I left oil and gas engineering in 2008 to study how nature builds infrastructure. Everyone in my life thought I was crazy. For 8 years, I designed industrial systems optimised for extraction. The… | Rob Avis | 18 comments

I left oil and gas engineering in 2008 to study how nature builds infrastructure. Everyone in my life thought I was crazy. For 8 years, I designed industrial systems optimised for extraction. The goal was always: get more out, faster + cheaper. But in 2008, I couldn't do it anymore. Not because I became an environmentalist, but because the math didn't work. —> You can't run systems by depleting the capital they depend on. So, I studied the alternative. For 16 years, I've learned how nature builds infrastructure that doesn't collapse. And I kept seeing the same pattern. The people who need each other most can't talk to each other: 💪🏼 Health optimizers spend $50K on biohacking but don't ask where their food comes from. 💰 Investors manage portfolio risk but don't account for soil depletion or water scarcity. 👩🏽‍💻Tech developers deploy billions in AI infrastructure without solving energy and water constraints. Here's what they're missing: ✅ Health is downstream from nutrient-dense food. ✅ Nutrient density is downstream from soil health. ✅ Soil health is downstream from regenerative practices. ✅ Regenerative systems create resilient assets. Now the people contacting me aren't just backyard farmers. They're from Silicon Valley, AI investment firms, family offices and UN agencies. And almost every single one of them are asking: How do we build systems that don't create the problems we're trying to solve? My answer: Stop competing with systems optimised over 4 billion years. Design with them instead. On my 160-acre farm in Alberta, I'm building the proof. The question for anyone working with land, optimizing health, managing portfolios, or building infrastructure: What's one system you've seen shift from extractive to regenerative… and what changed? | 18 comments on LinkedIn

#regenerative #landscapedesign #landscapearchitecture #agroecology #regenerativefarming #agroforestry #farming #tuin #permaculture #voedselbos #nature #climate #health #gutmicrobiome #guthealth… | Louis De Jaeger | 37 comments

Before we plant a food forest, we always revive the soil 🪻🌻 We plant 13 different plant species to pump sugars into the ground. This is a residential food forest we designed near Brussels The soil was total crap It's not our job to regenerate the soil. It's our job to feed the soil organisms and create favorable conditions for them. Why? Because soil organisms will regenerate the soil FOR you 🤯 This is why we plant at least 6 botanical families: Fabaceae, Linaceae, Phaceliaceae, Brassicaceae, Polygonaceae, Asteraceae 🌻 And in this case over 13 species, of which the sunflower is the most prominent one. Why? Every plant species and plant family pumps a different exudate into the soil, a term that refers to the process of pumping sugars into the soil. They all have a different chemical composition. So we have a big enough diversity to feed all types of soil organisms. Plants can give up to 40% of the sugars they photosynthesize to the soil. They do this because if they feed soil life, the soil life will feed them. It is a perfect exchange system. 🌳 Planting trees in crappy soil CAN work, but the mortality rate will be higher and they will suffer more. Preparation and a good design are everything. Follow Commensalist to see our design work across the globe (from small gardens to privat islands). 👉🏼 I learned the complex seed mix while teaching together with Alain Peeters on the Living Soil Academy 🙏🏼 #regenerative #landscapedesign #landscapearchitecture #agroecology #regenerativefarming #agroforestry #farming #tuin #permaculture #voedselbos #nature #climate #health #gutmicrobiome #guthealth #foodforest | 37 comments on LinkedIn

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