May your comments reside in the hearts and minds of all the people of this land. I fear my age will not allow me to continue to do the work that you were speaking of as I have tried to all my life. At 76 I live in the woods and a 12x16 cabin trying to be a part of the land rather than make the land a part of me. Strength and long life be yours forever.
Praising GOD HEAVENLY FATHER for the land embracing every breath of air , giving thanks we still have some places to maybe not breathing toxins comical or drinking & bathen waters, foods , ect.. After all Heavenly Father has created man from dust/ dirt , Mother Earth . thank you Adam for sharing
Fear doesn't come from age , I DECREE AND DECLARE you shall live a full healthy complete life in the Mighty Name Of Jesus🙏 I renounce every spirit of fear. I command you to leave go in the Name of Jesus 🙏 I bind and cancel out every lying spirit in the name of Jesus. I command every plan trick tactics snare and strategy of satan again you to be canceled out destroyed. I ask now holy spirit FIRE burn disintegrate every evil spirits in Jesus name, you shall not die a premature death , I DECREE AND DECLARE You Shall Continue To stand in full agreement and in full alignment with every word God has already written and has spoken about you and your own Destiny in the books of Heaven In JESUS name AMEN
I'm 67 and live in a 12 x 16 cabin, building a food forest around me. We continue as long as we can, doing what we can. I have a wild broth simmering on the stove right now, all picked from my yard this morning. Keep on keeping on.
This gets my award for video presentation of the year (perhaps even decade). To have the intelligence, wisdom, and courage to shine a bright light on our blatant hypocrisy in such a clear, balanced and logical form is priceless. The discouraging thing is I know Adam will get a lot of biased and emotional pushback, not based on facts but on prejudices (Dogma) which people don’t want to give up. Bravo Adam!
I'd like to second Alan Seaman's statement and contribute my award for presentation of the year and perhaps decade as well. Very well done Mr. Harrington. We are indeed sharing the virtue of your work. A voice of reason on behalf of humanity and our mother earth. Your work is well needed especially in this information age. The lessons on natural history, food and medicine are award winning quality and this latest presentation is a crowning achievement along the way.
I agree with you absolutely. I think a word Adam could have used was "personalism", The Native Americans had a "personal" relationship with the land, they worked with it in a mutually supportive way and not as an object for exploitation. As a civilization we think we are evolving, actually we are devolving, it is only our manipulatipn of technology that prevents us from seeing how badly off we really are.
Thanks for this, Adam. As a conservation professional in Northern Ohio, these are topics we face, discuss, make decisions about on a daily basis. I need to watch this a few more times to get the full message. That being said, I appreciate the thoughtfulness that you put into your videos.
Exactly. And we all love the mention @ 5:31 is fact. Supporting that horrible company hurts the environment, just look at those nasty large warehouses and fleets of filthy trucks on the roads. Shop small biz.
Something that isn't mentioned in this video is biodiversity. Many non-native and even invasive species can be a decent food source for insects, but many species need specific native plants as larval hosts. Here in Niagara we have seen a massive decline in biodiversity in wild spaces in part because of the success of invasive species. Really great video. Very thought provoking. Thanks.
Why those "invasive" species had success? Those new species are not the reason of the problem but a part of the solution. A proof of a change in ecosystem. The new "invasive" plants set in because the "native ones" can no longer live or adapt to new geo-ecosystem. It might be caused by some geological or physical processes we do not understand today...
@@jardinardennais4355 although I understand what you are saying and it's a nice idea, I completely disagree. I understand the stance of let nature be nature, it's always in flux and things change and that's not necessarily a bad thing (and yes, some new plants can be a good addition to an area, very true). The problem with that mentality is that it leaves out a really critical part of the equation... The fact that humans have been impacting nature in harmful ways for a long time. We are only now starting to try to combat climate change and it's a real fight because we let these harmful acts go unchecked for way too long. Many of the invasive species have not only been brought over planted but are being widely cultivated by humans. And I have already discussed the biodiversity issue. So I get where you are coming from and I respect your point and view... But I can't buy it for a second... Especially because we are already seeing clear issues right here in my own area.
I agree, the point you made about niche organisms and their even more niche associates that depend upon them is the biggest reason why I believe nativism should not be discarded entirely.
Dude I just want to go camping with you! Love your videos and love the mindset. You're right, in their own minds they don't need it, so much false security. The idea that dirt and rocks are gross and the woods are scary is one of the greatest travesties of human history, a mindset produced by greed that will continue to morph our planet into something it has never been before.
@@emcee6152 I’ll have to disagree with you there, all the conditions you named are a result of lifelong programming via a system created and maintained by greed. Books, tv, movies, marketing of any kind, have conditioned you to go to the grocery store to buy that lettuce, just like it conditioned your parents. You might get hurt in the woods! Or run into a bear! Apathy, sloth, incuriousness, fear are byproducts of the training, complacency is just a human trait. Greed doesn’t just apply to the pharma side as you referenced in your other comment. You were created to be the battery that runs the system, not just in one facet but all facets of the system.
I'm Russian. Only here in America I found out that people are scared of woods, mushrooms, nature.. This guy is doing such a great job of changing this approach! Forest is your friend!! Wild mushrooms and berries are the best food ever, making you healthy and strong (just learn how to identify them!) And let nature to do it's work! Don't confront it! This is not our job.
Totally Totally agree with you. (Not sure about those blue jays at the beginning of your video. 🙂) Even here in rural America I'm amazed at how people are so oblivious to what the land does for us and how we need the land. I am dismayed when I see cities continue to sprawl and you see all the abandoned properties such as shopping centers, etc. whose land could be reused, but instead we just clear/destroy more "new" land. This nation needs a "Learn Your Land" agency with you at its head. Thanks so much for your thoughts and wisdom.
Such a great video! I was struck by your question of whether each one of us feels they need the land and the living landscape; and how clearly it shows, like a perfect mirror, that most do not feel this need on a day-to-day level -- to our detriment. Thanks.
Wow, Adam, Thank you! This is one of your best videos. To answer your question . . . Yes, I do need the land. Not only for food and medicinals, but for grounding (no pun intended). A walk through nature, or even driving and appreciating the Earth's gift of beauty is soul fulfilling.
I always love your videos and appreciate when you question norms. My farmstead is located in a semi-arid part of the United States. I see the effects of climate change everyday. I worked in the invasive species arena as a documentary filmmaker for many years and saw the destruction wrought by hatred of plants and trees. It really does all come down to money on both sides of the debate.
