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Land stewardship is about self-reliance
Policies impacted by lobbying -> industry decides (capital)
Favor existing industry over new ones
Always favor reactive (more capital / GDP)
We need Humility toward the Natural world
WHY
Change the way we harvest
HOW
Principles (water)
- Conservation, resuse
- No dumping, forests to filter
- Adaptation, shift use when drought
- Seasonal storage
Principles (Energy and fuel)
- Local and renewable
- Avoid use of slow returning fuel
- Maximize efficiency
- Short-term balance vs long-term supply
Principles (Land Use)
- Diversity - increase regen capacity and adaptability
- Using fire and other methods
- Don't disturb the soil - the important
- Take what you need
- Less than capacity unless crisis or there is too much (toward balance)
WHAT
Forestry, water management, mining, farming, land management