Andrew Millison

Permaculture

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

I had a fascinating time teaching and filming in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Riyadh is the fastest growing city in the Middle East with the most ambitious tree planting and land restoration plans of any country I have seen. I was really glad to infuse some Permaculture into the process

[جمعية التنمية الزراعية بالرياض @RADA_sa_]

اختتمت #جمعية_التنمية_الزراعية_بالرياض “#التجربة_العالمية_لنموذج_بيرماكلتشر_بالرياض”، بالشراكة مع @OregonState بقيادة الخبراء العالميين @AndrewMillison وماريشا أورباخ ، ومشاركة 25 متدربًا من عدة جهات حكومية وشبه حكومية وأكاديمية.

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

@RADA_sa_ @OregonState @ncvcksa @GreenRiyadh_SA @NCW_center @Amanatalriyadh @MEWA_KSA @EstidamahSA Thanks for the wonderful experience in Saudi Arabia and it was a pleasure working with all of the class participants.

[(Source)rer @nickearly]

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@AndrewMillison Love the illustrations Andrew creates and the deep ancient wisdom showcased in this video. Now that we're finally shaking off the weird elitist corporate American chains. Thanks to the survivors and the rocks their parents placed.

[Nate Hagens @NJHagens]

In this conversation, I sit down with permaculture educator @AndrewMillison to discuss the Great Green Wall project, a massive ecological initiative aimed at combating desertification in the Sahel region of Africa.

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[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

@SgtPyroman @deepmedicinecir Yeah, it looks like their website is compromised. That's too bad. FYI, I am not good about keeping up with every comment or mention on social media platforms. I travel a lot and stay focused on projects. So please don't take it personally. We're in this together

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

@SgtPyroman @deepmedicinecir Wow, I didn't know anyone still listened to my old podcast. The last upload was 4 years ago. I'm glad you are enjoying it. I never enabled comments there because I did not have the bandwidth to monitor them. My YouTube comments are enabled, but too many for me to keep up with

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

Thanks @WFP_Chad for hosting me to visit your powerful work bringing resilience to the over 1 million refugees from the Sudan war. It was a life changing experience to see how land repair can help people recover their livelihoods and dignity while building food security

[WFP_Chad @WFP_Chad]

Prof. @AndrewMillison was in #Chad a few months ago to discover @WFP's mission to ensure food security for Chadians & refugees at the #Sudan border.
Follow his journey & find out more about @WFP_Chad humanitarian response in this amazing new video👇

🎦https://t.co/ZxkGwIxGms

[Linda Morrison @lindagranada22]

The most important work happening now on the planet. Thank you, @AndrewMillison, for sharing this with all of us! https://t.co/SJyn7OVNHd

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

@semillasdon Also shows the power of a good piece of footage. No one has yet equalled that shot from John D Liu to demonstrate land regeneration in one swoop

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

@RustyRoad @pclarkallen @RizomaSchool @Happyholistichs I am a Philadelphia native and I was going back East to visit my family and wanted to film a video. In my research I came across this article:
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It turned out I knew Dale Hendricks from the Permaculture conference in Cuba so it all came together

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

@NealSpackman That's a sad testimony to the myth of carbon credits as an effective stimulus for land regeneration. Sorry you had to learn the hard way.

I was shocked by the negativity towards carbon credits when I published this video. The public trust is low:
https://t.co/bkwtGTVjDx

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

Nice to see my reporting on the massive restoration of the Sahel getting picked up by @Upworthy. If you haven't heard, check it out:
'Forgotten' water harvesting system transforms 'barren wasteland' into thriving farmland https://t.co/YVrju4qhGl

[World Food Programme @WFP]

🌱 Witness ecosystem restoration in action.

These WFP-supported communities across the #Sahel are transforming barren lands into fertile fields and carbon sinks.

Watch with @AndrewMillison ⤵️

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

There's a shocking amount of progress for massive-scale land restoration in the African Sahel. I went with the UN to see it for myself. Here's the (first) video:

Inside Africa's Food Forest Mega-Project https://t.co/bexlzHfRKA via @YouTube

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

@frodo_zimple @NicoleShanahan Ha Ha! Not so sure I'd take the job....

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

@PhoenixTowns I believe what you say is true but we ALSO have a CO2 problem. I don't know who's done the math but if the world's agricultural soils went up to 10% organic matter and billions of acres of degraded land revegetated, we'd be well on our way to planetary balance

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

I'm am officially "very suspicious" that there is a wave of bots commenting on my YouTube videos about how more CO2 is good for the planet. It's either bots or there is a new strong public narrative about that. Where is this coming from? Oil companies? Something is afoot.

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

@lucasgonzalez Excellent question. I don't know the answer but I do know the right people to ask. Ethiopia fully restored about 6 million ha and that can be quantified to extrapolate larger numbers. If the funds were there, the bottleneck would be skilled practitioners. Niger is at 300k ha.

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

What the last 3 weeks in the African Sahel has taught me is that broad scale degraded landscapes can be rapidly transformed into productive ecosystems with surprisingly little investment. Restoring the 2 billion ha of degraded land on Earth will go far to stabilize climate chaos

[Andrew Millison @AndrewMillison]

@lucasgonzalez You'll have to wait for the video series for all the juicy details! In short, timescale depends on rainfall and soils, and cost varies due to complexity and community initiative.