Hey Adam... glad to have met you several times years ago at Whole Foods. 🌿😍. Living by natural law! Doing no unnecessary harm to another being. Easy... simplicity.....most will never have this conversation with themselves, let alone with others (because of the so called "norm"). I've seen this for nearly 15 years now. Humans try and control everything. Nature heals itself. Always has, always will. I'm a voice of living vegan for nearly 15 years also. Living consciously! Heart knowing awareness... true beauty🌿. May all beings live free and be loved and respected... Much love to ALL❣ GRATITUDE 🤗
You are absolutely, positively spot on with your analysis! Thank you for saying this out loud -- something that millions do not want to hear, let alone discuss.
Adam is getting into topics of philosophy, economics, sociology, and others while discussing ecological topics. To have such breadth of understand the man must possess wisdom. It is for this reason I hope that many years from now when he is gone he will be recognized not just as a biologist but as a leader and a philosopher.
Just - wow! You are a brave and bright soul. You speak truth and wisdom and open people's minds to new perspectives. All of these things - and more - needed to be said at this time. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Well said, Adam. I appreciate the attempt to articulate a nuanced position even if it's still a work in progress. This will contribute to the conversation!
A very thoughtful, yet poignant commentary. You certainly made me reconsider some things. Very grateful for your work and obvious passion for the living. Truly salt of the earth.
Thank you Adam I always look forward to your videos always so jam-packed full of education that one can use in everyday life. Till next time, God bless
Very wise of you sir, you've said a lot of things I thought about for years without the proper words to convey and you've opened my eyes on some other things too.
very refreshing to hear. I've had a lot of these thoughts and it is often times alienating when talking with others that bring up the "dreaded" invasives. Thanks for making me feel less alone.
What a brilliant exposition of this topic. Very introspective and important for considering our place in this grand creation. Love the analogy from little love story from Solomon. Keep up the fight to educate us hard heads. We will eventually get it!
So glad to see another video your channel means alot to me I really appreciate you I wouldn't know the things I know or be inspired in the way that I am to be a mycologist if it weren't from you Adam
Fully agree. One only needs to ask "how did it get here in the first place?". When it comes to planting flowers and trees, I do my best to only include native species, but I'm also fully aware that we are the reason these plants and animals make their ways around the world.
Rock on, Adam. You blew me away with this one. These are thoughts I have been trying to articulate for a long time and then, Bam!, you concisely knocked it out of the park. Thank you.
Bravo!! So thoughtful and articulate. For me, this is a call to action to stop, consider and change my behaviors. Thank you for the better informed perspective!
This is one of the top ten of your videos, if not the top! Great to hear a conversation about this, especially to point out that there has been human management for many more years than most people consider and to the broader point of just what is a "native"?
For quite a while now, every time there is a Japanese Beetle in the yard I say live another day. You didn't ask to be here. Interesting and informative as always. Thanks, Adam.
Wow, the aspects you highlight resonate on so many levels. I couldn't agree more. Thank you! Many varieties of flora that is generally considered NATIVE now was once NON-NATIVE.
3:00 maybe this is only true of certain social circles, but I've never seen any environmentalist advocate in favour of large, single family settlements. The only kind of single family dwelling I've seen environmentalists encourage, are homesteads, and that's in an effort to become shepherds of the land they own and bringing back diverse and resilient ecosystems. 4:40 again, at the cost of sounding all 'no true scotsman', most if not all engaged environmental activists firmly advocate against our current economic model and the global trade it involves. And when they do consume products requiring global trade, like coffee, they try to access those products in ways that aren't exploitative of their producers in developing nations and try to minimise their impact on the local fauna and flora. 6:30 the issue isn't with the nutritional value of specific invasive plants. the issue is with the lack of diversity caused by the take over of invasive plants. Invasive plants (not all non-native plants are invasive, mind you), by definition, squash out all competition and take over whole ecosystems. That leads to biodeversity loss, which includes loss of keystone species as well as species for which certain animals have developed a niche, and without which they can not survive. Invasive plants might very well be nutritious, but local fauna haven't evolved to consume them, and they wont be able to transition to a different food source overnight. 8:40 it was touched, in an attempt to increase resiliency, which generally comes hand in hand with increased biodeversity. Native americans were aware that tending to the land didn't mean growing acres of monocultures, but rather doing all they could to increase the yields on their food crops, which often involved symbiotic relationships between different species. More and more, american environmental activists recognize the positive impact that human influence had on local ecosystem before the 16th century. I suppose youre playing devil's advocate, but I'm not sure for whom. I appreciate your content, it is one of the best channels I found when I got into mushroom foraging, but I think you missed the mark with this one. It sounds like you're conflating thought out and conscious human influence on ecosystems, with the careless and aimless introduction of non-native invasive species.
Adam…beautiful..you are the essence of great concioussness to the land, and why you can so rationally and brilliantly speak of it, and to it…what a great human you are ‘traveling’ on on land…This video was GREAT in so many hundreds of ways..Thank you (hugs)
YES ADAM, BRILLIANTLY DONE!!!! Taking it a step you alluded to, we non-indigenous folks should be identified as very, very invasive and destructive, yet we loose that perspective regularly and the insights it could bring. The discussion is complicated and fraught with emotions. This piece is very thought provoking. Thank you.
@@michelem9341 Well, yes... maybe... Their origin myths disagree with that view. And at any rate, the origin of Native Americans is so obscured by the mists of time, almost geologic time, that their presence here is pretty much equivalent to the native ecosystems of the Americas. Most of what we see in the upper midwest, for example, has evolved in the last 10-12,000 years since the end of the last glaciation. And even then it was a fluid situation, as it continues to be. Dates for the presence of humans in the New World are continually being pushed back into the far, far past.
Well said Adam and a well written newsletter that led me to this video. Great perspectives on native and non native. We that travel the world are considered native to the area in which we were born. Even tribal people all over the world didn’t just spring up out of the land but, they all got there due to travel. Great perspective and thank you for it. I recently suggested you to another one of your neighbors with a TH-cam channel there in Pennsylvania Fred Dunn from The Way to Bee. I thought that you would be good together.
i have a funny feeling that Adam may not agree with beekeeping; we take away their honey, even their propolis. What do we feed them after we take away their food? Best thing would be honey, but mostly it's honey bee tea or even the poison we call sugar... 🌳🕊💚
Thank you Adam you are always, Ey love all the love you put into every video. Truly it’s a blessing to hear mama/father earth through your voice expressing your passion for your home “EARTH”🌱Ey love you my treehearted 💚🌳brother keep earthing🌱
Great video! "We have to be willing to question our beliefs, also practice what we preach" the world will be a much better place if majority of us could do that
Great perspective and thanks for sharing your thoughts. Most of us unfortunately are not even self aware of who they are much less conscious about the land.
