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25.01.2022 Coming up NOW... at 5 pm. #ClimateAction #GenerationRestoration #NatureBasedSolutions #WaterCycle #SunlightPackagedByPlants #RestoringAustralia #SteppedDiffusionBroadAcreHydroponics #WaterFarming #AutomaticallyAggradingLandscape #LandscapeLiteracy https://www.betterfutures.org.au/event_241120
25.01.2022 Our landscape shows us how to use plants and rocks to slow and filter water wherever we need to. The amount of water available may change of course, but the principles are the same.
24.01.2022 Great to see the BBC spreading the news globally about PETER ANDREWS work, AND putting in a great word for plants formally known as weeds! "Most people see weeds as a problem. But one farmer has found they can help make dry, damaged land lush again not to mention absorb carbon from the atmosphere."
24.01.2022 Peter Andrews constant message is that nature & the Australian landscape have the answers for how we can fix this drought. Now Sir David Attenborough has provided us with a beautiful piece on this exact thing to learn from and share. https://www.ourplanet.com//v/how-to-save-fresh-water-flow/ #drought #Australia
22.01.2022 Join world leading practitioners in landscape restoration for a critically important conversation on a blueprint on how we can make our landscapes more resilient. Tickets at http://bit.ly/FiresandDroughts
22.01.2022 Our friends in and near Trangie, and Nevertire in the Central West have copped it again. After drought and sandstorms, last Saturday, cyclones have left a path of destruction. Trees uprooted, homes, silos and sheds damaged, fences destroyed, cattle killed by lightning, the Nevertire Church pulled off its footings. The area has been cleared of its protective vegetation, to make way for large scale cotton production, creating the perfect conditions for ever more severe weather... events. No insurance. How will our farmers and rural residents cope? #CentralWest #Trangie #Nevertire #cyclones #LandscapeManagement https://www.theland.com.au//storms-like-category-two-cycl/
22.01.2022 Imagine a better future for Central West NSW. Today, in the grip of the long dry, this vision may seem like a long way off. Yet the blueprint for going from drought to productivity is written in the landscape. Together we can make it happen! Restoring the Central West [email protected] www.tals.org.au/centralwest #BushSummit2019 #CentralWest
22.01.2022 Plants manage water and the sun’s energy. Some are better at it than others. What’s your favourite plant for climate recovery? #plants #water #climaterecovery #watercycle
21.01.2022 TONIGHT 7pm* : Join PETER ANDREWS OAM at our LIVE Q&A WEBINAR There are 2 ways to be involved: 1. Register on Zoom and be part of the audience that can ask Q&As: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XlutFgXlQUWDr_LfXcYV3Q 2. If our Zoom room is full, youll still be able to be part of our audience on our Watch Party and Live feed on our Facebook Page... The Australian Landscape Science Institute *(AEST / GMT+10)
20.01.2022 Mr Hansen said they were regenerating country through distributing the water flow. We are not damming it, we are slowing it down and then diverting it across country, so you get more coverage, he said. Were just trying to give younger generations an idea of what it used to look like on our country and on our land and how it used to repair itself. Mr OBree said the water diversion had a number of impacts including better crop growth and environment benefits. Were not... getting that run-off heading down and out into the Indian Ocean, he said. So theres an environmental impact, theres a production impact, soil health, and then weve got a shallow aquifer thats got a chance for a recharge as well. #WaterCycle #WaterFlow #Yanget https://www.abc.net.au//indigenous-regenerative-/12268326
20.01.2022 We all know its been a frightening start to 2020 for Australia. Everyone in urban and country areas can do things to change the way we capture the water, cool our local climate, regenerate our land and influence our politicians! JOIN US to learn what you can do. Speakers... - Special intro by PETER ANDREWS OAM (via online link) - ZACHARY WEISS, Elemental Ecosystems, USA - JOHN FRY, Director, The Australian Landscape Science Institute (TALS Institute) - MICHAEL MOBBS, Consultant and Author, Sustainable House Tickets at http://bit.ly/FiresandDroughts
20.01.2022 Our friends in Orange, Central West NSW, are fighting for their natural air conditioners - trees. There can be no human life on Earth without plants. Plants made human life on Earth possible. Some trees and other plants are better at climate moderation than others. What's your favourite natural air conditioner and why? #restoringaustralia #plants
19.01.2022 The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is starting on 1 Jan 2021. The race is on! #generationrestoration #restoringaustralia #regenerativeagriculture #naturalsequencefarming #agroecology #wetlands #riparianzones #australianlandscapes @friendlyfarmsnetwork @tarwynparktraining
19.01.2022 Hmm... where does this wonderful ‘weed’ / plant belong in the ecological succession? Diego Bonetto, Sydney ‘weed’ foraging expert to the rescue! with the lovely @friendlyfarmsnetwork at another inspiring and informative @tarwynparktraining #NaturalSequenceFarming course. #WonderfulWeeds #EcologicalSuccession #MulchFarming #RestoringAustralia #RegenerativeAgriculture #generationrestoration #ThinkLandscape
18.01.2022 Bungonia, NSW is home to a beautiful stretch of Australian creeks, rivers and wetlands. Bungonia Creek is supported by a grove of willow trees which naturally slow and filter the water. Unlike manmade constructions which speed the water up, fast-tracking erosion and flooding. The willows of Bungonia have kept the landscape hydrated throughout the long drought. But now, this grove of willows has been drilled and poisoned with tree-killing glyphosate. The result will be increa...sed erosion, faster moving flood waters and the draining of the wetlands. Land and water management in NSW needs to change if we want to have healthier streams and waterways. We can restore our waterways using Nature Based Solutions. Find out more at: https://tals.org.au/
18.01.2022 15 MINUTES TO GO! NATURAL CAPITAL webinar (first of 3) at 10.30 AM TODAY, 20 Nov 2020. We are curious to hear what the presenters have to say. RSVP here to get the ZOOM link: https://www.betterfutures.org.au/event_201120
18.01.2022 Plants are really the thermostat of the world. Theyre at the center of the water, energy, and carbon cycles. As they take up carbon from the atmosphere to thrive, they release water that they take from the soils. ... Doing that, they also cool off the surface, controlling the temperature that we all feel. NOW WE KNOW THAT MAINLY PLANTS not simply precipitation or temperature will tell us whether we will live a drier or wetter world. Lo Lemordant lead author (and Phd student of Pierre Gentine) of the paper below. Read more at - http://www.neelu.net//plants-rule-water-cycle-water-cycl/
18.01.2022 What does the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration look like in Africa? Tune in now to Global Landscapes Forum - live from Accra, Ghana #ThinkLandscape
17.01.2022 Spring is in the air! Please remember to let all plants grow Thank you to Gwyn Jones from Tarwyn Park Training for some gentle words of inspiration worth sharing. #NaturalSequenceFarming
