Allying with Nature to Regenerate our Living Planet…
By Michael Pilarski, March 27, 2022Friends of the Trees Society, Global Earth Repair Foundation The current trend is for the world to have less paradises and more disasters. Here is a vision of the future where we reverse the trend and build more paradises and
Read moreSoil Biogeochemistry Lab @ UC Merced – Merced, CA USA Asmeret Asefaw Berhe is a soil and global-change scientist and educator passionate about all things related to the science and beauty of soils. Berhe was born and raised in Asmara, Eritrea in northeast Africa bordering
Read moreEnviroPro – Peru Landazuri is an Environmental Engineer implementing a project that restores degraded soils on the coast of Peru. Ricardo founded EnviroPro, a company that provides green tech solutions to the public and private sectors in Peru. The company develops customized tools that allow farmers to
Read moreUnderstanding Ag & The Soil Health Academy – Missouri, USA Ray Archuleta has had a long career in the world of agronomy and promoting healthy soils. Starting out with the NRCS (Natural Resource Conservation Services) to now serving as part of the Soil Health Academy
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Mariza Gardens – Bahian Sertao, Brazil Marsha is a Swiss-American with a postgraduate degree in Anthropology from the University of Florida. In 1991, she completed her first basic permaculture course certification in Hawaii, then in 1993 participated in the course of Bill Mollison and Scott
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Founder of Bionutrient Food Association – USA Internationally renowned as one of the leading proponents of “nutrient density,” Dan Kittredge has been an organic farmer for more than 30 years and is the founder and executive director of the Bionutrient Food Association (BFA), a non-profit
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“The Forest Man” of – Puyo, Ecuador Omar Tello is known locally as “The Forest Man,” who grew a piece of the Amazon rainforest. Ordained a ‘humble maverick’ at four-years-old, Tello grew up surrounded by nature. However, as adult life came upon him, the wild
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Dr. William Albert Albrecht (1888 – 1974) was not only a distinguished scientist and brilliant scholar; he was also a true visionary and committed humanitarian. He believed that animals, including humans, provide biochemical photographs of the soils in which their foods are grown. He was
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Robert Adrian de Jauralde Hart (1913-2000) was an English pioneer of forest gardening in temperate zones. He created a model forest garden from a 0.12 acre (500 m²) orchard on his farm. Hart began with a smallholding called Highwood Hill farm at Wenlock Edge. His
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Robert “Amigo Bob” Cantisano (1951-2020) is one of the most widely experienced and influential figures in California organic agriculture and is perhaps best known as the founding organizer of the annual Ecological Farming Conference, which is the largest sustainable- agriculture gathering in the Western United
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Polyface Farm – Virginia, USA Joel Salatin calls himself a “Christian Libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer.” Others who like him call him the most famous farmer in the world, the High Priest of the Pasture, and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson.
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Advancing Eco Agriculture – Ohio, USA John Kempf is an entrepreneur, speaker, podcast host and teacher in the field of biological and regenerative farming. He is passionate about the potential of well managed agriculture ecosystems to reverse ecological degradation. He founded Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA
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Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration – Niger, Africa Tony Rinuado is an Australian agronomist, who is widely known as the “forest maker.” Having lived and worked in African countries for several decades, he has discovered and put in practice a solution to the extreme deforestation and desertification
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John Jeavons is a leader in the field of Biointensive agriculture. He developed the small-scale, high-yielding, resource-conserving “GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-Farming” method—an approach that allows small farmers to increase yields, build fertile soil up to 60x faster than nature, and use 66% less water per
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Regenerative Resources – USA Neal Spackman is a Terraformer, an internationally recognized pioneer of hyper-arid agro-forestries. Neal is the director of the Al Baydha Project in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, where he and local Bedouin tribesmen designed and built an agroforestry system to convert deserts into
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Goran N’Diaye of Senegal is a pioneer and master of permaculture demonstrated by growing a lush oasis in the desert. He is the Director of the Kaydara agro-ecological farm located in Sine Saloum of Senegal. His story begins with finding water 4 meters below the
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Choitresh Kumar Ganguly (“Bablu”) is an organic farmer in India who has been involved in the field of rural development in India since the late 1970s, helping empower small holder farmers, agricultural labourers, Dalits (low caste) and other disadvantaged and marginalised communities, artisans, women, children
