Robert Burns’ TEDx Talk and His WWOOFing Experience at Zaytuna Farm
I came here the day after Christmas 2011. I knew about Geoff Lawton and Zaytuna Farm from my time in Hawaii on an organic, educational farm there where I had seen the DVDs on permaculture that Geoff had made. I wanted to see what permaculture was all about. I had had an introduction to it there and so I ventured out. In my TEDx talk I mention going on a journey and it led me here to this permaculture farm and it is a wonderful experience. This has mostly been due to the people I have met here, the students/interns and the food is incredible. I tell everybody I am here for the food and chef Ish and chef Tee do a fantastic job.
Everybody from Tim the farm manager, Byron the farm work director and Tracey in the office have been outstanding people and have made my stay here so enjoyable that I have stayed for 2 months. I have learned so much about gardening and farming.
Geoff’s wife Nadia has been fantastic. I have learned so much from her in two months about gardening and other skills from seed to table.
Geoff and Nadia have definitely created and implemented a beautiful earth ethic and my heart goes out to them. I can’t thank them enough for a wonderful, wonderful experience and I hope to come back next January to do the Internship. This has been a satisfying and enriching WWOOFing experience.
So hope you enjoy my TEDx talk and you get more involved in permaculture and create and develop your own earth ethic.
Aloha, Robert.
Many thanks Robert for your inspirational TED talk.
EPIC talk Bobby, hitting all the right notes, spine-chilling! It was an absolute pleasure and honour getting to know you over the past couple of weeks on Zaytuna, what a champ, I have no doubt that you’ll keep on inspiring others wherever you go! We shall meet again!
Well done Rob. It was awesome to meet you and spend some time at Zaytuna talking about the worms.. Keep up the good work and hope you do get back in Jan for your Internship.
You are absolutely incredible . Looking forward to read your book one day – honored to meet you Robert – love Grazyna
Best of luck on your quest Robert and hope you come back for the internship next year. It was great knowing you!
I loved your talk. Great job
Stellar talk. You are an inspiration and I look forward to bringing my class of teen animal activists to your farm next week. Aloha and mahalo, Bonnie