which is good, because especially when it comes to nourishment we have to listen to the needs of our bodies and not the ideas and expectations of our mind, which often enough are in direct conflict. We see the consequences of this all around us, with numbers of diabeties and cancer rocketing. To name only a few. 2019 was the first time that in Luxembourg the most frequent cause of death was cancer. That being said, the meat lobby is gigantous and you cannot stop producing meat from one day to another. We have to slowly stop this steam lok, at the end trying to convert it into a self powered one. From the ecological point of view, the situation in europe is catastrophic. In Germany alone each year hundreds of thousands of animals have to be shot and burned, because we have a minuscule number of predators, so humans need to take that part. This does not even allow us to stop eating meat, because all the undomesticated cattle, pigs etc would simply destroy our remaining eco system. This means that we need to gradually reduce our consumption, like Keith said, and shift it from industrial to organic and further. This shift in demand will also change the offer and more and more farmers will have to shift to organic farming. So at the end, let's reduce our meat consumption, listen to our bodies, observe how it feels, if it feels good, reduce it even more. If after 40 days, you still feel that something is missing in your diet, eat again more meat. Find the balance in your own body, there is no golden rule to this. Let's share this experiance with other people, morals and economics are very quikly philosophical, and even our own opinions change often enough, but if you tell somebody that you feel great after consuming less meat, that is not debatable and a great inspiration for others to try it out as well.
This is just such a fantastic post. We often think of things in black and white, and "do or don't do". The best way is often a careful maneuvering from one position towards another.
Always rented but I'm plant crazy so I always left the area better. 14yr in a 9' camper. Looking for land for over a year to start my food-forest. Frutarian 6mos, no going back. Always lived out of the kill-grid cities
Soul food vlog, thanks! My small town yard is almost all natural plants that thrive & my wild medicine plants. I’m expanding my front yard garden this year, thanks to yours & other permaculture teachings 🤗❤️🇨🇦
Combined north American hunting model with permaculture and we could produce enough natural organic food just here in the states to feed the world. Our hunting and trapping model has saved millions of animals. Many places in Africa are using similar models and the success is saved several species form total whipe out. We have always been meat self sufficient in my family so permaculture is very fitting the 2 world combined will be amazing. Organic wild meat is hands down the way to go very healthy and ethical when done right. I've planted thousands of trees with my father as a kid to create deer habitat love whitetail can't imagine life without them.
You can plant natural herbs that concentrate salts in their tissues and get salt that way. There's also a plant called soapwort that has a high concentratin of saponins in their tissues so you can get some soap that way, though to be honest you don't need soap and shampoo EXCEPT for hand sanitizing to prevent spread of germs. You can just wash with warm water and get rid of the stinky stuff that way.
Indeed, there's a few options for soap based plants. Soap wart or Saponaria officinalis is one. Chlorogalum pomeridianum is another. I had another commenter mention one I'd never heard of before also.
Thank you for another great video! It's one that's easily sharable and digestible. Planting many seeds for people who are open to learning! And the aftershow of comments is great as well! Progress over perfection... but quickly, is my approach to all the possible changes I can make. :)
Hey there My name is Evan! I am currently a professional baseball player. I’m playing the professional league in Taiwan and I’m actually originally from Whitby but now live in Ottawa with my family in the offseason! I have been heavily studying permaculture, soil science, environmental science and much more to do with these subjects. Being in Taiwan and away from my family i have tons of free time to study and learn. If I’m not reading or writing about all these subjects I’m watching a lot of your videos, your channel is great. I was looking online to see if I could contact you but could not find any ways. I would love to talk to you about these subjects and learn from you and ask questions. I was wondering if your interested in helping me. I live 20 minutes from Ottawa in the country, Our family has 5 acres and I’d say about 3 that could be turned into a thriving food forest. As soon as i retire and also in the offseason i want to prepare the land for creating this. Would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions Hope to hear back from you and hopefully connect
Hey thanks for the message Evan. I played University ball, and was pretty good (captain of team), but never pursued a career. I tore my rotator cuff when being scouted for a University of Michigan scout. Injury really took out my main years (17-20) and I never really recovered. For the consultation thing, I'm not taking on any more jobs right now because I'm just way too busy. I'm doing all this part time, working full time as an engineer. I'm just spreading myself way too thin, and need to focus on more family time. I can answer the odd question, but I can't make any promises for more at the present moment.
Good for your plant based eating. Dr. Greger has some funny and fact based talks on the subject. Now that I've been 100% plant based for over a decade, the thought of eating a corpse is as distastefull as well, eating a corpse. Also silvopasturing is better than factory farming, but rewilding and letting the deer, caribou, etc and their predators move in would be the best.
along with everything else - chip in to plant trees. Trees for the Future is a good group of long standing. Rainforest Alliance. some others. Human existence is in dire straits. Act now.
Less consumerism : In our neck of the woods, we have a Facebook page for trading, no money allowed. It's a great place to look for something you may need or if you are looking to lend a hand in your community.
Haha! Thanks for the compliment John. I'm sure you'll find your person to share your life with! There are so many fantastic people, especially in the regenerative movement. Starting a relationship with a connection on that level has just such profound impacts for a long-lasting healthy relationship, not only of love but shared passion. I wish you the best of luck!
One decision I've made for my family is to use animals in our permaculture system because they are an integral part of the ecosystem's health. We are unable currently to bring more native species of herbivores onto the land, like bison, so I'll be using livestock. The livestock will be in a limited area at any given time, allowing the other wildlife to use the unoccupied spaces. Since the large predators are essentially gone, we have to provide that role in our local ecosystem. It's crucial for the health of the herbivore herds to regularly cull the weakest members of the herd. Right now I'm working on the unused areas of my family's farm. Eventually I plan to expand permaculture to the entire farm, which is around 1200 acres. Livestock will be critical to the operation of the farm. They'll do a lot of the work for me instead of large machinery. It will take time and proven success on a smaller scale to convince some of my other family to follow the path I'm forging. Good thing I'm thinking long-term!
Sounds amazing! I'm certainly not against animals in a permaculture system. They have a fantastic life on a permaculture farm, they perform valuable work (which they enjoy doing, ajd would do either way), and there is no transportation, shipping packaging costs associated with them.
I love this
Man, I'm knee deep into mental slavery and doing things I don't want to do. I'm taking super advanced courses at school which I absolutely hate. I want to take the easiest classes possible but my parents want me to "go to a nice college, nice job, nice house, etc." but I don't want that. I've been watching your videos, other channels on permaculture and regenerative farming and that's what I want to do. I don't need much money, and I don't need a high school diploma or college degree to do anything that I now want to do. Last night I went outside and looking up at the sky and moon was more fulfilling than any big house, nice car, or nice job ever will be. Hearing you say that you left that high paying 4 year program makes me wish I could just leave these advanced classes and have more time to be out in the nature doing things that I want to do. It's crazy how very few people do this. I keep begging my parents to take me on a hike or some nature reverse, and both my dad and brother laughed about it and my mom won't go unless everyone else goes. I'm so happy that you chose nature over money and wish you all the best. Maybe you should add a cat to the family so it can trot along throughout the property :-)
All that being said, what I left was a POST secondary education education. I did 6 years in university before I got my job, then did years studying on the job, then did a 4 year program on my job (3 of them at least). It's not university that I left, it was after that. The place that "I landed" after pulling out is in an engineering job where I can ensure my community gets a massive amount of clean energy (both carbon and environmental impacts). This job also gives me the ability to buy trees, solar panels, etc. And I barely spend anything. I know people will see the pond and such and think I make tons and spend tons. It's actually more that I've been a mega-minimalist my whole life and that just gets you to a good place. I mean, my first cell phone was an i-phone 6, and that was when they were 3 years old. That should go a long way to show how much I resist buying stuff.
But, I would honestly say I agree with your parents. Get a good degree and a good job. Just make sure somehow that degree can open doors for you in something that matters to you. For example, my engineering degree opens many doors to work in the sustainable/regenerative transformation sector. Whether it's clean energy or what. I couldn't do that without my degree.
