Allan Savory, the developer of Holistic Management and co-founder of the Savory Institute, will discuss in depth what it means to manage and make decisions holistically in a way that honors people, profit and planet. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com.

1. Momentum +
Momentum +
Permaculture Voices
Allan Savory
February 2015

2. 10 tons

3. New Mexico 1957

5. Complexity: Social Environmental
Economic
Permaculture design Biodynamic
Industrial chemical
Regenerative
Organic
Sustainable

6. Social Environment Economic
Permaculture design Biodynamic
Industrial chemical
Regenerative Organic Sustainable
What is missing?
Management of complexity
Holistic Management

7. Biodiversity

9. NASA NASA

10. Public & Scientific Belief

11. Non-effective rain flows across soil
or evaporating from soil.
Effective rain flows through soil or plants.

13. Technology
Fire
Concept of resting environment

14. Euros 10,000 per hectare

15. $30 Billion on 1% of land

22. Technology
Fire
Resting land
Plant trees & grass

23. ONLY OPTION

24. CO2
N2O
N2O
CH4
CH4
BC
BC
DESERTIFICATION
Causing climate change
CO2
From fossil fuels
From agriculture

25. CO2
CO2
N2O
N2O
CH4
CH4
BC
BC
DESERTIFICATION
Stop without livestock?
Technology - Fire - Rest

26. CO2
CO2
N2O
N2O
CH4
CH4
BC
BC
DESERTIFICATION
Stop with livestock ?
Technology – Fire – Rest - Livestock
Holistic management

27. CO2
CO2
N2O
N2O
CH4
CH4
BC
BC
DESERTIFICATION
Atmospheric Excess
Soil long term
Trees & grass ambient
cycle – 100 year?Acidifying

28. CO2
CO2
N2O
N2O
CH4
CH4
BC
BC
DESERTIFICATION
Remove store safely?
Technology – Fire - Rest
Nothing without risk

29. CO2
CO2
N2O
N2O
CH4
CH4
BC
BC
DESERTIFICATION
Remove stop store with livestock?
Technology – Fire – Rest - Livestock

30. Without livestock
Stop Remove
CO2
CH4
N2O
BC
Desertification
+/-50 %
+/-50 %
+/-50 %
+/-50 %
--
--
--
--
With livestock
Stop Remove

31. 40 years ago
South Africa
Lebowa

34. HOLISTIC planned grazing
Culture Economy
Livestock/crops
Wildlife. etc

35. Social Environment Economic
Permaculture design
Biodynamic
Industrial chemical
Regenerative
Organic
Sustainable
Genetic
Objectives
Tech.Fire.Rest-
Many factors
Simple context

36. Social Environment Economic
Permaculture design Biodynamic
Industrial chemical
Regenerative Organic Sustainable
What is missing?
Management to address complexity
Holistic Management
Holistic
Holistic context
Objectives
Tech.Fire.Rest L/stock
Many factors

37. Contact Info
Chris Kerston
ckerston@SavoryInstitute.org
www.SavoryInstitute.org
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