Ecological Engineering Modeled on Nature: Geoff Lawton at TEDxMission TheCity2.0

[@mandiegarrett1706]

I will only listen to someone who "walk the talk" NOT someone who just "talk and talk". This man has done just that and so much more...so he has my utmost respect as I am trying to do the same. Thank you.

[@LeoHvvvv]

Yas but this presentation was lacking visual examples. Seeing permaculture designs thriving is what truly changed my view and accepted it as a fundamental in future design.

venus project can work combined with permaculture, yes, along all other ancestor environment friendly technnics

[@benwilson1088]

You also use the water systems in cities to cool it.

[@NellieKAdaba]

I agree

[@justgivemethetruth954]

Love this guy and his message ... but he sure looks like a 5th BeeGee! ;-)

[@MrSpringfellow]

His style is imagineering I learn many things anyway. Yes I agree with you.

[@exclamation3mark]

venus project are clueless!

[@xyzsame4081]

Goeff Lawton does not appear to advantage in his 3 TED talks (and I have binge watched his OTHER CONTENT). Everybody - check out his channel where he gives practical examples and the high minded ideas become tangible. And they give hope that what he suggest is also possible from an economic perspective. Yes farmers and homesteaders can make a living and we can feed the world and 9 or 10 billion people. Q & A (short) a or walk and talk on the Australian farm or the Greening the desert project (those can be much longer but they make the hig minded ideas come alive and it becomes TANGIBLE9: His vast knowledge, ability to read systems and his positive personality shine through much better with all the other content. For some reason he choses those abstract presentations when he has TED talks. I could hold that talk - but I do not have the TRACK RECORD or the expertise.

[@fabienjlc985]

boring, abstract, lacking examples and unconvincing for anyone who is not already convinced

[@xyzsame4081]

Hi, 5 years ago you called the presentation of Geoff Lawton on permaculture and design borin. Now I agree that his TEDx presentations are oddly intangible. But you want to check out his Q & A and walk and talks on his Australian farm or when he proudly shows off the latest development in the Jordan project (Greening the desert). The Q & A are 5 - 10 minutes and I have been binge watching them. (they are also ad free). a) dude has just a nice, positive and enthusiastic vibe (also how he greets animals if he meets them, hilarious ;) b) what he knows about biology, growing things, pests, weeds, and what complements (counteacts them), his ability to read a landscape or to understand a natural system c) what can be achieved and how much he knows about the systems he helped create, knows the trees the helping plants, the volunteers, the native and the non-native plants an animals. The role they play. sometimes in the role the humans allocted to the plant or tree, sometimes plants and animals volunteer, sometimes it works very well or not (yet) - and the reason why that is the case. . d) in Jordan you also realize that he must be a very hands on guy - in one of the more recent videos he was very positve about a tool shed they have, now they can have those things separate from the carpenter tool's (they have a room for that and teach people there - what luxury). "We had to make do with very little in the first years, and show all the way that we deserved to get funding .... " It got much better when Muslim Aid Australia started supporting them. Now they also get gifts like beautiful bee stations or PV panels or construction material, pumps. And they make money from the courses they hold there.

[@einarabelc5]

The problem with all of these guys (and I'm looking more and more into permaculture) it's that they don't know squat about history or human psychology. Most of the time that happens with technologists as well. And thus they all fail to see how the patterns of the architecture of their brains, once again, intervene with their dreams. Their complete and utter lack of understanding of humanities really sets them for failure. Change his message for "automobile" and "technology" and you have the messages of the 20th century. Different input, same patterns, same humans. Yet another form of religion.

[@styx62ga95]

You totally missed the point your imagination is clogged like a festering sewer.

[@VojvodinaNet]

when I hear 'carbon this carbon that', I think of Al Gore and his puppets. This guy is...on somebodies pay list. Sorry.

[@LeoHvvvv]

It's called scientific fact which needs to be at the core of these conversations 🙄

[@halsteward1003]

He's not running for office. Lol. Trying to produce good food systems, hard to throw under bus. Better Community, no matter who someone is, one thing in common food, therefore community.

[@leonardostankevicius4088]

Dr M, seu panaca

[@xyzsame4081]

Fungi in the soil somtimes create visible "bulbs" above ground = mushrooms, But they always have mycel even if they do not grow a large "fruits / bulbs". One mushrom mycels was found in Malheur National Forest (Northeast of the U.S.) The mycel extends to 900 hectars and weighs around 600 tons (that would be 600,000 kg or 1,2 million pounds). It is estimated that it is 2,400 years old and is the largest organism on the planet (so far, other mycel might be larger).