So being a mechanical engineer doesn't mean I need to produce and design combustion vehicles, or work in a coal plant, or in the tar sands. I could. But I can also work in the solar field, nuclear, materials science, recycling, etc.
Finish high school, knowledge is never a waste, then you need to take responsibility! That means don't expect someone else to pay for your decisions, when you can do that you are free to do as you please.
FYI: Cats are murderous little bastards that are the single biggest reason for the huge decline in native song birds!
I believe you have no responsibility to anything. Not to family, or knowledge, or education. I think the happiest and bestest thing to do is to get to know yourself, and break all the imaginary limits in your way, that many people feel to be real.
Knowledge let's you see many possibilities, but your (figurative) eyes could always see much more on their own.
I wanna express my Self through all the ways I can, to help people feel encouraged to become themselves.
@@arthurg1425 I needed this
@@abeltatek8645 you sound like a beautiful person. As you make your decisions I hope you protect that.
I live on 25' by 125' urban lot, but started my mini food forest, because Anything is better than Nothing! Thank you for inspiration.
That is awesome! We need a few billion more like you.
That’s why we need to share our knowledge with other people. And you do it through your channel, I do through mine. So eventually more and more people will join us)
I'm just starting my Permaculture journey and just thrilled by how practical and sensible all of the basic principles are. Working WITH nature rather than AGAINST it. My ultimate goal is to feed my husband and myself, in our retirement, entirely from our food forest, using rain water collection and solar energy. Would love it if you could share your views on water and solar Keith. Stay fabulous!!!! 🤗
I did a series of water videos from last year, as well as a series of swale videos. Right now, I'm not doing any kind of irrigation because of those systems I've made. So as far as collecting rainwater in IBC totes and setting up drip tape, etc, I'll probably never make a video on those because I'll likely never do them. And I hate when people talk about what they don't know. Right now, I don't know those things because I've never done them.
My rainwater roof collection goes into my swales and pond. My rainwater from land runoff gets caught in swales and woodchips. That's my irrigation system.
For solar, I'm putting in solar, likely this month (the roof is just now getting finished - metal roof). So I will definitely do a full blown solar video in the future.
Hi Lynn, I am doing the same for my husband and myself. Just planted our first trees in March. Taking an online canning and bread making class. Researching ALOT! Learning new stuff everyday. 💜🌎✌
Hey Lynn, how's it going over a year later on your journey? Are you any closer to your goal?
I love your honesty. I found permaculture through my search for veganic (gentle) growing methods so I was first vegan and then became a permaculturist. Unlike you I come from a culture that is much vegetarian and I actually became vegetarian through marrying one. For you it would definitely be harder, therefore I appreciate your honest striving! You have a fascinating story! When I expressed my goal of becoming vegan, like you are doing now, I didn't know if I could. A free 22 day vegan challenge came on my feed. As soon as I signed up my world entered a new level. the education I got in those 22 days was amazing. I earned food prep and shopping and many culinary tricks. I learned about health, animal behaviour and human compassion and about the link between ethics and health. I have been vegan for 8 years and my husband for 7.
Amazing great job. How did you find the transition on your body? Was it hard? Do you take suppliments?
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy I learned there are supplements that most people require no matter on whatever diet they are on so I take vitamin B12 occasionally. Not regularly. I also should take (but often neglect) to take vitamin D3. The only difference I felt was on a mental and emotional level. Physically I saw improved skin and improved sleep. My husband went from type 2 diabetic to "pre-diabetoc" then to "at risk" which means that his blood sugar was almost completely normal and did not require any more frequent follow-ups. His sleep also improved. The main change was that we enjoyed our meals so much more! They became happy meals that are clean of negative aspects which we became aware of through education on animal suffering so 100% ethical understanding was involved.
I'm glad to see that I'm already rigorosely following 4 of your points, and trying to improve with the other 3. After growing annual foods on my balcony for 6 years now, my permaculture life will start next year, after I've done the necessary certification course to buy agricultural land in my country. So excited!
Fantastic!
I live in an apartment and don't have a balcony. However I have just discovered sprouting. Baby steps.
This is a fantastic way to make a difference. Baby steps is what we need. Baby steps every day.
All it takes is one small step!
If you have a forest or some wilder natural strips around you, you can also learn about edible wild plants. Many have them are quite delicious and have a nutritional score which beats anything (:
@@arexius3 Actually I do. I have thought of doing some planting in the woods near me as he has suggested, but I would also like to learn about edible plants as you mentioned. I am just a bit worried about learning online because I am afraid of making a mistake and eating something toxic. Hopefully there will be a chance in the not too distant future to learn in person.
@@marylyn1530 Great! In my limited experiance plants are quite straight forward, they are usually quite distinguishable unlike mushrooms. So it should be easier to learn it by yourself. And you can simply skip the ones which are too difficult to differentiate.
In our area, western Germany, there is also only a handfull of plants which could actually severelly damage you, unlike the tropics :p
Such a powerful message! I rewatch this when I need a booster.
I remind myself all the time of 2 things:
1. I used to be one of those people who was unaware of the consequences caused by my actions. It didn’t make me a bad person, I was simply unaware.
2. When I see harmful practices that cause me anger, sadness or that feeling of dread, I remember
Mr. Rogers “Look for the Helpers”.
You’re one of the Helpers, Keith.
Awwww thanks 😊
I agree so much with the first point also. I was well into my 30s and I didn't know any of this. I feel like I was a good person at the time. If someone told me to start a garden I would have been like "sure dude" then went on about my day.
….and looked what happened 😂😂😂🙌
This was your best video that I've seen. Very powerful message❤ I have just started my food forest this spring on a tiny property in my back yard. I have hundreds of berry bushes and over a dozen foot trees
Thanks! I put a lot of work into this one and my collapse video. I'm glad people enjoyed this content also because it's so important.
Love your channel. We discovered permaculture 4 years ago and have been turning our suburban lot into a food forest with an emphasis on insect rehabilitation and native plants for pollinators. Definitely have that existential dread as I have 2 young children. I fear for the future so we do what we can. We don't eat meat often. What we do eat is rabbit that I raise myself. Thanks for getting the word out. If everyone made some small changes we could do a lot of good.
Fantastic
My permaculture journey is just beginning. I have planted about 17 trees and I am working on the guilds with adding some berry bushes and have lots of seed starts to plant out today. Thanks so much for this great video!
Wonderful!
I call buying shipped food "eating gas". Usually gets a rise out of folks, which prompts the conversation, which usually ends with me unloading extra seedlings on them.
I like where that ended up LOL
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good--Haven’t heard someone say that in a long time. Nice work!
the hardest part for me in my permaculture journey is just all the resistance I face at every turn, sometimes it turns into ridicule because people just don't know any better. We could rally as hard as we want and try to let the world know about what we are doing, but in reality, the only people we will reach are the people who already care and are already interested in permaculture practices. It is really disheartening but what I learned is that if you intend to do the right thing, you have to be ready to go against the entire world. That's the hardest part, being the only one. However I am very grateful for channels like yours, because at least in the greater scheme of things I am not the only one.
This is definitely the hardest part. Reminds me of a saying though... if it were easy, it wouldn't require doing, it would already be done.
That reality isn't the same reality as the one on earth. All it takes is one chance, one try.
Humans don't want to be 'normal' when they think it's bad, so if you offered an unknown change as normal, it wouldn't be accepted, out of self defense. If the truth is made out to put them in a bad light, they will defend their self and stay mostly the same.
We aren't going against the world, we're gently encouraging everyone to think for themself by showing them that no one is normal.
