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Geoff Lawton – Local Legendz

As soon as Geoff Lawton realized he was having "dreams of self-sufficiency and living in a harmonious way with natural systems," he started getting involved with permaculture. This was way before permaculture was the buzz word that it is today. Through his work, the movement has spread to like-minded individuals the world over.

In this video, we take a walk with him through the lands that started the sustainable growth movement while he explains pivotal moments in environmental history.

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4 Comments

  1. Nice piece. “Permaculture provides all the needs of humanity in a way that benefits the environment.” For me this is the essence that we need to communicate. All species do this. We know that scientifically. We are a species that evolved on this planet in conjunction with other species. We know that scientifically. Up until about 10,000 years ago, humanity, like all other species, provided for all our needs in a way that was a benefit to our environment. Why don’t we believe our own science? What once was, can be again. Permaculture offers a path for humanity to get back into a state of synergetic abundance that all other species enjoy.

    Preaching to the choir? Absolutely. Consider it choir practice.

    Preach it, brother Geoff!

  2. Otherwise nice video, but I still am not okay with Geoff’s way to use the term “carbon positive”. It is confusing, because “carbon negative” usually is something that draws carbon out of the atmosphere – which is something that we as humantity have to do. Carbon positive is not such commonly used term, but if someone was to interpretate it without any background knowledge about Geoff and his great work the termwould propably be understood as something that adds carbon to atmosphere – which something that we as species cannot afford to do anymore(or at least we must add less than we draw out).

    Every permaculturalist should design their projects to be net carbon sinks to draw carbon form the atmosphere and stack it into biomass and soils.

    While carbon is an essential element for life, adding it to atmosphere is changing atmospheres physical and chemical properties, making it more powerfull heat trap. This is detrimental for life on earth.

    Climate change is a grave threat this has to be acknowledged and taken into account in permaculture design too.

    Regards, Aapo

  3. Yes I noticed that also, I understand what he was saying, positive gain of carbon in the soil and bodies of living beings.

    Digging

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