We have so much potential as humans but we’re so stuck in these stupid systems and stories.
All my young friends with their eyes open are on meds for anxiety or depression. The future we were promised when we were kids is not the future they’re now seeing unfold. Get out in nature and give them a sense of purpose. But how? How can we scale up eco-restoration camps so that instead of a doctor prescribing meds they subscribe a sleeping bag and hop on a bus and head out to the forest to drag some of those fallen trees into the path of the streams and creeks and slow that water down. People are so disenfranchised because they feel the solutions will only be solved by big tech and government but they have to realize it’s up to us, no one’s coming to save us, we have one life, one planet, there’s work to be done.
When we moved to our place 5 years ago I went madly into veggie beds and trying to grow food but once you start to realize that none of that will be resilient if you don’t have a healthy ecosystem. That needs water.
The river at the bottom of our place is still thankfully flowing year round but I can see the patches of cleared land on the mountain that feeds it and every few months there’s some more lights up there at night. So its days will be numbered.
I’m currently digging a pond near the top of our food forest. It’s taken me months but I’m close to finished. We have abundant water in our rainwater cistern which I can keep it topped up (no liner so it’ll leak which is perfect for hydrating the area around it) during this potentially long dry summer.
While I’m digging there’s far too much time spent wondering how I can get people involved without it being a case of exploitation. I got a cure for your blues young person, come dig a hole with me. You’ll sleep right.
Enjoy your time in Japan!
Been meaning to ask, in your book it said you get best results using Natto starter spore packets. We’re finding using the old Natto as a starter seems to get pretty varied results within one or two iterations (like overly funky) . So I’m guessing that’s why?
We have so much potential as humans but we’re so stuck in these stupid systems and stories.
All my young friends with their eyes open are on meds for anxiety or depression. The future we were promised when we were kids is not the future they’re now seeing unfold. Get out in nature and give them a sense of purpose. But how? How can we scale up eco-restoration camps so that instead of a doctor prescribing meds they subscribe a sleeping bag and hop on a bus and head out to the forest to drag some of those fallen trees into the path of the streams and creeks and slow that water down. People are so disenfranchised because they feel the solutions will only be solved by big tech and government but they have to realize it’s up to us, no one’s coming to save us, we have one life, one planet, there’s work to be done.
When we moved to our place 5 years ago I went madly into veggie beds and trying to grow food but once you start to realize that none of that will be resilient if you don’t have a healthy ecosystem. That needs water.
The river at the bottom of our place is still thankfully flowing year round but I can see the patches of cleared land on the mountain that feeds it and every few months there’s some more lights up there at night. So its days will be numbered.
I’m currently digging a pond near the top of our food forest. It’s taken me months but I’m close to finished. We have abundant water in our rainwater cistern which I can keep it topped up (no liner so it’ll leak which is perfect for hydrating the area around it) during this potentially long dry summer.
While I’m digging there’s far too much time spent wondering how I can get people involved without it being a case of exploitation. I got a cure for your blues young person, come dig a hole with me. You’ll sleep right.
Enjoy your time in Japan!
Been meaning to ask, in your book it said you get best results using Natto starter spore packets. We’re finding using the old Natto as a starter seems to get pretty varied results within one or two iterations (like overly funky) . So I’m guessing that’s why?