Adam, I'm always surprised at how wise you are! You're a beautiful light worker, even if you don't know it. Thank you for all you do. I truly appreciate you.😁💙☮️👽😎
This video could have been titled "Addressing Contradictions In Our Worldview" Not only does this point out and address cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy in the arena of the native habitat/ invasive species positions that many (including myself) have held, but it also touches on a very important method of rethinking what we believe from a much broader perspective. This kind of ideological evolution can (and oftentimes does) lead to understanding with a much more open minded view and can ultimately lead to discovering greater truths and turning friends into enemies, because people become emotionally invested into their worldview and will not be convinced otherwise, come hell or high water
Adam, I agree with your thoughts which give us much to ponder on the Non-Native species topic. Thank you for another excellent and thought provoking video. Cheers.
GREAT VIDEO! I have always been a fan of your educational videos, and had great respect for you, and it increased even more so with this video. The simple notion of judging situations through rational thought instead of emotions is an ever increasing rare occurance, unfortunately. Keep it up and stay strong, brother of the woods.
Thank you, thank you, thank you ! I can't possibly tell you how strongly I have felt same way you do about the disconnect many people have on this topic.
Adam, I just want to tell you that you are the best! I really enjoy all of your videos! I am learning so much from you sharing your knowledge. Please don’t stop doing these videos anytime soon, because you are simply amazing! I really admire you, and all of your knowledge. I just want to say thank you.
Love this Adam! Way to drop the mic! Agree with you on this 100% your a beautiful soul! Love your content and have learned so so much from you. THANK YOU ❤️
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Very well stated. Finally, Common sense is brought into this topic of conversation. ( I saw a lantern fly the other day and did not have the heart to squash it for the very reasons you explain in this video. I thought I was alone in feeling this way). We truly do ignore the root problems and only treat the symptoms. I hope the change will happen that is needed
Good video all around, Adam. What I would like to point out is that you failed to mention what is considered by most wildlife scientists I know to be the biggest factor, and that is foliar consumption by insects. If you are out in any given location, you will notice, and this has been studied, (look at the work by Doug Tallamy at the University of Delaware), that the leaves of invasive plants are far less often shown to be eaten by the insects. This means the insects have to go elsewhere for food or just will not be able to survive and reproduce. Insects are a fundamental aspect of our ecosystems, and without them we are witnessing a trophic cascade.
Adam, you are wonderful. I’ve been following your videos for so long, and I’ve learned so much about my land and have changed core thought processes based on your exploratory way of understanding the world around you. This video has once again changed how I think. Thanks for that.
I like you, Haritan. I like the way you look at the broader picture. I like that you don't take the short and easy road, that you are more far-sighted than most and that you continue to learn and to teach. I'm always happy to see a new posting from you.
Good message, Adam. It gives people on both sides of the fence something to think about; not the least of which is to consider doing away with the fence altogether.
Personally, I would indeed squash Amazon like a bug if it was in my power to do so. Theoretically, it's in my power to get my wife to give up her Amazon account and stop buying things from them, but I have been unable to convince her. I guess you could say that Amazon has become an endemic species to virtually the entire world, at great cost to local economic systems and institutions (the same applies to Walmart, "dollar" stores, banking conglomerates and so on). The similarity between Amazon (and other global/corporate invasive entities), and invasive plants and animals, is that at one point in time humans had *a choice* as to whether or not we allowed or brought them into our own local biosphere/eco(nomic)sphere. Once the invasive species, be it corporate, political or biological, gets a foothold in an area that has been modified or developed by humans in a way that promotes the invading organism's growth, it becomes virtually impossible to eradicate them merely by pulling them up by the roots or squashing them like a bug.
Yep. Amazon is just a leg of the invasive bug we are dealing with there. A leg of a puppet controlled by the ultra elite depopulation loving rulers. God bless!
@Null , I tried to get my wife to give up Facebook and Twitter as well, but to no avail. I try to tell people that you cannot change the paradigm of the world by using the tool that was constructed by unscrupulous people specifically to control it by monetizing our likes and dislikes, to their advantage and our disadvantage. I've got issues with Google, who own TH-cam, as well, but I ignore all the ads that they throw at me and I try not to give them too much information with which to try and monetize me. I also use a non- trackable browser instead of Google for most of my Internet searches. Perhaps one of the points I was attempting to get at in my previous post is that as individuals we need to develop a better immune system with which to ward off manipulation and control, or at least to recognize attempts by others to adapt our sociopolitical and environmental landscape to their advantage, so that we can make a decision as to whether or not and to what degree we join in, reject it, or fight against it. Resistance should not be futile, and we should insist on having a choice as to whether or not to assimilate.
I don't know a lot about plants or bugs, and I'm always happy to see them. I genuinely love Russian olive blooms and Japanese beetles. I know they're not "supposed" to be here, but they're so pretty.
Another great video with thought provoking questions. I appreciate you taking your time to share your thoughts on this and so many issues! Yes to squashing amazon!
My husband and I live on 75 acres adjacent to many thousands of acres of national forest. We consider ourselves stewards of the land rather than "owners" and as such we try very hard to keep the landscape in balance and to have a small personal footprint. We have carefully managed our glades to control the aggressive (native) Juniperus virginiana in order to allow native grasses and flowers to come back--which, of course, encourages native fauna as well. Species diversity among natives has always been our goal. When we first moved here 30 years ago we assiduously dug out dandelions, plantain, lespedeza, etc. in our quest to eradicate anything non-native. Then one day, like a light going on in our heads, we realized how beautiful and truly wonderful dandelions were; how healthful plantain was, how much quail enjoyed lespedeza seeds, and it gave us pause. We began to notice how many of the "invasive species" were actually benefiting the native pollinators and providing herbage, fruits and seeds for deer and other wildlife. We began to ask ourselves "how is this bad?" Sometimes, in the case of truly aggressive invasives like kudzu, the answer was obvious and it was definitely NOT good. In other cases, the answer could only be found by study and much contemplation ... with our own devils and angels perched on our shoulders whispering the pros and cons as we tried to think things through. What it has ultimately come down to for us is a test involving two things. The first is a question of balance--does the organism benefit more than it harms, and does it maintain an ecologically neutral or relatively small footprint. The second thing has come to us more recently, and is a direct result of climate change. We see the world changing (getting increasingly hotter, involving more extreme weather patterns with droughts and floods in unlikely places, and so on) and we ask ourselves ... "which of these life-giving organisms is likely to still survive in 10 years or 50 or 100 years? Should we be removing something from the environment if it is the most fit to survive the destruction we are causing to Mother Earth? Shouldn't we, instead, be encouraging anything that CAN grow TO grow and thrive? In a few years (geologically speaking) we may be faced with a desert planet. Too late, people may wake up and then every living thing will be precious to everyone. These invasive species may be the sole survivors of the planet's once bountiful flora and fauna. The very toughness that allows them to claim new space may be the features of the future that let them live when we have killed everything else. So now, we have adopted a policy of live and let live. We monitor for overly aggressive species and take measures to control rampant overgrowth, but we no longer strive to eradicate. Balance is the key word. BALANCE in all things--the Golden Mean.
