Mother Tree Goals

COLLECT WISDOM & KNOWLEDGE

Experiment with agroecology and restoration concepts, and test the "common knowledge" of the destruction paradigm

• Side-by-side multivariable desert reforestation strategy test plot experimentation
• Side-by-side multivariable arid climate dryland and irrigated syntropic agroforestry strategy test plot experimentation
• Experimentation with conventional wisdom related to early successional species in reforestation or agroecology systems, composting strategies, etc

Acquire knowledge in ecorestoration

and agroecology through continuing

education

• Education in scientific fields contributing to the collective knowledge base
• Attending workshops
• Attending seminars/webinars and lectures
• Reading books and instructional pamphlets and watching instructional videos and documentaries
• Finding wise people and organizations to learn from

Research and tell the history of human

behavior and ecology and develop PNV

surveys

• Research early colonization descriptions of ecosystems and timelines for logging, mining, ranching, farming, etc from written histories
• Talk to Indigenous elders around the region to learn about precolonization ecology and speciation from oral histories
• Talk to regional botanists and native plant societies to learn about potential native vegetation (PNV)
• Develop and publicly share a more detailed ecological history of the region
• Develop PNV surveys for various local regions

PACKAGE AND SHARE 

WISDOM & KNOWLEDGE

Create and offer hands-on experiential

onsite learning opportunities

• Establish and manage syntropic garden/farm plots, food forests, and reforestation projects as demonstration sites
• Establish and manage plant nurseries as demonstration sites and for supplying other internal projects
• Establish and manage Johnson-Su and other fungal-prominent aerobic compost systems for supplying projects
• Establish and manage an ecorestoration camp

EMPOWER COMMUNITIES TO PUT KNOWLEDGE & WISDOM INTO PRACTICE

Establish wildland restoration and

agroecology projects to be

managed independently

• Miyawaki forests
• Other wildland restoration projects, including reforestation
• Food forests
• Syntropic farms and gardens

Create forest and agroecology nurseries

and onsite fungi-prominent compost

systems

• Create tree/shrub nurseries in collaboration with individuals, communities and organizations
• Create Johnson-Su and other fungal-prominent aerobic compost systems
• Train individuals within communities and organizations to run the nurseries and composting systems

Offer coaching and support for

individuals and organizations

• Training for establishing Miyawaki forests
• Training for Planting and managing syntropic farms/gardens
• Consulting and counsel for program participants planting and managing syntropic farms, gardens, and nurseries
• Consultation for individuals and organizations interested in doing related work