@@arthurg1425 but they do have a normal. Most people actually think an overgrown lush green food forrest that holds moisture and is self fertilizing is bad. It is a sore in their sights if you will. They see it as being dangerous, because most people have fear of animals also, instead of love and respect. Most people would perfer if it was all cut down and leveled off, they think pavement is more beautiful than forests lol. We know this is not true, but this is how most of the world thinks. Even people doing food production and growing vegetation for harvest they have this silly notion that u gotta do weeding and u gotta keep "pests" out of their 'garden' and you gotta have your vegetables organized in neat little rows lol which is just silly because nature doesn't work that way. I follow Canadian Permaculture legacy because I agree with everything he says, because he's right. The best thing human beings can do is work with nature and try to take yourself out of it as much as we can, just get out of its way and just let nature do it's thing. One thing I think is completely wrong is weeding and cutting the grass because short grass looses moisture faster than tall grass. I think we should just allow the grass and weeds to grow and die and decay and enriching out soil. Not only that but short grass u cannot even lie down on because it's too close to the ground and bugs will get you but when it's tall and it falls over its very nice to lay on. In my backyard there is an area with straw that is just there because I didn't mow that area and some of the neighbourhood feral cats will often stop to curl up and take naps in the sun for hours there . My entire family thinks it looks bad, and they constantly nagg me to clear it, but from what I can see the cats sure love it, so I think it's good. But yet again...to them it is a sore in their sights and I really wonder why? I also live in Ontario Canada and I get it dandelions are invasive but I still don't understand why people wage war against dandelions. I think they are beautiful, they are edible which is great. And they do very well for themselves plus I'm sure they still clean the air for us and give us oxygen like all plants. So I say why get rid of them? Leave them embrace them, love them.
Al Ishmael, I love every word in that giant wall of text!
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Thank you. I really appreciate it, especially because your voice gave me the confidence to start doing what feels is right. I've always felt it was wrong to systemically mine nutrients from your garden. Your content is amazing. It's been really good. please keep doing what you are doing. My only complaint is that I wish you showed on camera how you separate the daffodils and replanted them. I have a few in our front garden. They looked so nice I decided not to disturb them xD
Brilliant video. Although I didn't go quite fully into the existential dread thing - there was a time I did feel horribly guilty about one day leaving my son behind into what is going to be a very difficult planet. I still dread what's to come, but that's why we plant these permaculture projects, isn't it? It's not just for us in the here and now, but as an added insurance for our kin when we've gone.
From the beginning, I decided my permaculture project would be a little more than food. Pines for making into replacement fence posts, a few more as Christmas trees. Some trees are there for making into structures - willow arches, obelisks, tunnels, fencing. A few different types of tree are grown/coppiced for firewood - as I do have a multi-fuel stove (heating/water).
Last week, I planted out some new Saponaria seedlings - as I read they are 25% better at producing a lather than Indian Soap Nuts. (They prefer a light dappled woodland or edge-of-shrubbery position, so a lot of us can grow these under our fruit trees/bushes. So far, nothing has tried to eat them, not slugs, snails, pheasants and voles - all of which seem to like trying anything once).
I'm going to try using Saponaria as a replacement for all types of cleaner products, whether it's clothes, surface cleaner in the kitchen and bathroom, skin, and dirty dishes (we're a vegan/vegetarian family, so there's no need to use heavier duty commercial washing up liquid).
We went totally vegan a couple of years ago - now bear with me, if you think I'm yet another carnivore-basher. I'm not. But this might help someone out there who's having the same problems as I once did.
A few years earlier I'd developed digestive problems that eventually resulted in intolerances to over 100 foods (the very worst being gluten, honey, and green tea). I was also often tired, losing concentration, forgetful to the point it looked like I was developing early-onset dementia, and had severe insomnia.
After lots of hospital appointments, dieticians, numerous tests, etc, I had to go on an extensive elimination diet. Only when I excluded meat of all types (including fish) - did I finally get better.
After a bit more research, I discovered there are a growing number of people developing a similar set of food intolerances and symptoms. Some blame has been put on the amount of glyphosate being used to dessicate grains that are fed to cattle, this chemical accumulating in their meat. Glyphosate has been proven to attack and reduce the bioflora in the human digestive system, reducing its efficiency, and this can then kick off food intolerances - which of course leads to an unbalanced diet and the other symptoms.
It took me 'just 2 weeks' on a vegan diet to fully recover from a whole set of debilitating problems which had been plaguing me for years.
We only pulled back from veganism to vegetarianism some time after we went into lockdown (due to so many products being sold out in the ensuing panic-buying madness that swept the world...) - buying in a little normal cheese, since some protein-rich foods like beans were given 'purchase limits.' We continued to do so afterwards, although we do swap the dairy cheese for a very yummy, (if expensive) smoked vegan cheese our local sells now and again.
So, this is not a 'don't mince day-old chicks' thing, because I did once eat meat and I'm 'not' actually that much of an animal lover beyond tigers and butterflies...oh and bees, parrots & giant manta rays. My experience is only here because you or someone you know might be having the same dietary problems as I did. A vegan or vegetarian diet might just be the answer, even if it's intermittent, to give your 'system a rest and time to recuperate.'
What a fantastic comment..my father in law (Poppy) was very similar. He was having a hard time digesting meals, gave up meat and felt amazing. I've heard it so often from many people.
It's also not surprising that the apex animal in the foodchain is bioaccumulating toxins from their food pyramid. And for cattle their food pyramid is human controlled the whole way. That's honestly more of a "duh of course" moment than anything. How could we expect anything less than massive health problems, specifically accumulating in meat, when we run chemical agriculture every step of the way to produce it.
Hey Chris, just wanted to let you know youtube removed some of your comments. It's happening to so many people. I'm not sure what triggered it.
I'm at that cross roads in my working life right now. I was working for a certain French Canadian circus, flying all over the world for work! I've been at home for just over a year now as Covid completely shut that industry down and I've come to realize that being at home is so much more fulfilling then sitting in an airplane for 12 hours to go to work( also the Carbon footprint with this). I had small gardens( in a permaculture way with teachings from a former circus mate) before but was not getting much success being away from home so much. Last year when I was home and seeing that going back to work was not happening anytime soon, I decided this would be the year I could do my gardens right and started looking things up online and found your channel along with many others and fell in love with the idea of a food forest. This spring is my first big plantings of trees and bushes!
And yes, I will not be going back on the road. I will find a job at home and even if I'm not making the same money, I will be much happier at home and in my gardens!!
p.s. the wife likes me being home also, especially in Winter to shovel the driveway! ;-)
Fantastic! Where you in cirque du soleil? I'm not really a fan of "shows", just not my thing, but Cirque is fantastic.
I'm glad you found happiness right at your front door though :)
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Yes, I was with Cirque du Soleil for nearly 20 years. I was on tour( 100% of time on the road) for most of that time but when I meet my wife we left tour shortly after and I've been doing the fly in/ fly out job for the last 5 years. I loved working there, meet so many incredible people and seen so many incredible places. Who doesn't dream of being paid to travel the world? But like you my priorities have changed and I'm looking forward to the next chapter in my life.
PLANT MORE TREES!!
I've read an article stating that some of the states, including California and Oregon, had shut down their state-run tree nurseries, meaning millions less tree babies available, and then the fires started, and there is a shortage of trees to replace what burned. So I've bought 200 one-gallon pots and I'm going around to where I can getting cuttings, (yes, I cleaned my pruner with vinegar,) which I have been putting into water with rooting hormone. I'll pot the ones that make roots. I'll charge a little for my time and expenses and hopefully make some native trees available. Here in formerly "rainy Oregon", we've had so little rain that we've already had fire hazard warnings in April.
Let me add that in the process of getting cuttings, I fell in love with some of the trees. There was a delicate, airy one, tiny leaves, all spaced out, and the branches hang over at the ends. It made me think of fairies. My app calls it a bilberry, but the bilberry grows to 24" tall, and this was a tree. So beautiful. Anyone know what it is?
Just a thought that if anyone can do even a few cuttings and grow them a bit, they are needed.
Wow that's so fantastic! For getting the tree ID you can post a photo to reddit.com/r/whatsthisplant
Inspiring.. thank you. I go back and fourth between staying a stay at home mom/ homesteader and wanting to dive into my career. You're right, its the hardest but easiest choice. Can't miss this short time with my children. Thanks for this video
More people need to hear your message! Keep up the amazing videos!