I don't understand the reference to lespedeza. All the lespedeza species I know are native to Minnesota anyway. Perhaps you're referring to a species. I'm referring to the genus lespedeza.
@@robertmcmanus636 You are correct, I was referring to a species considered invasive and given "noxious weed" status in several states--mine (Missouri) among them. The species I mean is Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata).
This is beautiful, Adam. I have been surprised to find native plant and/or invasive eradication communities full of toxicity and ignorance, and I think you're put your finger on the heart of why. These are complex questions, and I think a lot of the people in the native plant space (but certainly not all) don't have the necessary relationship with the natural world to see the problem of invasive species holistically. For example, I've heard people vilify Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) without realizing it's the same species as the common carrot, or that nearly all the vegetables we eat in North America are non-natives. I've heard cries of "save the bees!" next to "destroy non-natives!" not realizing that the honeybee, Apis mellifera, is not a native species, and that the things that are helpful to honeybees may not be helpful to bumblebees or halictid bees or any of the beautiful variety of native bees of North America. I very much agree re: habitat, too, and it breaks my heart whenever I see ground being broken for a new housing development, knowing it will soon turn into a thicket of multiflora rose and bittersweet. But OTOH, there's an estimated shortage of 6 million houses in the U.S.! I want forests, but also want people to have affordable places to live. Can we reconcile this? Or is it a matter of holding the contradictions in our head?
Love this content. Thank you...This video is about growing awareness and how fragile our ecosystem is. Each organism depends and interconnected with each other.
Really I think this is one of the most important conversations we need to have when we talk about being stewards of our ecosystem...I think we should have a meeting to make community to have this conversation.
Excellent. I try to recognize the miracle of life now, in this space and time, regardless of all the wrongs. Millions of years of chance events brought us to here. How can we not be heartfully amazed and feel love to all those alive in this moment?
Yes! I share exactly the same perspectives, thoughts, ideas, and values that you illustrated in this video. You did an excellent job of illustrating those thoughts, ideas, opinions and perspectives. I completely agree with everything you stated here! And yes, it is true. The natives that were here before us Europeans inhabited this land were excellent stewards of the land and they managed it to near perfection. Hopefully we can get back to some assemblance of that in the future. Between permaculture regenerative egg education and many other pieces over time, maybe we can fix at least some of this ecosystem. Thanks so much!
Adam this is a brilliant and you have put words to important thoughts. It is time for humanity to realize it is part of the land and we have responsiblities. ❤
Awesome video as usual. To one of your last points about the impact of the native peoples on this land, I am reading a great book that is showing me that. "Tending the Wild" by M. Kat Anderson. It focuses on California but is like a trip back in time.
I wasn’t so sure about your travel analogy and i might’ve been happier to hear more on the topic of the impacts of invasives on biodiversity but I guess there’s plenty of doom and gloom content in the topic. I personally don’t patronize Amazon and prioritize indi shops but hasn’t drawn such a close parallel between the natural and retail ecosystems before you did. Your presentation was very thoughtful and informative as always! Thanks so much for the wholesome and informative content you create!!!
May your comments reside in the hearts and minds of all the people of this land. I fear my age will not allow me to continue to do the work that you were speaking of as I have tried to all my life. At 76 I live in the woods and a 12x16 cabin trying to be a part of the land rather than make the land a part of me. Strength and long life be yours forever.
"trying to be a part of the land rather than make the land a part of me "...Beautiful
Praising GOD HEAVENLY FATHER for the land embracing every breath of air , giving thanks we still have some places to maybe not breathing toxins comical or drinking & bathen waters, foods , ect.. After all Heavenly Father has created man from dust/ dirt , Mother Earth . thank you Adam for sharing
Fear doesn't come from age , I DECREE AND DECLARE you shall live a full healthy complete life in the Mighty Name Of Jesus🙏
I renounce every spirit of fear. I command you to leave go in the Name of Jesus 🙏 I bind and cancel out every lying spirit in the name of Jesus. I command every plan trick tactics snare and strategy of satan again you to be canceled out destroyed. I ask now holy spirit FIRE burn disintegrate every evil spirits in Jesus name, you shall
not die a premature death , I DECREE AND DECLARE You Shall Continue To stand in full agreement and in full alignment with every word God has already written and has spoken about you and your own Destiny in the books of Heaven In JESUS name AMEN
Thank You for choosing to live consciously with nature.
I'm 67 and live in a 12 x 16 cabin, building a food forest around me. We continue as long as we can, doing what we can. I have a wild broth simmering on the stove right now, all picked from my yard this morning. Keep on keeping on.
This gets my award for video presentation of the year (perhaps even decade). To have the intelligence, wisdom, and courage to shine a bright light on our blatant hypocrisy in such a clear, balanced and logical form is priceless. The discouraging thing is I know Adam will get a lot of biased and emotional pushback, not based on facts but on prejudices (Dogma) which people don’t want to give up. Bravo Adam!
I'd like to second Alan Seaman's statement and contribute my award for presentation of the year and perhaps decade as well. Very well done Mr. Harrington. We are indeed sharing the virtue of your work. A voice of reason on behalf of humanity and our mother earth.
Your work is well needed especially in this information age. The lessons on natural history, food and medicine are award winning quality and this latest presentation is a crowning achievement along the way.
I agree with you absolutely. I think a word Adam could have used was "personalism", The Native Americans had a "personal" relationship with the land, they worked with it in a mutually supportive way and not as an object for exploitation. As a civilization we think we are evolving, actually we are devolving, it is only our manipulatipn of technology that prevents us from seeing how badly off we really are.