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Masonobu Fukuoka (1913 – 2008) was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified lands. He was a proponent of no-till, herbicide and pesticide free cultivation methods from which he created a particular method of agriculture, commonly referred to
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Elaine Ingham is an American microbiologist with a “user-friendly” approach. Elaine has knowledge on how to ensure a healthy foodweb to promote plant growth and reduce reliance on inorganic chemicals. While truly an academic, Elaine is also passionate about sharing her knowledge and research findings
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Gabe Brown is one of the pioneers of the current soil health movement which focuses on the regeneration of our resources. Gabe, along with his wife Shelly, and son Paul, own and operate Brown’s Ranch, a diversified 5,000 acre farm and ranch. The ranch consists
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Didi Pershouse is Founder and Lead Educator for Land & Leadership Initiative; Coordinator, Researcher and Writer for Seed Media Project; and is an author and soil sponge strategist. She is also the founder of the Center for Sustainable Medicine and developed a practice and theoretical
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Kristin Ohlson is a freelance journalist, author, essayist and fiction writer, almost no topic escapes her curiosity. Her articles have spanned many subjects, from zebrafish bioengineered to glow in the presence of pollutants, to abandoned coal mines that catch fire and burn for decades, to
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Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration – FMNR This is one of the most inspirational earth repair success stories of recent times. I recently read the book: TONY RINAUDO: THE FOREST MAKER. 2018. Johannes Dieterich, Editor. 151 pages. English edition.Rufer & Rub Sachbuchverlag, GmbH, Zurich. What a
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As an educator of Holistic Land Management, Precious Phiri specializes in reversing major environmental issues by teaching, training, establishing and mobilizing communities throughout the world. Especially in Zimbabwe, she is renowned for her work in building restorative farming programs, reversing desertification by restoring watersheds and
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Andrew Millison, of Oregon State University, has been providing permaculture knowledge to hundreds if not thousands of students over the years, through online classes and his YouTube channel. His work is inspiring in how he demonstrates the use of readily-available free-of-cost technology to map, plan
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WOW!! Here are two great videos about repairing the earth. 10 inspiring, success stories of re-greening the planet and 9 ways to do it. I have known Zach for ten years or so and have watched him build a successful permaculture career and become an
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Walter Jehne is a former CSIRO Climate Scientist and Microbiologist and the founder of Healthy Soils Australia. He specializes in the inter-relationships of soil microbiology and the process by which biomatter is converted to new healthy soil. Walter is internationally renowned for his work bringing
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With Michael Pilarski, Penny Livingston & guest teachers! October 4 – 13th, 2021 Skalitude Retreat CenterMethow Valley, Eastern Washington REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. THE COURSE IS FULL.Send us an an email to be added to our waiting list.Sales.friendsofthetrees(at)gmail.comIf you are interested in joining this course next
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There are several more installments to this series yet to come, but here we have the announcement of our intention to create a full set of instructional material. Thanks to John D. Liu and Michael Pilarski for this awesome collaboration; it will form the basis
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There is no doubt we are going through uncertain times, nonetheless there are many things we can do to secure our food supply and care for the Earth at the same time. What does permaculture have to offer us right now? Here are some pertinent
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Event Types (click one): Film Screenings | Workshops Also keep up to date with events by checking out our event lineup on our facebook page – like and follow for notifications when new stuff is coming up! Farming Film Festival! Woohoo! The 3rd annual North
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Copied from his profile page at the Organic Consumers Association: Ronnie is co-founder and International Director of the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) and its Mexico affiliate Via Organica. (OCA) is a non-profit, U.S. based network of two million consumers, dedicated to safeguarding organic standards and
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Rei has spent many years working to define consciousness and natural arming, having spent time as a Buddhist monk and also working for various government positions. 2018-present Sarm Society, Soil and Soul Inc. 2015-2018 Jadam Organic Farming 2013-2014 Buddhist monk 2006-2012 Foreign Ministry 2002-2004 Korean
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Business-Organization: Remineralize the Earth As the founder and Executive Director of RTE, Joanna Campe raises public awareness of the crucial role of soil remineralization with finely ground rock dust, sea minerals and other natural means to regenerate soils, forests and stabilize the climate. She promotes
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