What are you willing to do?

Everything we do and decisions we make must be in the context of an unpredictable and brittle future. Climate change is creating a world less hospitable to living systems as we know them. Bio-diversity collapse is making resilience harder. Industrial agriculture nitrogen cycles are severely compromising the oceans. Glaciers and ice shelfs are melting. Weather patterns are becoming more extreme. Are the shifts we need to make are possible? Working your land is a long term commitment of love, time, money, and more love, and the best place to start and continue the work. Some people can hire help, some people love to get dirty themselves, and some prefer a combination of the two. I thrive working with people who see their project as a life long learning experience. A chance to nurture one’s curiosity, an opportunity for a new kind of relationship. A give and take. A lot of successes, and a handful of failures. We are in uncharted waters, as climate change, bio-diversity loss, hydrological cycles become more extreme, and fresh water becomes more scarce.

What are you willing to do?

What can you give of yourself, to the land, to your ecological systems? How many living things can you engage with along the way? What investments are you able to make? Can you grow some of your own food? Will you reduce your waste stream, creating a circular economy? Can you make a conservation corridor? Can you see 35 years, 50 years, 100 years into the future of your land and stewardship?