I wish I could've said like you did. Thank you.
Very well said!
@@yasodamensah2723 Devolving sums up realities truth.
Thanks for this, Adam. As a conservation professional in Northern Ohio, these are topics we face, discuss, make decisions about on a daily basis. I need to watch this a few more times to get the full message. That being said, I appreciate the thoughtfulness that you put into your videos.
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@@lukecarroll19 Yep. Whatchu got?
I don't usually make it through an entire video , this is the best video you made yet. Great job , this needs to be said. Thank you
Thank you, Adam, for offering this refreshing perspective: much to consider and to challenge our mindsets.
Exactly. And we all love the mention @ 5:31 is fact. Supporting that horrible company hurts the environment, just look at those nasty large warehouses and fleets of filthy trucks on the roads. Shop small biz.
Something that isn't mentioned in this video is biodiversity. Many non-native and even invasive species can be a decent food source for insects, but many species need specific native plants as larval hosts. Here in Niagara we have seen a massive decline in biodiversity in wild spaces in part because of the success of invasive species.
Really great video. Very thought provoking. Thanks.
Why those "invasive" species had success? Those new species are not the reason of the problem but a part of the solution. A proof of a change in ecosystem. The new "invasive" plants set in because the "native ones" can no longer live or adapt to new geo-ecosystem. It might be caused by some geological or physical processes we do not understand today...
@@jardinardennais4355 although I understand what you are saying and it's a nice idea, I completely disagree. I understand the stance of let nature be nature, it's always in flux and things change and that's not necessarily a bad thing (and yes, some new plants can be a good addition to an area, very true). The problem with that mentality is that it leaves out a really critical part of the equation... The fact that humans have been impacting nature in harmful ways for a long time. We are only now starting to try to combat climate change and it's a real fight because we let these harmful acts go unchecked for way too long. Many of the invasive species have not only been brought over planted but are being widely cultivated by humans. And I have already discussed the biodiversity issue. So I get where you are coming from and I respect your point and view... But I can't buy it for a second... Especially because we are already seeing clear issues right here in my own area.
Agreeing, you're both in agreement.
@@jeffpaul7420 what about species cultivated by insects and such?
I agree, the point you made about niche organisms and their even more niche associates that depend upon them is the biggest reason why I believe nativism should not be discarded entirely.
Dude I just want to go camping with you! Love your videos and love the mindset. You're right, in their own minds they don't need it, so much false security. The idea that dirt and rocks are gross and the woods are scary is one of the greatest travesties of human history, a mindset produced by greed that will continue to morph our planet into something it has never been before.
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Greed has little to do with it. Apathy, sloth, complacency, incuriousness and fear of the unknown is why people don't get into the woods.
@@emcee6152 I’ll have to disagree with you there, all the conditions you named are a result of lifelong programming via a system created and maintained by greed. Books, tv, movies, marketing of any kind, have conditioned you to go to the grocery store to buy that lettuce, just like it conditioned your parents. You might get hurt in the woods! Or run into a bear! Apathy, sloth, incuriousness, fear are byproducts of the training, complacency is just a human trait. Greed doesn’t just apply to the pharma side as you referenced in your other comment. You were created to be the battery that runs the system, not just in one facet but all facets of the system.
Agreed hanging with Adam would be awesome lol
I'm Russian. Only here in America I found out that people are scared of woods, mushrooms, nature.. This guy is doing such a great job of changing this approach! Forest is your friend!! Wild mushrooms and berries are the best food ever, making you healthy and strong (just learn how to identify them!) And let nature to do it's work! Don't confront it! This is not our job.
Always love your perspective, thoughts and research you put into your work. Appreciate you!
Totally Totally agree with you. (Not sure about those blue jays at the beginning of your video. 🙂) Even here in rural America I'm amazed at how people are so oblivious to what the land does for us and how we need the land. I am dismayed when I see cities continue to sprawl and you see all the abandoned properties such as shopping centers, etc. whose land could be reused, but instead we just clear/destroy more "new" land. This nation needs a "Learn Your Land" agency with you at its head. Thanks so much for your thoughts and wisdom.
In my opinion definitely one of your best videos ever. Thank you Adam
Such a great video! I was struck by your question of whether each one of us feels they need the land and the living landscape; and how clearly it shows, like a perfect mirror, that most do not feel this need on a day-to-day level -- to our detriment. Thanks.
This video needs to be seen and heard by everyone. You are, among many things, an astute and sentient philosopher. Thank you!
Wow, Adam, Thank you! This is one of your best videos. To answer your question . . . Yes, I do need the land. Not only for food and medicinals, but for grounding (no pun intended). A walk through nature, or even driving and appreciating the Earth's gift of beauty is soul fulfilling.
We love you Adam. Keep making the world a better place. Namaste 🖤
I always love your videos and appreciate when you question norms. My farmstead is located in a semi-arid part of the United States. I see the effects of climate change everyday. I worked in the invasive species arena as a documentary filmmaker for many years and saw the destruction wrought by hatred of plants and trees. It really does all come down to money on both sides of the debate.
Well said. I hope people will be open enough to consider this.
Bravo once again Adam. You moved me to tears with this one. This is so important.
I really appreciate your perspective and obvious love for the ecosystems we share across the world. Thank you for being you!
Hey Adam... glad to have met you several times years ago at Whole Foods. 🌿😍.
Living by natural law! Doing no unnecessary harm to another being. Easy... simplicity.....most will never have this conversation with themselves, let alone with others (because of the so called "norm"). I've seen this for nearly 15 years now. Humans try and control everything. Nature heals itself. Always has, always will. I'm a voice of living vegan for nearly 15 years also.
Living consciously! Heart knowing awareness... true beauty🌿. May all beings live free and be loved and respected... Much love to ALL❣ GRATITUDE 🤗
You are absolutely, positively spot on with your analysis! Thank you for saying this out loud -- something that millions do not want to hear, let alone discuss.
Adam is getting into topics of philosophy, economics, sociology, and others while discussing ecological topics. To have such breadth of understand the man must possess wisdom. It is for this reason I hope that many years from now when he is gone he will be recognized not just as a biologist but as a leader and a philosopher.
