Frequently asked questions
So holistic thinking and action is the new way. Have we been doing it wrong all these years, and do we need to throw out everything we've learned?No. Many people, when they hear about the benefits of...
View ArticleDesertification--why most "solutions" fail
According to the U.N., 70% of the world's dryland areas are desertifying. How and why this happens, why most fixes fail. Links to methods that work.The word desertification was first used in 1949 by...
View ArticleMaking decisions
Lennox Louw, who raises cattle near Vryburg, South Africa, believes that being proactive, making a fundamental choice, is a must."Most people don't make any decisions, never mind holistically. Just get...
View ArticleBig change on the Colville Reservation
by Peter Donovan (1997)In eastern Washington, the Colville Confederated Tribes are facing the same problems the world faces: the increasing difficulty of sustaining ways of life on a deteriorating...
View ArticleThe Colville Tribe blazes the trail
by Peter Donovan (1997)NESPELEM, WASHINGTON--The Colville Confederated Tribes are facing the same problems the rest of the world faces: the increasing difficulty of sustaining ways of life on a...
View ArticleBiodiversity: where's the beef?
by Peter DonovanThis article first appeared in the Puget Consumer's Coop Sound Consumer.In a designated wilderness, I met a hiker on the trail. Horseback, I was the natural target of his wrath at...
View ArticleThe last battle
by Allan SavoryNOTE: At the Yakima meeting of the WSU/Kellogg project in January 1997, Allan Savory gave the keynote speech from which the following is excerpted.I see you--holistic management...
View ArticleSimulations
If you don't have a Java-enabled browser (for example, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later) you probably can't play here. Most of these simulations are Java applets, requiring your browser to load...
View ArticleModern science causes desertification
by Jeff GoebelNote: Jeff Goebel has been facilitating and teaching Holistic Management for many years. His website is http://aboutlistening.comread more
View ArticleSynchronize
This video shows 32 metronomes synchronizing on a surface that responds to their oscillation. (They won't synchronize on a rigid surface.)Christian Huygens noticed in the 1600s that pendulum clocks on...
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