How an impoverished community restored an impoverished land.

John D. Liu: Thoughts on Vocational Centers for Ecological Restoration

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” . . . gradually I’ve come to see ecological restoration as the “great work” of our time — the one most important thing that all the people who are alive today need to understand and do together. I’ve come to realize that to do restoration at scale requires some very specific skills and also requires a type of lifestyle change. It also requires a change in the way we perceive work and the economy.”