Thank you Adam for sharing not only your thoughts and perspectives of the land , but thank you for sharing your videos with us. 🇺🇸
Just - wow! You are a brave and bright soul. You speak truth and wisdom and open people's minds to new perspectives. All of these things - and more - needed to be said at this time. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Nothing I’ve seen in many years makes me think more deeply about myself and my surroundings than your videos Adam. Thank you very much. 👍👍👌
Well said, Adam. I appreciate the attempt to articulate a nuanced position even if it's still a work in progress. This will contribute to the conversation!
thanks Adam! I wish more people would think like you do, it would improve soooo many things!
Keep making these videos Adam…very much appreciated. Definitely needed to be said 👍🏼
A very thoughtful, yet poignant commentary. You certainly made me reconsider some things. Very grateful for your work and obvious passion for the living. Truly salt of the earth.
Adam is the salt >> and all the gems rolled into one!!
Thank you for bringing this subject to light! We need to talk about subjects like this a lot more. One love 💚
Thank you Adam I always look forward to your videos always so jam-packed full of education that one can use in everyday life. Till next time, God bless
Such important questions and observations, Adam. Thank you for putting them out there.
This is a wonderful video and a catalyst for some powerful thoughts. Thank you, Adam.
Very wise of you sir, you've said a lot of things I thought about for years without the proper words to convey and you've opened my eyes on some other things too.
Dear Adam! Thank you so much for everything you are doing! You are so right about it! Let the nature do it's work!
The struggle continues 😢 and very grateful to everyone participating with you who keep focus, perspective, knowledge and wisdom rolling on with Hope!
God bless!
very refreshing to hear. I've had a lot of these thoughts and it is often times alienating when talking with others that bring up the "dreaded" invasives. Thanks for making me feel less alone.
"The land is a mirror." So true. Just as we are a mirror of our environment. Thanks for this video.
Amen brilliant soul! You are amazing! Thank you for speaking the much needed truth! 🍁🍂🦋🪳🐛🌳
What a brilliant exposition of this topic. Very introspective and important for considering our place in this grand creation. Love the analogy from little love story from Solomon. Keep up the fight to educate us hard heads. We will eventually get it!
Thank you Adam for being willing to share this important viewpoint.
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So glad to see another video your channel means alot to me I really appreciate you I wouldn't know the things I know or be inspired in the way that I am to be a mycologist if it weren't from you Adam
Mind blowing!
You have tied so many topics of discussion into one broader and more encompassing perspective.
Thank you.
Fully agree. One only needs to ask "how did it get here in the first place?". When it comes to planting flowers and trees, I do my best to only include native species, but I'm also fully aware that we are the reason these plants and animals make their ways around the world.
Rock on, Adam. You blew me away with this one. These are thoughts I have been trying to articulate for a long time and then, Bam!, you concisely knocked it out of the park. Thank you.
Bravo!! So thoughtful and articulate. For me, this is a call to action to stop, consider and change my behaviors. Thank you for the better informed perspective!
This made me laugh, made me think, made me agree. Thank goodness for people like you out here in the information space.
This is one of the top ten of your videos, if not the top! Great to hear a conversation about this, especially to point out that there has been human management for many more years than most people consider and to the broader point of just what is a "native"?
Once again you've succeeded at delivering a very thought provoking video! Thanks so much, Adam!
For quite a while now, every time there is a Japanese Beetle in the yard I say live another day. You didn't ask to be here. Interesting and informative as always. Thanks, Adam.
Thank you so much for this thought provoking video. As usual, it was really well made!
Wow, the aspects you highlight resonate on so many levels. I couldn't agree more. Thank you! Many varieties of flora that is generally considered NATIVE now was once NON-NATIVE.
Thank you again, Adam.
This talk has made me feel diffrent about what it is to be invasive and native.
Hugs.
3:00 maybe this is only true of certain social circles, but I've never seen any environmentalist advocate in favour of large, single family settlements. The only kind of single family dwelling I've seen environmentalists encourage, are homesteads, and that's in an effort to become shepherds of the land they own and bringing back diverse and resilient ecosystems.
4:40 again, at the cost of sounding all 'no true scotsman', most if not all engaged environmental activists firmly advocate against our current economic model and the global trade it involves. And when they do consume products requiring global trade, like coffee, they try to access those products in ways that aren't exploitative of their producers in developing nations and try to minimise their impact on the local fauna and flora.
6:30 the issue isn't with the nutritional value of specific invasive plants. the issue is with the lack of diversity caused by the take over of invasive plants. Invasive plants (not all non-native plants are invasive, mind you), by definition, squash out all competition and take over whole ecosystems. That leads to biodeversity loss, which includes loss of keystone species as well as species for which certain animals have developed a niche, and without which they can not survive. Invasive plants might very well be nutritious, but local fauna haven't evolved to consume them, and they wont be able to transition to a different food source overnight.
8:40 it was touched, in an attempt to increase resiliency, which generally comes hand in hand with increased biodeversity. Native americans were aware that tending to the land didn't mean growing acres of monocultures, but rather doing all they could to increase the yields on their food crops, which often involved symbiotic relationships between different species. More and more, american environmental activists recognize the positive impact that human influence had on local ecosystem before the 16th century.
I suppose youre playing devil's advocate, but I'm not sure for whom. I appreciate your content, it is one of the best channels I found when I got into mushroom foraging, but I think you missed the mark with this one. It sounds like you're conflating thought out and conscious human influence on ecosystems, with the careless and aimless introduction of non-native invasive species.
Adam…beautiful..you are the essence of great concioussness to the land, and why you can so rationally and brilliantly speak of it, and to it…what a great human you are ‘traveling’ on on land…This video was GREAT in so many hundreds of ways..Thank you (hugs)
YES ADAM, BRILLIANTLY DONE!!!! Taking it a step you alluded to, we non-indigenous folks should be identified as very, very invasive and destructive, yet we loose that perspective regularly and the insights it could bring. The discussion is complicated and fraught with emotions. This piece is very thought provoking. Thank you.
Yes. But the “indigenous” people were at one time not of this land. Let’s take it to the farthest perspective.
@@michelem9341 Well, yes... maybe... Their origin myths disagree with that view. And at any rate, the origin of Native Americans is so obscured by the mists of time, almost geologic time, that their presence here is pretty much equivalent to the native ecosystems of the Americas. Most of what we see in the upper midwest, for example, has evolved in the last 10-12,000 years since the end of the last glaciation. And even then it was a fluid situation, as it continues to be. Dates for the presence of humans in the New World are continually being pushed back into the far, far past.
Yeah, cause the natives were totally non destructive 😂
@@AlphaQHard Such a nuanced view.
