Regenerate Your Yard - The Course
Lessons about regenerative gardening at home, in your yard. We will dive into the ways we’ve been deceived and harmed by industries, and how to start making changes in our lives to regain our power and vitality. And we will focus on how to shift your lawn - from bare grass into a thriving ecosystem - for your family’s health, and to help return sustenance for the wildlife. This course will show you how YOU can contribute to responsible land management, in order to help mitigate the effects of our exploitation of the planet.
You will (begin to) recognize the abundance of the natural world, right out your very own doorstep, to help you reconnect with our most innate relationship - Mother Earth. You will gain wisdom and perspectives about natural cycles, the importance of the elements, and remembering ancient philosophies in order to connect your body and daily activities with the healing of your habitat, and environments beyond. You will get to contribute to the harmony we are seeking, that has been lacking in civilization for quite a while now. You will learn to assist the natural cycles, such as water infiltration, species biodiversity, the soil food web, and carbon sequestration… all of which reduce drought, wildfire damage, mudslides, and flooding. You get to establish and embrace your own connection to the natural world, while helping to feed and shelter the wildlife when you provide beneficial vegetation to your yard. You might even bring back rare species of animals! And you get an unpoisoned lawn, which will give you peace of mind for your the health of your own body, your family’s, your pets, and the creatures that pass through. It is not “easy”, but it is simple, and so very worth it!
THIS IS FOR YOU IF: (a)You want to learn about nature, or you already care about the natural world, and you want to have a positive impact on the Earth - meaning, by reducing your own carbon footprint, helping to mitigate climate & environmental disturbances, and supporting more wildlife. (b)You want to live a healthier lifestyle. (c)You want connect with Mother Earth and have an escape - a sanctuary - to retreat from the chaos of the external world, at home. (d)You are seeking an abundance mindset [shift]. (e)You want to witness wild creatures right out your own windows. (f)You want to actually DO SOMETHING personal and meaningful, to give back to the planet.
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Intro to the course.
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Recognizing Industrial Traps
Corporations are known for harming us, polluting the environment, and then lying to us about it. Yet we perpetuate this bad behavior by still consuming their products. It is our responsibility to recognize when we are being swayed toward poisonous profits, so that we can make better choices for the wellbeing of our futures!
Corporations are known for harming us, polluting the environment, and then lying to us about it. Yet we perpetuate this bad behavior by still consuming their products. It is our responsibility to recognize when we are being swayed toward poisonous profits, so that we can make better choices for the wellbeing of our futures!
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Why Soil Health Is Most Important
We are part of nature, and therefore part of the circle of life. Yet we forget about the soil food web, which is the basis for all terrestrial life. So we must be aware of it, and ensure we are protecting it! This means, not continuing our destructive practices of chemical dousing and overwhelming extraction. The soil impacts all systems and cycles on Earth, so we must start mitigating our behaviors to protect it.
We are part of nature, and therefore part of the circle of life. Yet we forget about the soil food web, which is the basis for all terrestrial life. So we must be aware of it, and ensure we are protecting it! This means, not continuing our destructive practices of chemical dousing and overwhelming extraction. The soil impacts all systems and cycles on Earth, so we must start mitigating our behaviors to protect it.
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Part 1: Step Away From Pesticides
We have been convinced that killing other life is good for us… but that’s one of the traps we are learning to escape from!
Too much harm comes from pesticides, most notably in agriculture. However, homeowners are responsible for the poisoning of our own environments, we just may not be aware of the costs.
Bugs are vital to the survival of our ecosystems and the thriving of the ‘food chain’. We must learn to step away from the toxins that we willingly have been consuming for too long already.
We have been convinced that killing other life is good for us… but that’s one of the traps we are learning to escape from!
Too much harm comes from pesticides, most notably in agriculture. However, homeowners are responsible for the poisoning of our own environments, we just may not be aware of the costs.
Bugs are vital to the survival of our ecosystems and the thriving of the ‘food chain’. We must learn to step away from the toxins that we willingly have been consuming for too long already.
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Part 2: Deception Mustn't Prevail
Pesticide (chemical) companies are working with our government to try and ensure they have protections in place to continue producing harmful products, with no recourse from the public when we try to expose their dangers and hold these companies responsible.
We need the good bugs, and we need the other life that is killed by these products, in order for our health to regenerate. Enough of the deception!
Pesticide (chemical) companies are working with our government to try and ensure they have protections in place to continue producing harmful products, with no recourse from the public when we try to expose their dangers and hold these companies responsible.
We need the good bugs, and we need the other life that is killed by these products, in order for our health to regenerate. Enough of the deception!
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Connect To Your Land
What is your relationship with your property like?
We can literally utilize our senses to grow a deeper connection to our own habitats. This can also ripple out into a more nourishing understanding and appreciation for all the other nature that surrounds us, too!
What is your relationship with your property like?
We can literally utilize our senses to grow a deeper connection to our own habitats. This can also ripple out into a more nourishing understanding and appreciation for all the other nature that surrounds us, too!
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Grow Stuff!
An intro to variables that exist in types of vegetation. What to grow. How to plant. How to build biodiversity in your own yard.
Begin the transformation of your land into a healthy, generous ecosystem!
An intro to variables that exist in types of vegetation. What to grow. How to plant. How to build biodiversity in your own yard.
Begin the transformation of your land into a healthy, generous ecosystem!
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Part 1: Invasive Species
The problem we didn’t anticipate, but can no longer ignore.
Why it’s a problem.
Examples of invasives gone rampant.
The problem we didn’t anticipate, but can no longer ignore.
Why it’s a problem.
Examples of invasives gone rampant.
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Part 2: Native Species
The best option for ecosystem biodiversity and wildlife habitats.
We can move toward supporting the animals and bugs that do belong in your area. It is now on us to give them a better chance, so they can continue on, which includes supporting our lives as well!
The best option for ecosystem biodiversity and wildlife habitats.
We can move toward supporting the animals and bugs that do belong in your area. It is now on us to give them a better chance, so they can continue on, which includes supporting our lives as well!
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Standing Up For Your Yard
You are improving your carbon footprint! Everyone should rejoice!
However, if you live near uptight townspeople that seem irritated about your adventurous and life-giving yard, learn how to encourage your onlookers to get on board, rather than complain. Demonstrate cues for care. Be open to discussing how regeneration is beneficial for environmental and human health.
You are improving your carbon footprint! Everyone should rejoice!
However, if you live near uptight townspeople that seem irritated about your adventurous and life-giving yard, learn how to encourage your onlookers to get on board, rather than complain. Demonstrate cues for care. Be open to discussing how regeneration is beneficial for environmental and human health.
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