Culture and Coexistence into the Great Unknown
Yves Zehnder tells EcoJustice Radio how he ended up off-grid, off-road and offline in a quest to live simply as a homesteader with a far smaller than average footprint. He co-founded Sacred Sueños in 2004, a mountain regeneration project, close to Vilcabamba in the Andes mountains of southern Ecuador.
World-renowned soil biologist Dr. Elaine Ingham and her Soil Food Web Approach has successfully been implemented to restore ecological functions of soils on more than five million acres of farmland around the world. She joined us to share deep insights about how to ensure the continuance of life on this planet by turning to Nature and using biological vs. toxic, chemical approaches to heal and balance soil.
Didi Pershouse of Land & Leadership Initiative shares with EcoJustice Radio how Nature leads in restoring global soil health by creating a soil sponge, in collaboration with other plant, animal, and insect species and countless microorganisms.
By increasing biodiversity, integrating animals, organic regenerative farming creates healthy soil that keeps water and carbon in the ground. Check out this interview with Mollie Engelhart from Sow a Heart Farm on her journey from vegan chef to regenerative farmer.
We talk with Jim Gale to discuss his organization Food Forest Abundance, dedicated to food ecosystems for the individual and family through establishing yards and urban fields for growing agricultural provisions, to improve self-reliance and connection with the land.
Regardless of dire conditions, drought is not a fixed conclusion: it is a sign. A sign of imbalance in our relationships to soil and the water cycle.