@@michelem9341 the "indigenous" folks touched the land in a véry different way than "we" did - and do, with destruction and a barge pole...
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Thank you Adam for this very thought provoking video. Love your videos.
Well said Adam and a well written newsletter that led me to this video. Great perspectives on native and non native. We that travel the world are considered native to the area in which we were born. Even tribal people all over the world didn’t just spring up out of the land but, they all got there due to travel. Great perspective and thank you for it. I recently suggested you to another one of your neighbors with a TH-cam channel there in Pennsylvania Fred Dunn from The Way to Bee. I thought that you would be good together.
i have a funny feeling that Adam may not agree with beekeeping; we take away their honey, even their propolis. What do we feed them after we take away their food? Best thing would be honey, but mostly it's honey bee tea or even the poison we call sugar...
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That’s true but, I don’t expect everyone to have my same opinion. We really are all very different
Thank you Adam you are always, Ey love all the love you put into every video. Truly it’s a blessing to hear mama/father earth through your voice expressing your passion for your home “EARTH”🌱Ey love you my treehearted 💚🌳brother keep earthing🌱
Great video! "We have to be willing to question our beliefs, also practice what we preach" the world will be a much better place if majority of us could do that
This is the kind of philosophy that brings the universe together. Thank you!
You are SPOT ON ....lots of truth in your message. Keep it up. Most cannot think like this. I agree totally!!!!
I love your attitude! Please keep shedding light and spreading knowledge.
100% On Point. One of the many reasons I love your channel. Keep doing the Good Work.
Great perspective and thanks for sharing your thoughts. Most of us unfortunately are not even self aware of who they are much less conscious about the land.
You are a breath of fresh air!
Thank you! I try opening peoples eyes on topics like this daily. Love your content!
Adam, I'm always surprised at how wise you are! You're a beautiful light worker, even if you don't know it. Thank you for all you do. I truly appreciate you.😁💙☮️👽😎
This video could have been titled "Addressing Contradictions In Our Worldview" Not only does this point out and address cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy in the arena of the native habitat/ invasive species positions that many (including myself) have held, but it also touches on a very important method of rethinking what we believe from a much broader perspective. This kind of ideological evolution can (and oftentimes does) lead to understanding with a much more open minded view and can ultimately lead to discovering greater truths and turning friends into enemies, because people become emotionally invested into their worldview and will not be convinced otherwise, come hell or high water
Adam, I agree with your thoughts which give us much to ponder on the Non-Native species topic. Thank you for another excellent and thought provoking video. Cheers.
Absolutely brilliant. Keep up the good work
GREAT VIDEO! I have always been a fan of your educational videos, and had great respect for you, and it increased even more so with this video.
The simple notion of judging situations through rational thought instead of emotions is an ever increasing rare occurance, unfortunately.
Keep it up and stay strong, brother of the woods.
Thank you, thank you, thank you ! I can't possibly tell you how strongly I have felt same way you do about the disconnect many people have on this topic.
Adam, I just want to tell you that you are the best! I really enjoy all of your videos! I am learning so much from you sharing your knowledge. Please don’t stop doing these videos anytime soon, because you are simply amazing! I really admire you, and all of your knowledge. I just want to say thank you.
Love this Adam! Way to drop the mic! Agree with you on this 100% your a beautiful soul! Love your content and have learned so so much from you. THANK YOU ❤️
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Very well stated. Finally, Common sense is brought into this topic of conversation. ( I saw a lantern fly the other day and did not have the heart to squash it for the very reasons you explain in this video. I thought I was alone in feeling this way). We truly do ignore the root problems and only treat the symptoms. I hope the change will happen that is needed
Good video all around, Adam. What I would like to point out is that you failed to mention what is considered by most wildlife scientists I know to be the biggest factor, and that is foliar consumption by insects. If you are out in any given location, you will notice, and this has been studied, (look at the work by Doug Tallamy at the University of Delaware), that the leaves of invasive plants are far less often shown to be eaten by the insects. This means the insects have to go elsewhere for food or just will not be able to survive and reproduce. Insects are a fundamental aspect of our ecosystems, and without them we are witnessing a trophic cascade.
Adam, you are wonderful. I’ve been following your videos for so long, and I’ve learned so much about my land and have changed core thought processes based on your exploratory way of understanding the world around you. This video has once again changed how I think. Thanks for that.
I like you, Haritan. I like the way you look at the broader picture. I like that you don't take the short and easy road, that you are more far-sighted than most and that you continue to learn and to teach. I'm always happy to see a new posting from you.
Good message, Adam. It gives people on both sides of the fence something to think about; not the least of which is to consider doing away with the fence altogether.
Excellent submission today, even better than the already outstanding quality of your work. Much, food for thought, for all of us.
Personally, I would indeed squash Amazon like a bug if it was in my power to do so. Theoretically, it's in my power to get my wife to give up her Amazon account and stop buying things from them, but I have been unable to convince her. I guess you could say that Amazon has become an endemic species to virtually the entire world, at great cost to local economic systems and institutions (the same applies to Walmart, "dollar" stores, banking conglomerates and so on). The similarity between Amazon (and other global/corporate invasive entities), and invasive plants and animals, is that at one point in time humans had *a choice* as to whether or not we allowed or brought them into our own local biosphere/eco(nomic)sphere. Once the invasive species, be it corporate, political or biological, gets a foothold in an area that has been modified or developed by humans in a way that promotes the invading organism's growth, it becomes virtually impossible to eradicate them merely by pulling them up by the roots or squashing them like a bug.
Yep. Amazon is just a leg of the invasive bug we are dealing with there. A leg of a puppet controlled by the ultra elite depopulation loving rulers. God bless!
@Null , I tried to get my wife to give up Facebook and Twitter as well, but to no avail. I try to tell people that you cannot change the paradigm of the world by using the tool that was constructed by unscrupulous people specifically to control it by monetizing our likes and dislikes, to their advantage and our disadvantage. I've got issues with Google, who own TH-cam, as well, but I ignore all the ads that they throw at me and I try not to give them too much information with which to try and monetize me. I also use a non- trackable browser instead of Google for most of my Internet searches. Perhaps one of the points I was attempting to get at in my previous post is that as individuals we need to develop a better immune system with which to ward off manipulation and control, or at least to recognize attempts by others to adapt our sociopolitical and environmental landscape to their advantage, so that we can make a decision as to whether or not and to what degree we join in, reject it, or fight against it. Resistance should not be futile, and we should insist on having a choice as to whether or not to assimilate.
