#65 Allan Savory - Our Collective Need to See the World Holistically

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Allan Savory discussing holistic management and its impact on ecology and biodiversity.

On this episode of Death in The Garden , we’re sharing the interview we did with Allan Savory, president and co-founder of the Savory Institute , an organization created to regenerate grasslands by training and connecting global practitioners in how to holistically manage their land to restore biodiversity. Last April, we had the opportunity to travel to Zimbabwe to film promotional material for Allan’s memoir. You can sign up for the pre-sale list to be notified when the book comes out. We had the opportunity to read a proof copy before our trip, and it was absolutely fascinating to have a window into the life and context that birthed holistic management. In this interview, we discuss the basic ideas around a holistic context, ecological concepts such as desertification, and the ways that we misunderstand ecology by imposing human concepts, such as competition, on the natural world. We also discuss some fascinating critiques of conservation, and the importance of human beings in environments. We discuss the role of death and killing in the continuation of life, and the importance of moral courage. We also tackle issues such as honesty in science, the fallibility of scientists…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jake Marquez, Maren Morgan

Guest: Allan Savory

Topics covered

• holistic management
• biodiversity
• ecology
• conservation
• grasslands
• desertification

Keywords

• holistic context
• ecological concepts
• competition
• moral courage
• science
• management strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Savory Institute

Places: Zimbabwe

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