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Episode Synopsis
Today we sit down with Zach Weiss, protege of legendary Sepp Holzer, to talk about the vital importance of rehydrating the Earth’s body with “blood” (water) and how this is a growing and viable career path. Only 4-20% of global heat dynamics are regulated by carbon, and between 70 & 90% regulated by water; so why isn’t restoring the water cycle central to the climate change discussion? How we treat the natural world has led us into the watershed death spiral, and we have the tools and knowledge to reverse that. (Every place in the world receives enough rain, it’s just a matter of how many times that rain is used before it leaves & setting up landscape to receive the rain rather than reject it.) Restoring a healthy water cycle is the major civilizational redesign needed by humanity at this time, and Water Stories works to make it accessible & viable. There are multiple pathways to joining with this movement, including getting trained up by Zach in their core course, joining the community and sharing information and stories with others passionate about this work, creating decentralized water retention features on your own land & becoming a water advocate. We dive into all this together and I’m so excited for you to listen, learn, and act by joining the movement!
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Show Notes:
Around the world we are either dealing with horrible drought, wildfire, flood - climatic patterns are becoming more erratic and extreme, also temperatures. This is a direct result of our previous management decisions - how we treat the natural world has led us into the watershed death spiral.
Other side of spectrum: humans can have reverse impact, creating healthy abundant environments with lots of food and water when we have a different relationship with water, earth, and the natural environment.
⅓ earth’s surface has been desertified in last 10,000 years - but the same powerful energy that’s been used to destroy can be used for repairing and reconnecting and telling better stories. Enough people making the choice to say I want the earth to become healthier each year will turn this around.
Possibility for regenerated water cycle: every place in the world receives enough rain, it’s a matter of how many times that rain is used before it leaves - setting up landscape to receive the rain rather than reject it.
How to start to have a neutral water footprint: DIY Infiltration features
What can we do? Engage with the platform to learn about and connect with others to actively participate in water restoration, whether as a profession and as on the ground work or as an advocate, working on policy.
Before & after dramatic community transformations: In India, 9 ha of ag scaled up to 650, cost of dam paid off in first year in agricultural productivity, caused reverse of migration of young people out of the village. (¼ cost of what yielded in 1 year changed permanently for better). Another india example: Revived 250k wells, reviving 7 rivers & reducing temp 2 degrees.
Talking about water and how disrupting it is disturbing the climate requires us to rethink a lot of things: how we’re developing places, destroyin rivers, draining wetlands - more interconnected discussion that’s more complex than 1 simple problem we need to take care of. Addressing carbon isn’t enough - it’s lack of water and conflicts that arise from that that people will die from.
And sooo much more!
Check out Water Stories here
Join the Water Revolution here
Water Stories Youtube
Support the Podcast on Patreon
Show Notes:
Around the world we are either dealing with horrible drought, wildfire, flood - climatic patterns are becoming more erratic and extreme, also temperatures. This is a direct result of our previous management decisions - how we treat the natural world has led us into the watershed death spiral.
Other side of spectrum: humans can have reverse impact, creating healthy abundant environments with lots of food and water when we have a different relationship with water, earth, and the natural environment.
⅓ earth’s surface has been desertified in last 10,000 years - but the same powerful energy that’s been used to destroy can be used for repairing and reconnecting and telling better stories. Enough people making the choice to say I want the earth to become healthier each year will turn this around.
Possibility for regenerated water cycle: every place in the world receives enough rain, it’s a matter of how many times that rain is used before it leaves - setting up landscape to receive the rain rather than reject it.
How to start to have a neutral water footprint: DIY Infiltration features
What can we do? Engage with the platform to learn about and connect with others to actively participate in water restoration, whether as a profession and as on the ground work or as an advocate, working on policy.
Before & after dramatic community transformations: In India, 9 ha of ag scaled up to 650, cost of dam paid off in first year in agricultural productivity, caused reverse of migration of young people out of the village. (¼ cost of what yielded in 1 year changed permanently for better). Another india example: Revived 250k wells, reviving 7 rivers & reducing temp 2 degrees.
Talking about water and how disrupting it is disturbing the climate requires us to rethink a lot of things: how we’re developing places, destroyin rivers, draining wetlands - more interconnected discussion that’s more complex than 1 simple problem we need to take care of. Addressing carbon isn’t enough - it’s lack of water and conflicts that arise from that that people will die from.
And sooo much more!
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