Thanks 😊
Its funny how people from different areas have the same ideas at the same time. 6 years ago we bought 20 acres of forest in upper east Tennessee with the thought of build a house and retire there. The first three years we cut trees and road and electric to the build site long distance from Florida which is where we raised our 5 children. Last fall we sold and gave away alot of belongings , seriously downsized from 23 years of collecting and moved to a small apartment near the property. This past winter I have planned and replanned and researched and discovered your channel in the process. Love the content! Now I have this urgent feeling in my soul to grow and store food. My small apartment looks like a greenhouse! Seedlings and grow lights everywhere awaiting last frost May 1st. While waiting we have had 4 dumptrucks of wood chips from the electric company dumped on the property and 5 dumptrucks of black gold from the local dairy farm for free!! Lots to do with love in my heart and excitement for the future of harvesting and canning the fruits of my labor. Really enjoying nature and listening and observing. Truly peaceful! Thank you for your time and inspiring videos. Keep em coming!💜🌎✌
Thank you so much. Honestly it's so satisfying that there is such a large movement towards sustainability. We still have a long way to go, but I think we're at the start of a complete revolution here. I've been in this space for only about 5 years and I can FEEL the difference in the last 2 years or so. I think the silver lining of COVID is that people have really started to value a little bit of self-reliance.
I can say that as a young twenty something ,I completely changed my direction for life from media, sustainability and graphic design to studying and working to become a market gardening and activist. The biggest thing is to be the change you want to see. Go out into the street and demand action. I cant stress enough, get out into the street and demand change. Climate change,democracy, peace and humans right needs actions to get better. I never thought that I would protest and do civil disobedience but when I watch people across the world demand change even if they risk their life and safety of their family , it made me question why I who live in a safe and "good country won't do it?
I think if I could add one more #8 to the list, it would be this.
#8 Be visible
And I don't mean yelling at people. But be visible. Be the change you want to see, and then be seen doing it. Be seen showing how much it actually makes your life better. Infect people by having them want what you have. Not by yelling and shaming them. People change because they want something they see in someone else's life and they want it in their own life.
Thank you so much for this and all your other videos!!! I don't have a lot of space, but I really enjoy bringing life back into it - thanks to your explanations. This video though is very special to me, because it shows what I think and feel and want and need to do. And that I am not alone.
Best regards and greetings from Germany.
You are so welcome!
That warning can't stop me because I -can't read- already have existential dread.
LOL that strikeout text. Just because some of us like eating crayons doesn't preclude us from being able to make a difference.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy that's the "dw can't read meme" btw. Also I forgot about the intro until after I got finished. I missed it the first time. That chuckle, lol.
I've noticed a lot more jumps in the editing? Are you trying out stuff or is it just getting used to the new editing software?
@@PaleGhost69 LOL yeah, "dw can't read" I found it funny. I added the eating crayons bit because of spending too much time in the wallstreetbets subreddit during the GME thing. I hope you don't mind the playful joke. I like them together "not worried about it because I can't read, brb going to eat some crayons".
For the editing, yes this video was done in the new editing software (I'm using Sony Vegas now). It cost some money, but I consider it an investment in the channel. A new camera is probably next, just trying to find out how much I want to spend, and see if I can upcycle someone else's camera locally.
This is one of those topics where, where I make the video I can tend to ramble a lot. The first cut of this video was 1 hour and 12 minutes long. Yep. So there's lots of cutting and editing in this one. I spent 2 straight days on my weekend making this video flow as well as I could, adding in b-roll footage, photos of my inspirations, etc. I hope that the time spent was worth it. I'm hoping to make a few impactful videos that can help draw people to the channel, and then once they are here I can teach them how to get started planting trees and growing food.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy I bet that line would get you gold on reddit lol. I love jokes especially if someone can roll with me like Statler and Waldorf. I just thought the dw meme might've gone over your head as I don't know how deep into internet culture you are.
I noticed the new software a long time ago when you were including the after effects. I only ask because some of the cuts were kind of weird compared to the stuff you normally do. (Example: walking backward in the clover trail has 3 cuts that almost look back to back) I don't know if that was intentional to shorten that clip or if it was fumbling with new software so I don't know which way to tailor the constructive criticism. I think muting the long clip alone would've sufficed but even so, the cuts could've been a little longer with something to break them up between to lessen the awkwardness. If you're going to include b-roll while you talk might as well make it as sexy as possible, right? You can also use b-roll to disguise the ramble cuts. No one will know if they don't see the frame jump.
Like I said before in another comment, I don't mind the rambling but it really feels like you're cutting out necessary information sometimes. If someone is going to watch 30 mins, they'll watch 35-40 too and most wont even notice. But they will notice the cuts. It can be even more distracting for people with short attention spans because they were following along then all of a sudden they are lost. Seeing as you do want to improve this aspect though, I would recommend making a bullet point list to keep you on track. It helps reduce rambling by knowing what you're coming up to next and also in the editing process because things will be in organized chunks.
Oh that walking backward part was to try to time the transitions to the music. I thought it was cool 😎 😥
It's so interesting that I came to the same conclusion based on my experience from the health care industry. I started learning about permaculture. I am determined to build a food forest. We grow with nature instead of fighting against it. We can thrive only if we exploit less, or else we be extinct by the sixth extinction.
Thanks a lot for the inspiring video.
Thanks as always Sweta!
I can just imagine we'll be living in a mad max environment with little permaculture oasis being the only thing keeping the survivors alive. That would make a great movie.
I got the trees, someone bring the guns to keep the rest of us safe from pillagers.
Forget the guns...rows upon rows of bouganvilleas
LOL crowd and wall them out with thorny plants.
100% the reason I just bought 10 acres. So when the next crisis hits I will be self sustained. Except for toilet paper. But I will have all the food to barter for TP.
@@Ph0enixW0lf MiGardener did a video about plant tp substitutes like lambs quarter.
Thank you for all of your videos and this one in particular. I wish more TH-camrs would follow suit. This is not a problem for future generations: In 2019 the US military released a report warning of widespread collapse of US society by 2040 (yes, 2040) due to climate and ecological disruption.
I want to address two points you made in the comments:
1) "It's easy to point the finger at the Exxon Mobil and Shell of the world and say "see those guys there, they are the bad guys", without understanding that it's our demand that they are supplying."
Placing the burden of choice on consumers assumes that there is an affordable and widely-available alternative energy source we could turn to instead of fossil fuels. There isn't, because giant multinational corporations like Exxon and Shell have spent millions of dollars waging disinformation campaigns against climate science and have basically monopolized the market through government subsidies.
2) You then say: "And in the end, history has shown that if there is money to be made, then unchecked capitalism will provide someone to fill that demand."
Why not go to the source of the problem then, and consider that a system built upon the premises of endless growth and maximum wealth concentration (i.e. capitalism) is fundamentally unsustainable. Anything else is just bandaids on broken bones.
Individual action is necessary but not sufficient in this case. We need an organized and systematic response if we are going to return the planet to a habitable state. When talking about individual responsibility, keep in mind also that the wealthiest people in the world have VASTLY larger carbon footprints than the poor, and contribute disproportionately to ecological destruction through their high-consumption lifestyles. And remember that 100 corporations are responsible for 70% of emissions.
Totally agree with all of that. I do hope I didn't try to shift all the blame onto people and not onto the exxons of the world. I just detest when someone just points fingers at them and takes no responsibility for the life they are living. Totally bang on points you made. Good post.
My first date with my now partner of four years was a hike in a forest. It set the tone for who we are as a couple. We still spend most of our time together in nature.
Absolutely!
This is simple, yet complicated . Good video trying to explain in simple in simple words. Like Michael Pollen says “ eat food, not too much, mostly plants” . Be kind to all creatures great and small. Be a part of nature instead of exploiting nature . Like Sadguru says , if everyone on this planet wants live like Americans , we need five planets! All we have is this wonderful and magical place called Earth .let us consume less, upscycle more. Be kind and compassionate all creatures on thisplanet. Every thing is here for a reason, which we might not understand in our ignorance and arrogance. Work with nature, as we are part of it.
I like the focus on do something! The more people growing their own food the better. Each step in the right direction builds momentum. Very few people who grow their first tomato will stop there.
They're so tasty.
Rather than... water in the shape and vauge texture of a tomato?
But the flavor isn't what convinced me to act.
Thanks for this, I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed lately, this has given me a real boost.
I cannot watch this video enough! Recommending it to all my friends and loved ones because this can CHANGE the world! Bless you friend 🙌
Thank you so much. Definitely spread the word. We change politicians by changing the people. Politicians are just mirrors that reflect the sentiment of the voters. If we educate enough people on these things, then the policy changes will happen.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy completely agree! Changing the Micro CAN create a positive change in the Macro 🌟🙌
Amazing video! Thanks for spreading your powerful message!
Thank you so much!
This was great. Really appreciate you mentioning reducing meat consumption and veganism. A lot of people who care about the environment as still resistant to reducing meat. I was vegetarian for a long time and resistant to going vegan and thinking I could never go vegan because of eggs and cheese. I've been vegan for a few years now and wish I hadn't been stubborn and had done it sooner. I'm going to be starting my first permaculture food forest this year with a goal to grow as much as our own food as we can. Thanks for your videos!
Great job!
Excellent video and excellent message! I now am growing a young food forest because of people like you. Thank you, it has changed my life and the way I live in the world today.
Amazing 👏
This is my favourite video of yours by far. So inspiring. It really resonated with me and where I'm at in my life.
Fantastic, glad to hear some folks enjoyed it.
thanks so much for talking about eating meat. One of the biggest ways you can reduce your ecological footprint and something not talked about enough. I've been plant based (plus eggs from neighbors) for about 5 years now. I felt so stoked for you when you talked about wanted to transition to a vegan diet. Thanks for sharing with your viewers, and good on you.
Cheers
"When humanity exterminates other creatures, it is sawing off the limb on which we are sitting, destroying the working parts of our very own life support system. The conservation of endangered species should be elevated to a global emergency for all governments and institutions, equal to the climate disruption to which it is linked".
I think a very important part of my own life, professional and personal is the assessment of "root cause". Our current plan for dealing with endangered species is too focused on collecting them and preserving them. I understand why - for many of these we are at such dire situation that this is the only way to keep them alive. But having a few pandas in a zoo isn't going to fix anything until we address the root cause of what is causing the extinctions.
Largely, unbridled capitalism, and our disconnection from the consequences of our lifestyle choices.
We sure like to point the finger at ruthless corporations seeking nothing but profit at the expense of all else. But that is a faceless monster, and just saying "look at that bad guy" doesn't get us anywhere closer to actually solving the problem. The sobering reality is that the problem is in the lifestyles we lead.
We are also largely focused on large animals, because we FEEL when they go extinct. We can connected with them. However there are tens of species going extinct every single day which are not invertebrates. We have only started to categorize the tremendous diversity of soil microbiology and insect life. We don't even know the species that we are putting extinct every day, and their critical role in the web of life. There are millions of fungi in a single teaspoon of forest soil. How many of those die when we clearcut a rainforest to put up a palm plantation or cattle pasture? How many of them are unique only to that area? How many are vital to the nutrient cycling in that soil, which evolved to live in those soil conditions, and which may never exist again and be gone forever? How many herbaceous layer plants are being destroyed which are pollen for insects, which are food for birds, which are food for mammals, etc.
Many of us don't understand that buying some coffee creamer at Walmart is contributing to the destruction of the rainforest, because palm oil is in half of the processed food we consume. And isn't that the problem? We are disconnected from the consequences of our choices. We don't even know how we are impacting the planet and contributing to it's destruction.
This is why it's critical that we red-pill as many people as possible, as quickly as possible.
Read the description of this video and leave your comments here. Although these 7 things won't miraculously change the course we are on, they are the baby steps we need to at least start turning the hull of the ship in the right direction. My preferred method is to focus on things we can do which also happen to just make our lives better also. Because it's not even so much that doing these things will save our natural ecosystems, but rather that NOT doing so will seal their fate.
That same Happen Films movie made a big impact on me as well and inspired my move to turn my 1/4 acre lot to a heavy mix of permaculture principles.
Awesome 👌
I wish every person on the planet could watch and really listen to this video. I love it. It really resonates with me in so many ways. I wish there were more hours in the day so you could run for US President. I think you would be phenomenal and exactly what that country needs. That being said, I quit my lucrative job as a geophysicist a few years ago with exactly your thoughts on my mind, I get it. I am vegan besides eating eggs and use plastic, but only a little bit. You are so right. We need everyone doing a little bit, not a few people being "perfect". I love your wait a week until buying challenge. Brilliant. I will do it. And you make such an important point about us first world inhabitants being so disconnected from our waste. It doesn't just disappear once it's in the bin.
Thanks as always Mallory :)
Love your content. Thanks for sharing your backstory and the references to other channels. Been thinking about our responsibility to take care of earth and you have pointed out all the reasons why this is important. Thanks.
Thank you so much.
Very cool! I'm glad you shared your story. You're clearly a very bright and thoughtful person. That is part of what I like about watching your content. Start somewhere! I'm learning and failing. Another tip would be to support lical farm stands and markets over the grocery store. That helps you understand what is in season and will grow in your area. I only eat meat once per day generally. My kids and I usually only have fruit for breakfast. I have tried to be very conscious of how each thing I eat feels, spirituality. It's good to be conscious of what you consume! Consciousness and small changes in our lives!
Well said!
Nice video Keith.
We all need to do our part.
Maybe one day our world will be different and more people will learn to take care of themselves and others alike. We can all benefit so much if we can just change the way the world farms. So much of this planet is dedicated to growing food. If only food was being grow for a better reason than $$$.
Farmers are put through such a viscous cycle of poisoning their land and driving themselves further into debt with more machines, more chemicals, more problems.
Josh Satin has a video interview with Mark Sheppard, what an amazing individual that man is. I encourage anyone reading this to check it out.
He talks about a better way of farming. A better way of life, and a better way to profitability.
The thing is, so many people worry about profitability but spend so much to get there.
Imagine if all farms were like the farm from the movie "the biggest little farm" (just an example close to what Mark talks about). A better example would be Marks farm (look up mark on youtube and watch a few of his videos) I believe Justin Rhodes did a video with him as well.
The world would be so much more better off than it is now.
When are we going to wake up and change how we live.
Why aren't we teaching our children how to be more self sufficient, more self sustainable.
How much do we all really need?
How many jobs can we start doing ourselves instead of relying on the bigger commercial players.
Lets all take care of ourselves more and the community we live in. We can all help and benefit from each other.
The world could be so beautiful.
Stand up for change. Open the eyes of as many as you can. Help others that have gotten lost along the way see the problem.
Do your part however you can.
If not for yourself, for your family, for the future of this planet.
Cheers Keith
Amazing comment, as always
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy thanks Keith.
i watched a video the other day. Very upsetting but also an eye opener for anyone who doesn't realize what's going on out there.
This is my second attempt at telling you about it. I originally left a video link but youtube pulled it out of comments.
Check out martysgarden on youtube. hes a worm farmer. He has a video with Russel Brand talking about farming over seas.
Very sad what's going on in the world.
Video is labeled micro farmers are under threat by giants. There is also a link in marty's video description for the whole video by Russel.
Cheers Keith.
Love your channel man. Keep spreading the knowledge.
Thanks. Yes yuotube algorithm is deleting so many comments lately. I almost need to make a video about it, because people may think I'm deleting comments. The trick is to avoid words like "video", "channel" and definitely no links. Thanks for the suggestion, I will watch it tonight.
