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Off Grid Life in an Ancient Volcano: Restoring the Rainforest

Original was uploaded on 2022-05-28

We live off-grid, in the magical rainforest, and are working to restore, regenerate and heal the jungle. https://www.patreon.com/motherthemountain 🧡 The rainforest teaches us to tread softly, to give back more than we take, and to understand the fertility of the earth, knowing that – to nourish the forest is to nourish ourselves.

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We are sisters, Julia and Anastasia — caring for a regenerative farm on Bundjalung Country on the East Coast of Australia. We have a dream to build a self sustainable future and regenerate the land for generations to come. Join us as we learn to build, farm, garden, and care for the animals and land.

We live and farm on the land of the Arakwal and Minjungbal people of the Bundjalung Nation and these practices of regenerative living, agriculture and permaculture owe their roots and theories to Indigenous knowledge — they have been practiced by Indigenous People around the world for so many years. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Country we live on, and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waters. We thank them for protecting this rainforest and its ecosystems since time immemorial.

Music by Melissa Mary Ahern

“World of Wonder”, “Hard Luck in Love”, “Maria, Maria” and “Stone by Stone”

Chapters:
0:00 Living off-grid and restoring a magical fern gully
2:45 Regenerating the rainforest with goats
4:28 Collecting and planting seeds on the forest floor
6:02 Our integrative animal systems – feeding the sheep
6:54 The process of restoring balance in the native forest and removing invasive weeds
11:23 Our morning routine in the rainforest – caring for all the animals
15:18 Gardening and germinating seeds to replant in flood affected areas of the rainforest
16:47 Caring for the land through rotational grazing

#offgrid #sustainability