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Fighting climate change requires restoring ecosystems. Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison explains the process for repairing a degraded ecosystem. We begin with the metrics for assessing ecosystem health, and then go over the steps to triggering biological activity and ecological succession. Via @FaithSlayer202@Twitter.com
15. The farmers restoring Hawaii’s ancient food forests that once fed an island
2022-06-30
GristView In: PermacultureMaui is a hub for GMO research, but Indigenous farmers are trying to bring back the abundant and thriving landscapes of their ancestors.
They transformed a neglected piece of land into a thriving ecosystem of native and exotic trees where birds and insects live in abundance, and they harvest 70% of their food with little effort. Via @FaithSlayer202.
Now that the garden is mature, they have less work, donate more plants to others, and are contributing to the world by teaching others about the forest garden model. Now they are branching out to exchange food locally. In the long run the world needs to move from industrialization, to humans managing and being part of forests. Via @FaithSlayer202.
An excellent movie about how to run an environmentally sustainable farm. I learned so much from it.
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