I took the food forest first route and it led me to having a mostly plant based diet. Unfortunately I can't get the other 3 in my house to. My health issues from a fatty liver to high cholesterol have vanished. Plant like your life depends on it! 💯
Good work 💪
Courage my word, it didn't come , it doesn't matter. Heartfelt gratitude for this video you inspire me to keep going. The universe supports us when we take care of our planet over greed. 🌲♥️
You are so welcome
Excellent info. I live in townhouse with a tiny front and backyard but I'm planting as many vegetables as I can in with my flowers. I'm also planting vegetables and flowers in my friend's yard...she lives next door. We will share the food. I agree about making food at home too. Buns are rising in the kitchen to go with supper. Keep sharing all your great info.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing! Truly inspiring. I share your channel with others who are interested in gardening but don’t know where to start because your episodes are intelligent, funny and extremely encouraging. You look like you are having so much fun gardening and sharing your knowledge.
Thanks Vanessa, I definitely love it 😀
I was most motivated from Holgren and soem from Lawton and I am now starting ti build a food forest on Vancouver Island, eh!
this is your best video so far !!!!:):):) thank you !!!!!!
Yay! Thank you! I appreciate it, it definitely took me the longest in editing.... But I think it was worth it.
Thanks Keith for another inspirational and motivational video! You touched on so many points that are near and dear to me...so many that are goals along the path of my own journey in life.
I love reading all of the comments and learning from others. Whether I agree with them or not is not that important, the learning journey and the process, the feedback and the information all shape my path to some extent, perhaps they affirm, inform and guide, or just add an interesting alternative perspectives. Sometimes I can get upset with certain views, perspectives or outcomes, and one of my goals is to become a curious but detached observer, leaving my feelings aside. Not always an easy thing to do....that too is a process and a journey.
Your comment about "soul food" reminded me of the first chapter in the book "Edible Forest Gardens", Vol 1, which I just started, but haven't moved past Chapter 1 yet, mostly because the chapter itself is drawing me back to certain quotes that just reaffirm my path, so I would like to share them here. This croud is probably familiar with the quotes, but hey, just putting them out there in the universe again.
Some research first that sheds light and stokes the fire:
Pg. 16 "Fragmentation increases forest edge, in a pattern different from native agroforestry....the remaining forest is smaller. Frequent major distubrances disourage ...natives (and) ...favour disturbance-adapted opportunist speciest, ... non-natives."
Pg. 19 "The nitrogen compounds ("NOx") that help cause acid rain also enrich soil nitrogen levels to as much as three times the normal amount...(which) reduces the lignin content, and therefore the strength, of woody plant tissues... (and) increases their succeptibility to diseases and insects. Research shows that excessive soil nitrogen increases the succulence of vegetation ... (which) increases deer populations."
Pg. 20 "Leslie Jones Sauer (The Once and Future Forest) stated "the forest of five centuries past is largely gone, and the recoverability of its remnants is, in face, very much in question...the forest is losing its ability to replenish itself." (And why?) "Our intervention in the forests of easter North America occured for different reasons. Disrupted ecolorical function has reduced the ecosystem's ability to maintain intself. In this case, however, we have not taken on the burden of caring for the community."
Pg. 21 "Unburned hydrocarbons and other air pollutants from auto exhaust fall back to the earth and lead to "oiling" of urban and suburban soils, making them more resistant to rainfall absorption, among other things."
How did we get here?
Pg. 22 "Our biggest mistake is that we see ourselves as separate from the natural world. We then project that sense of separation onto every other living and nonliving thing with which we interact."
Some hope (which we all need) and direction, hence the "soul food":
Pg. 9 "The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings. (Masanoby Fukuoka, The One-Straw Revolution)"
Pg. 23 "Reverence and respect are natural responses to the awesome interconnections we now know to be present in nature."
Pg. 24 "As Einstein said, we cannot solve these significant problems at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. We must move beyond the monoculture mind-set, the world of separation. We must move into a world of participatory involvement and cocreation evolution with our ecosystem. We have to see both the forest and the trees. We all have the forest in our blood. We must begin to think like, act like, and garden like the forest."
Hope someone finds this useful and thanks again Keith. Watching your channel as I prepare for the day is one of the best and most reaffirming ways to start the day. Much appreciation.
Really enjoy all those. Great books for sure. One straw revolution is LOADED with amazing quotes. Also really love that Einstein quotes, one of his better ones which doesn't get enough spotlight.
#1. My only true donation was to clear a dead grove so that the forest would regenerate faster. I used the dead trees for firewood.
#2. I have some chicks for eggs again! I'm hoping to get wild meat. I don't eat much meat at all.
#3. It's always cheaper to conserve, reduce consumption, than to produce.
#4. When I see someone litter I think of what was said to me, the last time I littered, 37 years ago. "Is that all you think of your province?" David Suzuki once said, "Get out and play in nature. Because you will fight to protect that which you love."
#5 Diversify your pantry. Palm Oil is a problem because it is popular. If people have a limited diet or have one thing every day, that popular thing will become the new forest destroyer.
#7 that's my attitude now. I started my forest and the pandemic hit. I thought, "Oh crap! I'm late!!"
Great talk, keep it up!
Thanks as always :)
Right on ! Keep up the hard work and the videos. My girlfriend and I are on a path to FI in the next 9.5 years and plan on dedicating our time to transform a place outside of Ottawa that's degraded. These videos are a great source of knowledge.
You got this!
Get chickens for eggs, we stopped dairy and meat since January 2020, we only eat fish we catch or sockeye salmon (can't be farmed) and eggs from our organic chickens 😋. We both way healthier (thinner too lol). I kind of knew that you're gonna quit that job eventually, good for you, you will be way happier. I quit mine for health reasons, wish I had your input on how to build our food forest here. Good luck in your new endeavour. Cheers 🥂
Hi there, I've just found your channel, I'm thrilled, I'm power watching, I've found another like minded friend, I'm in Australia I'm on quarter acre, we have raised veggie beds, fruit trees, grape, passionfruit two variety's, blueberry bushes, heaps of flowering bushes for the birds and bees 🐝 I love our bees I grow comfrey to chop and drop feed our chickens and make compost tea, I'm also going to make a skin salve with it. I only buy heritage seeds or heirloom. My only problem here is we have clay soil and couch grass which is a pain to dig and it gets into our beds. Anyway I'm thrilled I found you, stay safe and well your aussie friend Kirsten 😊 ps I love Geoff Lawson to and Morag gamble both so inspirational. I know your in Canada but another channel is Huttons Valley Permaculture is awesome Linda does everything by herself.
Thanks! I've never heard of her, I'll check her out.
I appreciate your including us apartment / balcony / patio people in this vlog. I started my journey on a portion of 5 acres, but life changes had me relocate to apartment living again.
I have been trying my hand with grow lights over the winter, have an indoor mini greenhouse, and make us of a 2nd floor balcony during the warmer months. Also attempted DWC hydroponics / Kratky to a lesser degree.
I still consider myself a seasoned beginner and gardening / growing is one of the few things I can really focus on (ADHD) that has lasted longer than anything else. I am trying to do some videos to reinforce that.
You have greatly inspired to me to guerrilla garden as well from one of your past videos and am in the middle of trying to plant out and area right next to my job. I already feed the birds there and am planting perennial things to grow that hide in plain sight. Plus extra for the animals. Not sure how it's going to turn out, but I am definitely going to leave it better than I found it. Just picking up the wind blown and thrown garbage alone.... 😑
As I am on a budget right now, I found wild patches of blackberries and black raspberries that I have propagated and am transplanting them in 'My Secret Garden' there and other places. Plus apple seeds, etc.
Thanks for all you do. Your personal journey helps to keep me focused and, most of all, educated and inspired! 💪
Doesn't' picking up garbage just make you feel fantastic? What a rush of endorphins!
Honestly, being in an apartment can be a bit of a blessing. You can learn so many things while you are there. Starting seeds and growing plants, saving seed. Even if you wanted to take it to another level and start apple seedlings which you use as root-stock to then learn grafting with scion wood you find on wild apple trees. Get your grafting game up while you are in an apartment. Start taking softwood and hardwood cuttings off wild trees and practicing how to root them.
I'd love it if when I bought this land I had years worth of knowledge on how to start seeds and pot-up, and graft and do cuttings. It certainly would have saved me a ton of money if I could have propagated half my plants off other plants I found in the wild! I'm only learning this in the last few years here.