Very well written. I completely agree with you and am thankful that you were able to put the issue into words I was struggling to find.
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@@goodun2974 yeah I use the Brave Browser yet am still on fakebook and the boobtube hopefully brining some to the conditions of our world stage 😂😹🍿💕💯
I don't know a lot about plants or bugs, and I'm always happy to see them. I genuinely love Russian olive blooms and Japanese beetles. I know they're not "supposed" to be here, but they're so pretty.
Bravo! Thank you Adam, everyone needs to hear/watch this
Another great video with thought provoking questions. I appreciate you taking your time to share your thoughts on this and so many issues! Yes to squashing amazon!
My husband and I live on 75 acres adjacent to many thousands of acres of national forest. We consider ourselves stewards of the land rather than "owners" and as such we try very hard to keep the landscape in balance and to have a small personal footprint. We have carefully managed our glades to control the aggressive (native) Juniperus virginiana in order to allow native grasses and flowers to come back--which, of course, encourages native fauna as well. Species diversity among natives has always been our goal. When we first moved here 30 years ago we assiduously dug out dandelions, plantain, lespedeza, etc. in our quest to eradicate anything non-native. Then one day, like a light going on in our heads, we realized how beautiful and truly wonderful dandelions were; how healthful plantain was, how much quail enjoyed lespedeza seeds, and it gave us pause. We began to notice how many of the "invasive species" were actually benefiting the native pollinators and providing herbage, fruits and seeds for deer and other wildlife. We began to ask ourselves "how is this bad?" Sometimes, in the case of truly aggressive invasives like kudzu, the answer was obvious and it was definitely NOT good. In other cases, the answer could only be found by study and much contemplation ... with our own devils and angels perched on our shoulders whispering the pros and cons as we tried to think things through. What it has ultimately come down to for us is a test involving two things. The first is a question of balance--does the organism benefit more than it harms, and does it maintain an ecologically neutral or relatively small footprint. The second thing has come to us more recently, and is a direct result of climate change. We see the world changing (getting increasingly hotter, involving more extreme weather patterns with droughts and floods in unlikely places, and so on) and we ask ourselves ... "which of these life-giving organisms is likely to still survive in 10 years or 50 or 100 years? Should we be removing something from the environment if it is the most fit to survive the destruction we are causing to Mother Earth? Shouldn't we, instead, be encouraging anything that CAN grow TO grow and thrive? In a few years (geologically speaking) we may be faced with a desert planet. Too late, people may wake up and then every living thing will be precious to everyone. These invasive species may be the sole survivors of the planet's once bountiful flora and fauna. The very toughness that allows them to claim new space may be the features of the future that let them live when we have killed everything else. So now, we have adopted a policy of live and let live. We monitor for overly aggressive species and take measures to control rampant overgrowth, but we no longer strive to eradicate. Balance is the key word. BALANCE in all things--the Golden Mean.
I don't understand the reference to lespedeza. All the lespedeza species I know are native to Minnesota anyway. Perhaps you're referring to a species. I'm referring to the genus lespedeza.
@@robertmcmanus636 You are correct, I was referring to a species considered invasive and given "noxious weed" status in several states--mine (Missouri) among them. The species I mean is Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata).
This is beautiful, Adam. I have been surprised to find native plant and/or invasive eradication communities full of toxicity and ignorance, and I think you're put your finger on the heart of why. These are complex questions, and I think a lot of the people in the native plant space (but certainly not all) don't have the necessary relationship with the natural world to see the problem of invasive species holistically. For example, I've heard people vilify Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) without realizing it's the same species as the common carrot, or that nearly all the vegetables we eat in North America are non-natives. I've heard cries of "save the bees!" next to "destroy non-natives!" not realizing that the honeybee, Apis mellifera, is not a native species, and that the things that are helpful to honeybees may not be helpful to bumblebees or halictid bees or any of the beautiful variety of native bees of North America.
I very much agree re: habitat, too, and it breaks my heart whenever I see ground being broken for a new housing development, knowing it will soon turn into a thicket of multiflora rose and bittersweet. But OTOH, there's an estimated shortage of 6 million houses in the U.S.! I want forests, but also want people to have affordable places to live.
Can we reconcile this? Or is it a matter of holding the contradictions in our head?
Good perspective Adam! Agree that humanity needs to connect with nature & the land in order to be connected to itself. It's time!
Adam, this was excellent: the reasoning, the writing and deliverance, imagery, video editing. This could be a TED Talk!
Love this content. Thank you...This video is about growing awareness and how fragile our ecosystem is. Each organism depends and interconnected with each other.
Wise words with an excellent presentation.
Very good ethical argument! Thank you for this! You address the source if our problems
Really I think this is one of the most important conversations we need to have when we talk about being stewards of our ecosystem...I think we should have a meeting to make community to have this conversation.
Excellent.
I try to recognize the miracle of life now, in this space and time, regardless of all the wrongs. Millions of years of chance events brought us to here. How can we not be heartfully amazed and feel love to all those alive in this moment?
You are wise beyond your years my friend Long live Adam!
Yes! I share exactly the same perspectives, thoughts, ideas, and values that you illustrated in this video. You did an excellent job of illustrating those thoughts, ideas, opinions and perspectives. I completely agree with everything you stated here! And yes, it is true. The natives that were here before us Europeans inhabited this land were excellent stewards of the land and they managed it to near perfection. Hopefully we can get back to some assemblance of that in the future. Between permaculture regenerative egg education and many other pieces over time, maybe we can fix at least some of this ecosystem. Thanks so much!
Well said. Amazingly unique perspective. No wonder we like you, always making us think.
This was a very compelling video, much food for thought. Thank you 🙏
Adam this is a brilliant and you have put words to important thoughts. It is time for humanity to realize it is part of the land and we have responsiblities. ❤
Awesome video as usual. To one of your last points about the impact of the native peoples on this land, I am reading a great book that is showing me that. "Tending the Wild" by M. Kat Anderson. It focuses on California but is like a trip back in time.
I wish every politician had this attitude. You are spot on, and you spoke it perfectly.
I wasn’t so sure about your travel analogy and i might’ve been happier to hear more on the topic of the impacts of invasives on biodiversity but I guess there’s plenty of doom and gloom content in the topic. I personally don’t patronize Amazon and prioritize indi shops but hasn’t drawn such a close parallel between the natural and retail ecosystems before you did.
Your presentation was very thoughtful and informative as always! Thanks so much for the wholesome and informative content you create!!!