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> This view ran counter to a lot of conservationist thought, as well as a great deal of evidence. Grazing has been blamed for turning vast swaths of the world i
by monktastic1 8y ago
> This view ran counter to a lot of conservationist thought, as well as a great deal of evidence. Grazing has been blamed for turning vast swaths of the world into deserts. But from Creque’s perspective, how you graze makes all the difference.
This is the idea behind this fantastic TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pI
We're largely focused on high-tech ways to "fix" the Earth, but the Earth has known how to do it since forever. Finding ways to use her own intelligence seems like a great idea.
- kiliantics 8y agoI remember being blown away by that video but apparently there has been some criticism of Savory's work. Searching his name returns a few critical articles such as this one: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2017-2-march-april/feature/allan-savory-says-more-cows-land-will-reverse-climate-change https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2017-2-march-april/feature... He has responded to some of them and sticks to his claims. It seems the picture is very complicated and we haven't figured it out just yet.
- grondilu 8y agoThere is also Freeman Dyson's talk called "heretics thoughts" according to which global warming is mainly a land management issue. https://youtu.be/8xFLjUt2leM https://youtu.be/8xFLjUt2leM
- mr_overalls 8y agoThe Earth doesn't "want" to do anything. It's a collection of physical, geological, chemical, biological, etc. processes that can exist in a variety of semi-stable equilibria - some small number of which are amenable to human life. There is no evidence of any intentionality of any sort, no teleology, no preferred "healthy" state.