From landscape design to conservation agriculture | Thomas Waltz | TEDx Charlottesville
This lecture was conducted at a local TEDx event, which is independent of the TED conference. Landscape architect Thomas Woltz is the principal and owner of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architect (NBW), with offices in New York City, Charlottesville, Virginia, and San Francisco, California. In the past 19 years of practice, Woltz and his staff have created a work system that combines the beauty and function of architectural forms and craftsmanship with the understanding of complex biological systems and restoration ecology, resulting in hundreds of Acres of constructed wetlands, reforested land, primitive grasslands, and thriving wildlife habitats. Currently, NBW is commissioned to design 8 major parks throughout the United States, Canada and New Zealand. The company’s work has been recognized by more than 80 national and international awards and has been widely published. In 2011, Thomas Woltz was invested in the Association of American Association of Landscape Architects. This is the highest honor for the profession and was named by the Wall Street Journal in 2013. Design Innovator of the Year. Regarding TEDx, x = independently organized events. In line with ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a local, self-organized event plan that brings people together to share experiences similar to TED. At TEDx events, the combination of TEDTalks videos and live speakers sparked in-depth discussions and contacts in a group. These local, self-organized events are labeled TEDx, where x = independently organized TED events. The TED conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. * (* Certain rules and regulations are subject to compliance).
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Fantastic!
Excellent speaker, fascinating topic.
Wow!!!!!!
A little motivation for an environmental science student to get through his chemistry class
Incredible
Excellent!
So beautiful, thank you so much for doing this.
My dream is to acquire a huge tract of degraded land, then restore it to an abundant Eden.
Wow, watching this made me teary eyed. What a beautiful and respectful project!
Unbelievable!!! The greatest proffesion!
Hard Work + Patience… this is mind-blowing.
Outstanding!
There seem to be several winners in this project. Foremost of all was the land and the habitat. How did the indigenous tribe benefit in this undertaking. They were mentionoed as collaborators here and there. Did I miss something. Great Project!
This is how all farms should be working… by law!
Wow, I never paid much attention to landscaping but this is amazing
I have grown switchgrass for years and certainly appreciate native tall grasses, but if you took all the fescue, what does the farmer use for winter grazing now?
This guy just became my idol architect
The best conservation method: LEAVE NATURE ALONE!
This is such absolutely, and entirely, brilliant work. I want to work with you. This way of seeing and thinking through interpersonal, and cultural relationships between and the broader ecological context is the future.
2:40 Burning the farm every three years is no longer needed if you include any number of ruminants available and good management (this is key). Burning also releases huge quantities of greenhouse gases and doesn't do the soil biology much good longterm. Holistic management is an option worth serious consideration, where your decisions are run through a filtering process to help you make better decisions based on a deeper and more complex context.
Healthy soils take care of the methane problem (Wikipedia: Methanotrophs). And carbon pumping via good grazing management helps get the carbon out of the atmosphere and build that soil organic matter: resulting in healthier soils in greater qualities and cleaner air in the process. Nature provides the solutions. Mimic nature!
Very inspiring. Great work!
why am i so emotional watching this…!! I wanna be a landscap architect so bad…clawing there closer and closer, thanks for keeping me inspired
He just found his purpose in life.
The main client in cases like these should be gobernments around the world.
Wow, that guy is a total hero!
inspiring 🙂
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Jurassic Park