17.01.2022 It really does work to keep water in the land!
16.01.2022 Plants are solar-powered airconditioners. #endothermic #plants
16.01.2022 SOLD OUT. READING THE AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE WITH PETER ANDREWS & JOHN FRY. Join us for a Fun Field Day at Bungonia, NSW! Saturday, 1 August 2020, 10 am to 3 pm. https://events.humanitix.com/fieldday1august
16.01.2022 "By one estimate, restoring 350 million hectares of degraded and deforested lands around the world would create up to $9 trillion in net benefits. Verdone, M. (2015). A Cost-Benefit Framework for Analyzing Forest Landscape Restoration Decisions. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. http://bit.ly/ecosystemrestorationcostbenefit
15.01.2022 Join the Global Landscapes Forum LIVE in NYC right now, and find out all about the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030. #ThinkLandscape #RestorationDecade #GLFNYC2019 #GLF #Landscape https://events.globallandscapesforum.org/new-y/join-online/
15.01.2022 We are very happy to see the media understanding what it will take to change the drought situation and supporting our initiative for Restoring The Central West! PLEASE TAG your friends (in the comments) that live in the Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange area and the smallER surrounding towns to get the word out. #RestoreTheCentralWest #Bathurst #Dubbo #Orange #BushSummit2019 #PeterAndrews #NSF #NaturalSequenceFarming Greening Australia Bathurst, New South Wales Orange, New South Wales Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
15.01.2022 Road Trip! Our 1st stop was a meeting with Bathurst Mayor Graeme Hanger and his executive staff. The Bathurst council voted unanimously to support our RESTORE THE CENTRAL WEST proposal!! 2nd Stop - Meeting with Dubbo Mayor Ben Shields and his executive who were also very supportive and understand the importance of this project. 3rd Stop - Federal Member The Hon Mark Coulton MP for a discussion on how the Government could support this vital work! Very positive! ... And in between all this, an interview with the Western Advocate! #RestoreTheCentralWest Photo: Peter Andrews OAM, Beatrice Ludwig, Mayor Graeme Hanger OAM, Liana Di Stefano 15th July 2019
14.01.2022 Plants manage water. And in managing water, they manage heat. Peter Andrews Judith D. Schwartz uses her talent as a storyteller and journalist to further clarify the crucial role of water and plants in creating the change we want. Please LIKE and SHARE. Judiths new book Water In Plain Sight is out now https://judithdschwartz.com/books-articles/... #Regeneration https://www.theguardian.com//climate-change-water-fossil-f
14.01.2022 Can you imagine going directly from drought to productivity? Australia is experiencing the worst drought for more than 100 years. But despite this, there is still hope and a great opportunity... The UN is declaring 2021-2030 "The Decade of Ecosystem Restoration". And Australias land managers can take a leading role.
12.01.2022 #GLFBonn2020 Opening: A New Normal Hear Father Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam, Senior representative of Pope Francis in the Vatican; Ashok Sridharan, Mayor of Bonn;... Maria Flachsbarth, Parliamentary State Secretary, Bundesministerium fr wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ); Ada Osakwe & others! See more
12.01.2022 "Plants are really the thermostat of the world. Theyre at the center of the water, energy, and carbon cycles. As they take up carbon from the atmosphere to thrive, they release water. Doing that, they also cool off the surface, controlling the temperature that we all feel. Now we know that mainly plants not simply precipitation or temperature will tell us whether we will live a drier or wetter world." https://m.phys.org/news/2018-04-vegetation-future.html
12.01.2022 Another great example that following the Blueprint of the Australian Landscape works to rehydrate and restore land. Congratulations to Peter Andrews at TALS Institute, Stuart Andrews at Tarwyn Park Training and land owner Craig Carter for all the excellent work.
10.01.2022 Australias land managers can lead the world in climate recovery. Peter Andrews OAM has been following the blueprint of the Australian landscape for over 40 years. Peters methods, also known as Natural Sequence Farming, have been popularised by several episodes of Australian Story . Today, the accumulated knowledge and demonstrated principles are more important than ever for ecosystem restoration and management. Follow Peter Andrews story at The Australian Landscape Science Institute and register for updates at http://tals.org.au/
07.01.2022 Peter Andrews says, "Australia has the incredible blueprint to lead the world in climate change recovery" JOIN THIS MOVEMENT at www.tals.org.au Australia has the incredible blueprint to lead the world in climate change recovery. All the information we need is here, from the tropics to temperate zones. The basic patterns and principles of productivity are embedded in the ancient Australian landscape.... We can use these elementary designs to rebuild healthy landscapes and turn cities into rainforests. Examples exist right across the country, using sunlight, gravity and water to achieve sustainable growth - by capturing, filtering and recycling nutrients. The problems are complex, but the solutions are simple, and it all starts by growing a plant. We must now recognise the greatest opportunity that will benefit ourselves and the world. ~ Peter Andrews OAM, 22 Dec 2018 See more
07.01.2022 Congratulations to Rod and Bridee O’Bree and Peter Andrews for demonstrating the benefits of implementing Natural Sequence Farming methods to restore and regenerate Yanget Farm in Geraldtown WA. Looking forward to seeing the results of the $300,000 investment into the Northern Agricultural Catchments Council-led natural sequence farming program to regenerate and rehydrate productive farmland in the Mid-West.
