I Became a Maasai Climate Herder and all it Took was Some Chutzpah and a Stick

The stick was for herding, obviously, although, in this case, it’s for Holistic Planned Herding, in which the animals are bunched denser than is typical and reared, grazed, and sold according to a plan that meets social, economic, and environmental (restorative) aspirations.

The chutzpah is the belief that enough people will be inspired with the truth and practicality of grazing — done right — to heal land, feed people, restore water cycles (rehydrate the landscape), mitigate droughts, end many civil wars, increase soil carbon, and, oh yeah, prevent a climate change catastrophe.

A stick and chutzpah, that’s all it took. Now, add the Soil4Climate network, and our odds at survival just got a whole lot better.

I anticipated that 2020 would be a good year. I’m already seeing evidence of it.

Thank you everyone. Keep believing.

Olari Sidai! (Maasai for Happy New Year).

Yeepa! Yebo! Sawa!