Allan Savory - Solving The Riddle Of Why We Humans Destroy Our Own Habitat
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2023
- “My future is almost over. In 2 years I’ll be 90. I’m in the departure lounge. We’re in a DO Lecture. What are you going to do?”
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Allan Savory, born in Zimbabwe and educated in South Africa (the University of Natal, BS in Zoology and Botany) pursued an early career as a research biologist and game ranger in the British Colonial Service of what was then Northern Rhodesia (today Zambia) and later as a farmer and game rancher in Zimbabwe.
In the 1960s he made a significant breakthrough in understanding what was causing the degradation and desertification of the world’s grassland ecosystems and, as a resource management consultant, worked with numerous managers on four continents to develop regenerative solutions.
He served as a Member of Parliament in the latter days of Zimbabwe’s civil war and became the leader of the opposition to the ruling party headed by Ian Smith. Exiled in 1979 as a result of his opposition, he immigrated to the United States, where he continued to work with land managers through his consulting business. The growth of that business, a desire to assist many more people and the need for furthering his work led him to continue its development in the nonprofit world. In 1992 Savory and his wife, Jody Butterfield, formed a non-profit organisation in Zimbabwe, the Africa Centre for Holistic Management, donating a ranch that would serve as a learning site for people all over Africa. In 2009 Savory, Butterfield, and a group of colleagues co-founded the Savory Institute in Boulder, Colorado toserve the world through an international network of entrepreneurial innovators and leaders committed to serving their regions with the highest standards of Holistic Management training and implementation support. The Africa Centre became the first of the Savory Institute’s locally led and managed “hubs.”
Savory’s book, Holistic Management: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment, Third Edition (Island Press, 2016), describes his effort to find workable solutions ordinary people could implement to overcome many of the problems besetting communities and businesses today.
In 2003, Allan Savory received Australia’s International Banksia Award “for the person or organisation doing the most for the environment on a global scale,” and in 2010 Savory (and the Africa Centre) received the Buckminster Fuller Institute’s Challenge award for work that has “significant potential to solve humanity’s most pressing problems.” A TED talk Savory gave in 2013 has received over 7 million views and in 2014 was voted one of the 50 most intriguing TED talks of all time. In 2015 he received the Mary G. Enig Integrity in Science Award from The Weston A. Price Foundation.
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This man is my hero. He has dedicated his brilliant brain and caring heart to solving our biggest problem today. Let’s make sure we all take heed. And carry the torch to future generations
I so hope People start listening to this Man .
I am an ex city person (and ex vegan and health freak)
Found myself caring for a small cattle farm.
Went through nasty drought.
What he says is true.
This is from 6 months ago and has only 3.4k views. This man should be on MILLIONS of screens.
SUPER GOOD LECTURE -- FULL OF HISTORY
It's a pity that he makes it actually more complex again. Cause doesn't explain the grazing system that he proposes. Which is quite simple:
It's about many grazing animals in a small area for a short time (1 day). They graze intensively (so they eat even the not so palatable vegetation and trample the soil (hoof impact), and leave their urine and dung behind. Then move to the next area, etc.
The grazed areas should be given time to recover meaning most palatable vegetation be given a chance to produce seed and bush/tree seedlings to grow back.
I did this in Pakistan in the 90s where we organized herding systems. All animals from different owners together into one herd and herders taking care of the grazing. It actually worked and we had results within one year. However, very difficult to get everyone in one village (with common grazing area) to agree.
We are then talking about marginal brittle areas with a dry climate. Brittle degraded areas with wet climate (regular enough rainfall) e.g. cut forests will often grow back through conservation, but also here livestock can be a part of it.
As simple as that.
He only had 20 minutes. :) It takes a while to explain regenerative agriculture. There's a lot to it. But I find his explanation about how he discovered these ideas very interesting. I believe I heard him tell how in Africa he watched how herds of wild animals moved across the land and realized they never stayed in the same place long and didn't return to a place they had been for an even longer time. I think that was one of his early ah-ha moments.
I also find his thinking fascinating , not just the out there situation , but what is going on in the mind of humanity AND our institutions , as without that part of the interface , it doesn't matter what you can see , if you can't get it into the minds and hearts of others . I am totally amazed that a man like this not only exists , but did and is doing what he is . @@wendyscott8425
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I see the moving rivers of cattle ( ruminants ) as the land of milk and honey that is spoken of when exiting Egypt and Slavery . The rivers of milk and honey are the animals travelling over the land . By nature , they cluster together - this image is so beautiful to me now . Now , how to go about making it re generate , and allow the earth to re emerge . Praying daily .
Please, please, please…recruit a dedicated and highly skilled communicator to assist you in organizing your brilliant idea into digestible and a clear strategy for laypeople.
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Please don't bother to listen to this, the person has no logic, however well-meaning they are, they simply skid from one topic to another.
These principles are backed by scientific evidence. I’d suggest reading and learning more about this topic.
He has begged for anyone to disprove what he has uncovered. This is your chance! You seem to know a better way by reading your comment.
His ideas have been proven thousands of times in many countries. All opposition to these ideas is based on greed, pride and ego. This is our only opportunity to save the planet.
Precisely! Let’s hear your full, nuanced critique of his method, and then your offering of what you think would work better.
I think the rest of us have no logic, including me and you
The biggest problem with Savory us his rambling waffle followed closely by his complete disregard of commonly accepted facts established through good empirical evidence and analysis