85: Let's heal the planet
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2017
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Many conservation groups hold a piece of the puzzle when it comes to saving our planet. They focus on saving a particular species or on planting trees. Sarah Savory suggests that we must step back and look at the big picture for a more cohesive approach to regenerate the land. And the land is indeed key, because if it becomes infertile, there will be nothing for the animals to eat, and they will indeed become extinct, despite our best efforts.
Sarah Savory is a children's book author and conservation advocate (and, yes, the daughter of famed wildlife biologist Allan Savory) who knows how to explain in simple terms what is happening to our planet. She is a proponent of holistic management, an approach to greening the earth by properly managing livestock...and our own choices. Sarah invites us to examine how we are living and either contributing to, or alleviating, the issues that lead to desertification.
Sarah discusses the challenges she sees in Zimbabwe, her native country, and those that are common all over the world. She describes what led her to write children's books on the topic of conservation. You will be moved by her clarity, conviction, and call to action.
Learn more about Sarah and her books at sarahsavory.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Here in Zimbabwe we've got amazing people that do amazing things with the |
| 0:03.6 | judiciary system with anti-poaching and we have to have all of that in place of |
| 0:08.6 | course otherwise we're really in big trouble but at at the same time, we need to address the cause |
| 0:14.9 | because we're fighting a never-ending battle. |
| 0:16.9 | And I was talking to my dad about it the other day, |
| 0:19.3 | and we're talking about individual animals |
| 0:21.2 | and doing this and protecting habitat and it's no longer enough |
| 0:24.9 | to protect habitat, we have to regenerate it. Welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast, sponsored by the Westinay Price Foundation for |
| 0:39.7 | Wise Traditions and Food Farming and the Healing arts. We are your source for |
| 0:44.4 | scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal |
| 0:48.6 | health. |
| 0:50.6 | I'm your host Hoda Labrada Gore. This is episode 85 and my guest is Sarah |
| 0:58.8 | Savory. Sarah's passion is taking care of the earth through holistic management. |
| 1:04.0 | She inherited this enduring love of animals and storytelling from her father, Alan Savory. |
| 1:10.5 | He is a world-renowned ecologist who developed the concept of holistic management. |
| 1:15.6 | And she inherited it also from her grandmother, Margaret Barnes, who was the first Rhodesian woman |
| 1:21.5 | to attend Oxford University, where she was tutored by the famous author |
| 1:25.8 | CS Lewis. Can you imagine? A useful mix of genes for writing children's books about conservation issues. This is what |
| 1:33.8 | Sarah does and in today's interview she explains in simple terms what it means |
| 1:38.8 | to make choices that are good for us, our children, and the planet. She's also a mother of two so she knows how to |
| 1:45.7 | explain the threats to our planet in a clear straightforward manner. You are going to love |
| 1:50.1 | our conversation. Before we dig in in we want to thank our sponsors. |
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