07.01.2022 Tune into Day 2 of Global Landscapes Forum LIVE from Bonn - with The Australian Landscape Science Institute and Friendly Farms #thinklandscape #GLFBonn2019
06.01.2022 NOT ALL WEEDS ARE VILLAINS. After a fire, some plants even weeds can be better than none But perhaps we shouldnt be so hasty to villainise all weeds. There is growing recognition that weeds can, in some cases, support a range of critical ecological functions. ... Samantha Capon, Associate Professor Griffith University, TALS Institute Scientific Advisory Panel.
06.01.2022 The Willows of Bungonia - The Consequences of Willows Removal in the Context of Fires, Droughts and Flooding Rains This is whats happening in #Australia right now. Fire-resilient and creek-stabilising #willows that have kept the landscape hydrated in the worst #drought and #fire season, have been ring-barked and poisoned with #glyphosate, leading to further erosion and a dried out and fire-prone landscape. Please write to your Federal MP and ask for an urgent moratorium on willows removal and a scientific assessment of beneficial landscape functions of first succession plants that are at present listed as Weeds of National Significance.
06.01.2022 Australia is facing increasingly severe cycles of droughts, fires and floods. Join world leading practitioners in landscape restoration for a critically importa...nt conversation on a blueprint on how we can make our landscapes more resilient. - ZACH WEISS, Elemental Ecosystems, USA - JOHN FRY, Director, The Australian Landscape Science Institute - MICHAEL MOBBS, Consultant and Author, Sustainable House Special introduction by PETER ANDREWS OAM (via online link) Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/FiresandDroughts See more
05.01.2022 2011 recording with Prof Wilhelm Ripl and Dr Michal Kravcik Two scientists from Europe discuss an innovative approach to climate change. They argue that little attention, in media and political debate, has been given to the third climate change position - and one that just might help us cut to the real ecological problems concerned. That is the role of water management and land use changes in creating climate instability and extremes in weather. #WaterCycle #LatentHeat #Pl...antsManagingWater An innovative approach to climate change Phillip Adams on Late Night Live, 5 May 2011 Guests: Professor Wilhelm Ripl, Retired Professor of Limnology from the Technical University of Berlin, and Dr Michal Kravcik, People and Water NGO, Slovakia https://www.abc.net.au//an-innovative-approach-to-/2953238
04.01.2022 Chinese architect Kongjian Yu explains the benefits of his stunning sponge cities. Grey infrastructure is replaced with green infrastructure, which leads to drought and flood resilience. #NatureBasedSolution #EcosystemServices https://youtu.be/U37gst79pGc
04.01.2022 Recorded in 2013, but still so very relevant! A pity Australia hasnt made greater progress since then.
03.01.2022 Discover the exponential economics of working with nature with Martin Royds at Jillamatong.
03.01.2022 #BioticPump #drought #forests #rain #auspol #nswpol
02.01.2022 Lets protect our planet and farms with nature! #Plants #Water #EcosystemBasedAdaptations #NatureBasedSolutions
01.01.2022 Some more love from BBC (World Service Radio) - an interview with Peter Andrews OAM and The Hon Gary Nairn AO on the benefits of willows and other naturally occurring vegetation to trap water and keep moisture in the land. Listen from 20.28. And from Australia how some farmers are turning to weeds to help conserve their land. In areas hit by drought deliberately planting and encouraging wild plants has been shown to retain moisture in the land. See Science in Action - Can we halt biodiversity loss and still allow for economic development? - BBC World Service - Radio, Presenter: Roland Pease, Producer: Julian Siddle, 13 May 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csym1n #biodiversity #water #willows #weeds #PeterAndrews
