Commonland - 4 returns from landscape restoration (EN)
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Commonland® believes that landscape restoration offers large untapped opportunities for sustainable economic development. To demonstrate this potential, the company develops landscape restoration projects that are based on business cases.
Commonland’s holistic restoration approach combines and connects natural and economic landscape zones and delivers 4 returns®.
Watch the video or visit the website (www.commonland.com) to get to know more about this.
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trying to develop a similar project in the Caribbean , all inputs welcomed. Intent is to revitalise a community taking a holistic view to sustainable development.
I'm sorry but the fact is we cannot even consider an economic return because it is precisely economics that has caused this horrendous problem. Economics causes us to think of what gives us financial returns and that is in direct conflict with what we need to do to restore the earth. It's rather annoying that people can't see this. I realize that we have always had money, but we have to think of another way. Some people have already done so. But to ignore this massive factor, the true reason we have pillaged the earth is ignorant and lacking in foresight.
I hope that ecologists will be the ones to recognize that if we're going to have a currency, let's base it on carbon sequestration. That is the only thing that makes sense at this juncture in human evolution. For what better thing should currency be about than resources? The currency we use today has absolutely no bearing on resource use and in fact, encourages abuse of resources which belong to everyone and future generations too. We could base the dollar on 55 gallons of carbon dioxide. We must understand that money is a purely man-made phenomena and can be changed or jettisoned any time we decide. We could also have an economy based on hemp, which can clothe, feed and house AND restore soils. Why isn't anyone suggesting this?
Hi Denise, what a good comment, I think that there are lots of reasons why we are in the state we are in but I have some really good news. We the people are gathering in camps around the world to pull together to fix a lot of the issues, the camps are #permaculture camps, permaculture is not the complete answer but its a beginning and the movement has begun. If you are interested in being part of the solution then you can contact me here on RUclips or on my Facebook page, it's called, Permaculture where the heart is. The group is on Facebook so it would probably be best to contact me on there and then I can send you the link to join the group. Its great to be part of something that in years to come one can say, I was part of the change, I personally helped, I influenced others to help and together, we did it. I personally don't know how we are going to make the change happen but I do know one thing, we're not going to give up! Best wishes Roy ;-)
Dear Denise,
First of all our apologies for this delayed reply. We are still a small company with a large network of experts that focuses on its passion - large-scale restoration of degraded landscapes - and sometimes tend to be a bit slow on social media. We promise to better our lives. :)
Thank you for your insightful observation! We wholeheartedly agree with you that old skool economics and the traditional ways of producing and consuming have negatively impacted our earth in a big way. That is precisely why we have developed our 4 returns approach! In order to make an holistic effort that benefits both the earth, its landscapes but also the farmers, land owners and other local stakeholders. In order to be able to do this on a large scale - and given the state of our landscapes we NEED to do it large scale - considerable investments are involved. Also to benefit social causes, such as safety, health, education, et cetera. But most importantly, we share your dream to restore the earth. Fortunately more and more parties agree with us and also start their own experiments. If you want to learn more about how we do this in detail, you can read one of our publications at commonland.com/en/library and especially our publication on 4 returns framework.
Roy I'd love to join. I just attempted a permaculture course online through Oregon State University - total waste of time. It was free so...
It was basically a ruse to get students to pay for the full course which I'm not going to do. It would be grand if permaculture experts educated us on permaculture for free or for very little cost so it can get to as many as possible. After all, they know more than anyone how important it is that we get going quickly. I'll contact you by message...
Denise Ward Thanks Denise, I've messaged you directly on my Facebook page 😉 Thanks Roy 😉
I find your statement as to the OSU course being a waste of time and a ruse horribly unfair and inaccurate!!!. I am taking the OSU free permaculture class and find it enriching and immersive (there are 9,400 people around the globe taking it). , So far, It informs the learner of global activities, activists and authors. A course link brought me to this cool Commonland video which demonstrates the social and economic ideals that permaculture ideology weaves in. Especially, that the restoration activities I learned about in the video are so motivating. Because it makes me believe the restoration activities I undertake on my suburban 1/3 acre are pertinent in earth stewardship: I have 1.restored natural area with biodiversity 2. vegetable garden 3. economic - I converted an outbuilding into an airbnb tiny house. I am motivated to keep at it despite it requiring I "educate" code enforcement to bring that agency into the future, and motivated to share more of the ideas with others. Even suburbanites can help save the planet one steward at a time!.