George Monbiot Lecture

A lecture given by George Monbiot at Idle Valley about the issues around the restoration of ecosystems and species in the UK

[@stanvanr7149]

This deserves to have 100.000 times the amount of views it does.

[@andobreslin8735]

Sadly, most people are 'sheople' & would rather watch cat videos & idiotic pop star videos...

[@Meekseek]

you can't see an enemy when he stares you in the face and serves up his bullshit.

[@DarrenBurgess1989]

Meekseek your statement is a contradiction upon itself. Your comment is both highly visible and bullshit.

[@stanvanr7149]

@@Meekseek wut

[@Suburbangeek]

Inspirational - Mr. Monbiot, you're fast becoming a national treasure!

[@ravesandcurry3893]

The section where George talks about the terrestrial and aquatic megafauna is so immersive and vivid

[@janny7120]

So glad to have find this talks .

[@nl4064]

best speech in years and a way out

[@tadblackington1676]

I used to think that closed canopy was the default landscape of places like England or my home in New England. I don't believe that to be exactly the case anymore. Our assumption of closed canopy doesn't take into account the keystone megafauna we bumped off over the last 10 millenia. The default landscape in our climate was Frans Vera's kaleidoscope of grassland, scrub and grove with woodland in natural trap areas. It looked a lot like east Africa. Also it makes sense that over-grazing is a chronic matter not an acute one. It's not the number of sheep, it's the fact that they are allowed to camp out in same pasture day after day, constantly hammering the tastiest bits. Rebecca Hosking is "agri-wilding" 100 or so acres in south Devon with 1000 or so sheep that are kept tight and moving, mimicking the landscape of fear. In short we need both rewilding and permaculture to deal with our problems.

[@highlyvurgultis3706]

I mean, I wouldn't mind seeing the return of the mammoth and the mastodon to help rebuild ecosystems

[@FishBeakOHYEAAA]

Fantastic talk, I think i'm ready to read Feral now

[@andobreslin8735]

I ordered mine yesterday on ebay! George is fantastic. We are all so used to 'this green & pleasant (barren) land' that we forget it is supposed to be rainforest territory. So much land is still capable of being rewilded & I just want this rewilding revolution to start asap. It won't as long as the Tories have a say though...

[@azialifaziz6652]

2:35 start of the main speach by Monbiot

[@mfm2998]

I'd strongly recommend watching his speech to the Dartmoor parks authority as its far easier to watch And more powerful whilst making the same points..