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Shift Happens, Rapidly!

By: Jeff Goebel www.aboutlistening.com

Grounding • Establishes a model for listening with respect, a knowing that each

person will be heard.

• Establishes a verbal territory for each participant, a sense of potential equity.

• Requires access to both the left and the right brain, engaging the "whole brain”.

• Allows apprehensions and hopes for the meeting to be expressed.

• Allow participants to express hidden agendas (like leaving early, a flat tire, a sickness, etc.).

• Brings people into the "here and now”.

• Provides initial information to the facilitator.

Shift Happens, Rapidly!

By: Jeff Goebel www.aboutlistening.com

Why do this work? My reason!

"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that

created it."

- Albert Einstein

Slide by Peter Donovan

CO2 Concentration (PPM)

http://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_1_2_1t.htm

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

After 5 YRS:

- the tree weighed 169 lb,

- while the soil had lost only 2

ounces. Photo: Sarah Brinker

In 1649, Jan Baptista van Helmont placed a:

5 lb willow in an earthen pot with 200 lb of dried soil—

adding nothing to the pot except

rainwater or distilled water.

The Magic of Photosynthesis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis

The Magic of Photosynthesis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis

The Point Where CO2 Comes Back to Earth

http://sheenalikescurrysauce.blogspot.com/

Slide by Peter Donovan

Slide by Peter Donovan

Slide by Peter Donovan

Slide by Peter Donovan

"Game can be restored by the creative use of the same tools which have heretofore destroyed it—ax, plow, cow, fire, and gun." - Aldo Leopold

Fenceline contrast Riparian area – Cody, WY

Overgrazed Planned grazing

30 cows x 100 days / yr = 3000 animal days

950 cows x 10 days / yr = 9500 animal days

Climate Change

FOOD

H2O CO2

H2O CO2 Carbohydrates

Benefits ● Water infiltration and retention ● Food production and resiliency ● Economic capacity ● Species diversification & enhanced ecosystem ● Community resiliency & conflict reduction ● Carbon sequestration

Beaver Creek in Lander, WY New South Wales after Rainstorm

Do we need to find out if these methods work? • Permaculture

• Holistic Management

• Conservation Agriculture

• Other methods

Limiting Beliefs – A Visual

Photo: Sarah Brinker

The “100 k” Challenge

Photo: holisticmanagement.org Photo: homesteadlady.com

To “educate” = to change behavior.

Concepts in Systems Thinking

Photo: Sarah Brinker

Peter Senge: The Fifth Discipline

• Shifting the Burden

• Limits to Growth

West Africa 15 years ago

Limiting Beliefs

Why is it impossible to increase productivity by 50% without Western technology?

• We only make $45/year/person. • We don’t like to work hard. • The soil is too poor. • It can’t be done without chemical fertilizer

because there isn’t enough rain.

Limiting Belief Acknowledgment & Reframing Given that it's “impossible” to increase productivity by 50% without western technology, if it were possible, what would you do?

• Rotational grazing—accumulating manure on the land • Plant leguminous trees—acacia albida • Build contour barriers—lining stones along the contour • Allow land to lay “fallow”—[Jeff…define here] • Intercrop—grains & leguminous plants • Diversify crops & polycultures—mixing crop systems)

Hana Ranch, Maui 25 years ago

Core Elements to SHIFT

Photo: Sarah Brinker

• Holistic view

• Pygmalion effect

• A different process

Holistic View • The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

• Diversity is richness.

Pygmalion Effect = expectations

Duane Elgin: Science does NOT know 96%—the value of TRADITIONAL WISDOM

A different process to: ● Address Fears ● Foster Transformational Change ● Create the “Vanna White Effect” ● Address the Second Law of

Thermodynamics—the social concept ● Trust the Process

Are you ready to SHIFT?

Create learning centers worldwide that spread quickly

Solve local problems ● Water infiltration & retention ● Food production & resiliency ● Economic capacity ● Species diversification & an enhanced

ecosystem ● Community resiliency & conflict reduction

Train the trainers

Trainers train others

What next? Ripples!

What is a green dot?

• Capture CO2 • Increase social, economic,

& ecological well-being • Create new habits • Solve local issues

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Approximately 25 days of support over 1 year

= • 12 workshop days—4 x 3-day workshops • 12 consultation days—complimenting workshops • 1 day graduation, evaluation, next steps • Monitoring & training—for locals to monitor soil carbon • Process documentation • Coaching support between workshops—email/ Skype • Research • Scholarships—for local ranchers & farmers

We Have: • 16 countries interested in participating to date • Team of interested facilitators • Team of support people currently investing time

We Need: • Create more awareness – opportunities • NGO “home” for managing funds • Funding to step up work

Adaptive Learning

• How do you feel about the presentation?

• What did you learn that will help you be successful?

• What advice do you have?

Jeff Goebel www.aboutlistening.com | goebel@aboutlistening.com | 001 541-610-7084

Questions?

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Confederate Tribes of the Colville Reservation

• Developed a Tribal Vision Used to Make Decisions

Six Mile Springs Watershed 50% yields over Silviculturists expectations. REDUCED miles of road construction from 21 to 7.

• Implemented fall understory burns on large blocks (5000 ac) - preharvest

• Created silviculture prescriptions to restore culturally important plants & animals.

• Land treatment costs:

• Forest service - $125 to $300

• Budgeted - $75

• Actual - $29

Results: Combining Traditional Wisdom with Science-based Approach

By Year 3

● Doubled land treatment from 10,000 ac/yr to 20,000 ac/yr.

● Saved $1 million from department budget ($17m to $16m)

● All resolutions passed unanimously

By Year 4

• Led financial planning for entire government

Changes on Hana Ranch, Maui Change March 1987 – before February 1988 – after

Management Structure Hierarchical Hierarchical (though collaborative form was taking

shape up to December)

Whole Ranch Weak Link Leadership Leadership (action being taken to strengthen)

People Skills Low self concept Moderate self concepts (i.e., more leadership being taken by team both on ranch & in

community, more use of human creativity being

expressed) Focused Effort Lack of goals Well defined goal & planning

process Ranch Land Plan No focused direction Well thought out detailed plan

for change Guest Involvement Very little Income generator for hotel &

ranch (several guests are coming to Hana because of

ranch tour, tour has become a major activity for hotel guests)

Changes on Hana Ranch Community Changes Animosity Active support, collaborative

involvement & genuine interest in developing a sound

community plan

Activists Antagonistic (cutting fences & water lines)

Enthusiastic support (i.e., article in Hawaiian Business Monthly)

Labor Union Relations Strained Warm Employee Numbers 17 9 (change has been

accepted by community)

Managerial Controlled Expenses

Not controlled Reduced monthly by 50%

Ranch Cash Management Uncontrolled Tightly planned & controlled locally on a monthly basis

Forage Rapidly deteriorating toward rattail smutgrass & brush

Upward trend successionally toward pangola, paragrass, &

even napier grass

Weak Link with Energy Flow Overstocked Understocked (not enough animals using the grass

available)

Changes on Hana Ranch

Animal Health Poor Moderate

Control of Animals Fair Good

Livestock Movement Rotation, not planned toward ranch goal

Highly goal oriented & operated on a planned basis

(biological planning)

Herd Numbers 16 7

Stock Density Roughly 5 animals per acre 25 animals per acre (up to 160)

Rest Period Percentage on Land

82% 97%

Rest Period Length 16 to 30 days 45 to 60 days (could decrease over time as plants

regain vigor)

Average Grazing Periods 3 days 2 days

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