One of your best videos. Thank you so much man. You and Sean of Edible Acres are my favs!
Thanks!
Great video & thanks for sharing.
I'm so glad that you're cutting down on meat (dead animals) and hope to be vegan. I've been vegan for a long time. These days it's so easy as there are so many plant-based alternatives. If you have trouble, just remember that it's a dead animal. I became a vegetarian over 35 years ago after attending a block party in Toronto. Dead gray animals at one end of the table; colourful vegetables and fruits at the other. That's when it hit me. (I "couldn't" give up cheese until I watched only a little bit of "Earthlings." That was over 10 years ago.)
Awesome. My journey is just beginning. Baby steps. Slowly phase it out, so I can sustain it.
I’m the one in our house who is into the whole garden sustainability, my husband is keeping his job like what you walked away from... he is 56. You’re a lot younger. Our kids are grown. His personal life has always come first over work, he has never worked past 5. But at 56 he’s not going to walk into another local job for the money he makes, which funds investing in structures for animals and all the plant materials i need, without travel. You can take steps to put a food forest in place and a decent garden and animals on a low budget, but man am I grateful he doesn’t put limits on spending. And he’s game to build the stuff I need.
Yeah, it's one of the reasons why I still work where I do. Firstly of course, I strongly believe in what I'm doing. But the pay cut of leaving the job would be huge. While it would give me more time to do what I love, it would also take away a lot of ability to actually do it. So I think right now I'm in a place where I'm in "balance" with work-life. Many people think work life balance means that we stop working completely to make it work. That's not really balance! My job lets me do what I am doing, and it's also a cause I believe in.
The other job wouldn't have. I'd have been on 3 days, 4 off, 4 nights, 3 off. That kind of shift. I also would have held a tremendous responsibility, not just legally but also to the company, and there are only so many shift-licenses around. So the company kind of owns you. Not really (not bashing the company), but anyone with any sense of duty whatsoever would definitely feel that way. I just didn't want that level of duty to the company. I'm a good employee, hard worker and will do everything I can to make them succeed... up to the point where it impacts my family at home. The old job pushed WAY too far into infringing on that.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy most upper management jobs in corporations have that same time “expectation”, maybe not with the weird shifts. My daughter in laws dad has always been an engineer at a nuclear reactor here in PA, he has that schedule and expected hours etc. the money is great, but there quite a costs. He’s willing to do it. Anyway it’s a great balance that I’m the primary driver for the outdoor stuff and my husband is less engaged in that and keeps it financially do-able. I’ve always stayed home with kids and now grandkids. He has always worked, military then corporate. It’s a good balance.
I've been vegan for about a year and a half. As far as meat replacements, everything I've eaten from the brand Gardein has been good. Not that 'mock meats' are necessary to eat as a vegan, but they satisfy the desire for those tastes and are easy protein. As far as restaurants, I don't eat out much but I really like the cheesecake factory veggie burger. Also some fast food places have vegan stuff if you ever eat that stuff.
And yeah that first home grown cherry tomato really got me hooked.
In the span of a few days I planted 15 raspberry bushes, linden tree, culinary and medicinal roses, elderberry and have 3 hazelnut trees on their way and 6 new baby chickens. This Springs work. Also awaiting 2 raised beds by the end of this month. Single mom with 2 teenage girls, 2 puppies, a new boss😜 and 3 acres of grass.. mostly.
Wish I lived near you, we could trade! First thing? Your walking onions😎
Good work! I'm sure your daughters will love it
Thanks for not trashing veganism. Far too many times has permaculturists seem to dismiss the practice especially veganic farming.
Yeah I think a lot of that is based on where the person came from. For example a feedlot cattle farmer who discovered sustainable/regenerative agriculture and who is transitioning towards permaculture is very likely going to have many pro-meat views.
Contrary to that, an urbanite permaculture may come from an environmental activism background and would be very pro vegans and likely vegan themselves.
And we are all permaculture practitioners. We need to find common ground, and also understand that we are all heavily influenced by where and who we used to be.
I also think historically and generally (very much generalizing here) vegans took a terrible approach, almost trying to convert people like it's a religion and the non vegans are blasphemous. When someone takes that stance, it pushes people away and makes them hate the cause.
Fortunately I think that is SLOWLY changing. I will still get the odd 1000 word angry message on reddit if I even mention sustainable animal agriculture from some angry vegan. I don't know why they do it, it just makes people hate them, and nobody wants to be like someone they hate.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy are there any real sustainable animal agriculture? Besides how low Eggs are in carbon footprint
Absolutely yes. Look up silvopasture for the most abundant example. The cows are the key species and its a soil building and carbon sequestering system. I.e. the system is net negative. Fantastic system, and also as humane as you can get animal husbandry. To some, there is no humane way to raise animals, and I can respect that viewpoint as well.
One main thing to understand... there is no system on the planet which is regenerative and does NOT have animals in it. Every single closed loop system has animals as part of the nutrient cycle. Every one.
The moment we take animals out of an agricultural (or horticultural, or aquaculture) system, we create an imbalance that must be replaced with artificial inputs, all of which have carbon footprints and natural resource and energy footprints.
The most efficient and regenerative systems on earth ALL have animals as a key factor. The goal then is to get the integration of animals in the system to be as ethical, humane, and natural as possible, while respecting the life of those beings.
I love your channel. This video was very inspirational. We bought land last fall and our goal is to get some fruit trees and hopefully more, in the ground this year.
That is awesome! Thanks so much. Also thanks for joining the membership program! I'm glad the video moved you enough to join. Welcome aboard. Make sure to check out the members post area and use those fancy emojis :)
First 7 minuts, is 95% story og my life, rest og the video just fab. Good job, keep on working, i keep on follow you work, i get tons og inspiration, on how to work and think my own 1 year food forrest.
Love this video mate, my first date with my girlfriend was a hike out in the dune forests along Lake Michigan. And I tried being vegan for a year in high school and it was the hungrier time of my life because I really didn't know what I was doing or how hard it would be in Michigan to get good fresh fruits.
Thanks for these 7 suggestions and for telling about your discovery of this superb way to live.
Chasing time and experiences with others over money. Very well said.
Something I think the younger generation is slowly showing the older generation.
what a wonderfully hopeful vid. Thank you
Thanks 😊
Best video you have ever done. Amazing.
Thank you for this very moving message💚💚💚
Thanks for watching
I love your series. I watch it A LOT. This video has the same 'there is no perfect way to do stuff' vibe... But I do need to say something about your comments about Veganism.
Points I agree with include: eating less meat is better for the environment, knowing where your food is coming from is a great idea and local is way better than food from a far. Factory farms are horrifying should be stopped/banned... and so should monocrops of soy. MSG being called 'TVP' and processed into pretend animal products is not the 'health food' people think it is.
IMO all food moralizing is problematic and harmful. I could say a lot about socio-economic factors at play here too...
but to my point:
As a person who was vegetarian on and off most of my life, and strictly Vegan for 7 years, with the last 3 of those being focused on raw food 'cooking', I know a few things. I also studied Holistic Nutrition formally.
Not everyone can be Vegan.
Out bodies have digestive systems that are as unique as our finger prints. Out nutritional needs, even for the same person, can vary from day to day.
I became incredibly ill (I nearly died) specifically because following a Vegan diet was not a good match for my body's needs.
It's a whole food web and we are part of it. I have no doubt, as an engineer, you will investigate and find what's right for you, but saying that Veganism is 'healthier' for everyone is a flawed statement that engages in the black and white thinking that I believe you understand is wise to avoid.
It's funny to me that, before my recovery from veganism, there was NO WAY I would ever entertain the idea of slaughtering my own meat. I watch your videos as we aim to move out of the suburbs to the country (goal date is 2025) so we can homestead/build a food forest of our own. I hope to have chickens/livestock.
Oh, I'm surprised that it came across that I thought vegan is better for everyone. That's probably my fault. I do hope I didn't explicitly say that! I actually think EXACTLY along the lines that you do. Veganism works well for some people and it really doesn't for others. I've heard so many people say the exact thing you did.
I appreciate the comment. I actually couldn't agree more with everything you said here.
I’m not crying you’re crying 😭. Dang man this video really pulls at the old heart strings.
Thanks for watching. This was a hard one to make, because I wasn't sure how it would be received. But it's an important video I think. Maybe my kids can watch it one day when they are older and see that their old man at least cared.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy well I’m glad you are spreading the word. It’s very helpful.
Very well said!!
PREACH THIS!!!
Well done. Completely agree.👊👏🙏💚
OMG eco-anxiety suddenly I have a name for that gnawing dread feeling lol
It's real.and I think its a healthy sign that you actually CARE.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy thanks! The things I am trying to do is replace my front lawn with a veggie garden also my wife has been vegetarian for 15 years and I have been a vegetarian for 8 years
The only thing I miss at this point is summer sausage from one of those roadside farms
Great stuff.
I'm munching on a plate of kale and either rutabaga or turnip leaves, realizing my favorite thing to eat is the spring garlic hearts, they are the absolute best spring food by far, until the strawberries get into gear, and even then, the spring garlic is amazing~
Love that!
I stop eating meat about 4 years ago. I am 49, everybody can do that. Industriell meat system is so bad, if you see it once you just stop eating meat. There are tons of reasons to stop or reduce drastically meat consumption. Go for it. Greetz from a lazy german guy :-)
Namaskaram,
Another bonker! I just love your directness and how you structure your videos.
I just feel to add about become vegetarian or even vegan, it is a huge discussion by itself, but I ll try to put it in a nutshell.
Formost, we need to keep our physical and mental systems healthy. Objectivly seen, meat consumtion is not very healthy, but from a subjectiv point of view for most people it is better to keep eating it. Let me give an example, most of my friends at one point or another decided to go at least off meat, for all kinds of reasons. Allmost all of them are now, after a few years, back to eating meat. Some were quite drastical, trying to convert people to veganism. At some point they could'nt resist their bodies craving for meat anymore and they gave in.
Which is good, because especially when it comes to nourishment we have to listen to the needs of our bodies and not the ideas and expectations of our mind, which often enough are in direct conflict. We see the consequences of this all around us, with numbers of diabeties and cancer rocketing. To name only a few. 2019 was the first time that in Luxembourg the most frequent cause of death was cancer.
That being said, the meat lobby is gigantous and you cannot stop producing meat from one day to another. We have to slowly stop this steam lok, at the end trying to convert it into a self powered one. From the ecological point of view, the situation in europe is catastrophic. In Germany alone each year hundreds of thousands of animals have to be shot and burned, because we have a minuscule number of predators, so humans need to take that part. This does not even allow us to stop eating meat, because all the undomesticated cattle, pigs etc would simply destroy our remaining eco system. This means that we need to gradually reduce our consumption, like Keith said, and shift it from industrial to organic and further. This shift in demand will also change the offer and more and more farmers will have to shift to organic farming.
So at the end, let's reduce our meat consumption, listen to our bodies, observe how it feels, if it feels good, reduce it even more. If after 40 days, you still feel that something is missing in your diet, eat again more meat. Find the balance in your own body, there is no golden rule to this. Let's share this experiance with other people, morals and economics are very quikly philosophical, and even our own opinions change often enough, but if you tell somebody that you feel great after consuming less meat, that is not debatable and a great inspiration for others to try it out as well.
This is just such a fantastic post. We often think of things in black and white, and "do or don't do". The best way is often a careful maneuvering from one position towards another.
Always rented but I'm plant crazy so I always left the area better.
14yr in a 9' camper. Looking for land for over a year to start my food-forest.
Frutarian 6mos, no going back.
Always lived out of the kill-grid cities
Such a better life!
Soul food vlog, thanks! My small town yard is almost all natural plants that thrive & my wild medicine plants. I’m expanding my front yard garden this year, thanks to yours & other permaculture teachings 🤗❤️🇨🇦
That is awesome!
Holgren is amazing!
Combined north American hunting model with permaculture and we could produce enough natural organic food just here in the states to feed the world. Our hunting and trapping model has saved millions of animals. Many places in Africa are using similar models and the success is saved several species form total whipe out. We have always been meat self sufficient in my family so permaculture is very fitting the 2 world combined will be amazing. Organic wild meat is hands down the way to go very healthy and ethical when done right. I've planted thousands of trees with my father as a kid to create deer habitat love whitetail can't imagine life without them.
Absolutely
You can plant natural herbs that concentrate salts in their tissues and get salt that way. There's also a plant called soapwort that has a high concentratin of saponins in their tissues so you can get some soap that way, though to be honest you don't need soap and shampoo EXCEPT for hand sanitizing to prevent spread of germs. You can just wash with warm water and get rid of the stinky stuff that way.
Indeed, there's a few options for soap based plants. Soap wart or Saponaria officinalis is one. Chlorogalum pomeridianum is another. I had another commenter mention one I'd never heard of before also.
Thank you for another great video! It's one that's easily sharable and digestible. Planting many seeds for people who are open to learning!
And the aftershow of comments is great as well!
Progress over perfection... but quickly, is my approach to all the possible changes I can make. :)
Well said!
Love your videos! Shared this one with some friends! Giving your suggestions some action ☺️🤘
Awesome!
Awesome
Hey there
My name is Evan! I am currently a professional baseball player. I’m playing the professional league in Taiwan and I’m actually originally from Whitby but now live in Ottawa with my family in the offseason! I have been heavily studying permaculture, soil science, environmental science and much more to do with these subjects. Being in Taiwan and away from my family i have tons of free time to study and learn. If I’m not reading or writing about all these subjects I’m watching a lot of your videos, your channel is great.
I was looking online to see if I could contact you but could not find any ways. I would love to talk to you about these subjects and learn from you and ask questions. I was wondering if your interested in helping me. I live 20 minutes from Ottawa in the country, Our family has 5 acres and I’d say about 3 that could be turned into a thriving food forest. As soon as i retire and also in the offseason i want to prepare the land for creating this. Would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions
Hope to hear back from you and hopefully connect
Hey thanks for the message Evan. I played University ball, and was pretty good (captain of team), but never pursued a career. I tore my rotator cuff when being scouted for a University of Michigan scout. Injury really took out my main years (17-20) and I never really recovered.
For the consultation thing, I'm not taking on any more jobs right now because I'm just way too busy. I'm doing all this part time, working full time as an engineer. I'm just spreading myself way too thin, and need to focus on more family time.
I can answer the odd question, but I can't make any promises for more at the present moment.
Love it!! Thank you so much for sharing your story and for inspiring us!
Thanks for watching!
Good for your plant based eating. Dr. Greger has some funny and fact based talks on the subject. Now that I've been 100% plant based for over a decade, the thought of eating a corpse is as distastefull as well, eating a corpse. Also silvopasturing is better than factory farming, but rewilding and letting the deer, caribou, etc and their predators move in would be the best.
along with everything else - chip in to plant trees. Trees for the Future is a good group of long standing. Rainforest Alliance. some others. Human existence is in dire straits. Act now.
this is an amazing, amazing video!
Thank you 😊
Thank you thank you thank you
Thanks for watching !
great video! You've inspired me to plant more food tree / plants in my yard.
Fantastic
This video made my soul sing!! 😁😁🙌🏻👍
Awesome 👌
Less consumerism : In our neck of the woods, we have a Facebook page for trading, no money allowed.
It's a great place to look for something you may need or if you are looking to lend a hand in your community.
Fantastic
no meat no dairy whole food plant based = live longer healthier and happier
You speak so eloquently & intelligently, and are so cute too!!! I hope I hope I find a man just like you to build my own food forest 💗
Haha! Thanks for the compliment John. I'm sure you'll find your person to share your life with! There are so many fantastic people, especially in the regenerative movement. Starting a relationship with a connection on that level has just such profound impacts for a long-lasting healthy relationship, not only of love but shared passion. I wish you the best of luck!
Awe, I agree.
I loved this video ❤️
Thanks for watching :)