The Art and Nature of Conservation, Honoring Ancestors and Renewal for Peace and Justice
Resilience and Transformation: A better world requires each of us to help take action with a new vision for our world through trust and generosity to restore soils and souls
“It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” - Jiddu Krishnamurti
There is no separation- we are interconnected. If you are a creator, a change maker, a visionary and want peace, connection, wellness, prosperity, and want to make a difference in your life, community, and world- thank you.
I am really glad that you are here!
I believe in you and I believe in humanity. And, I believe in Substack as the new economic engine for culture.
In Honor of Black History and Pioneers of Soil Conservation
In honor of George Washington Carver (1861?—1943) who “was a revolutionary American agricultural chemist, agronomist, and experimenter who was born into slavery and sought to uplift Black farmers through the development of new products derived from peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans. His work helped transform the stagnant agricultural economy of the South after the American Civil War. For most of his career he taught and conducted research at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University) in Tuskegee, Alabama.”
Hugh Hammond Bennett sparked the creation of a Conservation Agency. He served as the first chief of the Soil Conservation Service, now the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and is known as "The Father of Soil Conservation" and helped the first watershed project in the United States.
“Out of the long list of nature’s gifts to man, none is perhaps so utterly essential to human life as soil.” - Hugh Hammond Bennett
Regeneration Nation
Help me create a soil, health, wellness, flora and fauna conservation movement. I’ve taken the show on the road to help restore voices, souls, purposes, soils and prosperity. Peace, health, connection in our communities’ fixes food, hunger, health, wellness, peace, justice and waste issues, and so much more.
Advocacy is love in action. I left my home and my partner to help restore soils and souls to help conduct a symphony of nature’s beings, scientists, artists, citizens, community leaders and flora and fauna.
Be a part of helping nature, animals and humans with regenerative grass root projects to help increase health and well-being. My friend, the late Ronnie Cummins, was the grandfather of regenerative farming. He was the co-founder of Organics Consumer Association, Regeneration International and Billion Agave Project.
Restoring Soils and Souls regenerates freedom, health, resilience for sustainable peace and prosperity that heals divide and conquer tactics for good.
Healthy people create a world of well-being.
How you can help soil: our health is our wealth
Hubris it is cruel to humus, humans and all life. We must do the right thing for ourselves and help others. Let’s make Anima Mundi great again.
“Let’s start with our foundations and dig deeper into the benefits of soil. My purpose is to help us get to the root of the problem and help us grow, bloom and heal. Regeneration is in our nature.” The Art and Science of Regeneration–Robin Motzer
Did you know…?
Humus: A dark, moist soil composed of bits of dead, rotting insects, animals, leaves, roots, sticks, and food. Humus adds nutrients to the soil which plants need to grow and live.
1 gram of soil can house up to 10 million bacteria and 1 million species. Some say there are 10 billion microorganisms in a tablespoon of soil. No matter the number, there is an abundance of life in soil.
Soil is life and habitat: our health, food, shelter and medicine depends on soil.
Soil stores carbon, deflects floods and mitigates erosion and droughts.
In some areas, 1” of top soil takes about 500-1,000 years to form. We are losing topsoil and 2,000 acres of farmland per day.
Organic farmers use compost, naturally replacing toxic chemicals.
Soil has religious and cultural importance- ancient Egyptians, Greeks and artists revered and valued the offerings of earth.
How you can help: 11 ways to save our soils
Grow food and manage regeneratively;
Garden- grow herbs or wildflowers for pollinators- and manage organically get your hands dirty- it’s healing, especially when the soil is not poisoned by toxic products;
Compost;
Recycle;
Support regenerative farming;
Shop local and eat local:
Biodiversity- increase the number of native plants for animals and humans;
Maximize continuous roots, (no till, no plow, and leave soil alone);
Maximize ground cover (exposed soil erodes and blows away);
Minimize disturbance and development (live with less- it is liberating!); and,
Support Wildlands. It helps enormously to have your financial support. Culture changers are the most needed in our world.
Notes:
Sandesh Kc. "10 Reasons Why Soil is Important" The Important Site, 2022-07-25.
Support a Ruff Rebel- Robin of Wildlands and Regeneration Nation
One of the great things of working on the road, is seeing friends all over the country. I’ve known Jillian Rose since we were in the third grade. We love reminiscing and good, local food. Other childhood friends support one of my art shows.
I AM a Poet with a Purpose- a Pied Piper for pollinators, food, farming, freedom, families, friends, flora, fauna and our future. Stewardship means honoring our ancestors, the indigenous, nature and her beings. My great-grandfather was a farmer and a friend of President Truman. My great aunt babysat the President’s daughter, Margaret. Another ancestor invented the open case freezer. And another fought in the American Revolution. My partner, physicist and Citizen of the Cherokee Nation and I are stewards of the farmland that has been in his family since 1902.
We must get big money out of systems for harmony- my purpose is to show how stewardship is the way. And, I need your support, please join me and let’s get this party started! It will be fun.
I’m nomadic and create food and pollinator gardens (trees included) in three ecosystems to unite advocacy with health, well-being through connection with nature.
The work includes State Representatives and Agencies, City and County Councils, citizens and their communities with the mission to reduce harm and increase collaboration to shift paradigms.
Please be a part of people who want to make a difference, leave a legacy, and help end hunger and waste. Wildlands helps gather the people who want to help increase gardens, regenerative farms, forests, fields, and clean waters for healthy habits and habitats.
And please help end greed and disconnection that destroys our peace and prosperity. We can heal our soils and our souls in service, together.
Thank you for your help! See you next time!
Robin in Wildlands
We are given life that we may enhance life
"We cannot live on if the natural world dies." - Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace