So many things to say!! Thank you Natalie for putting together such a comprehensive overview of just some of your experiences. So much can be done with so little to have such an enormous positive impact. Thank you Water Stories for providing a platform for all of the stories you are gathering, but I really feel this was a particularly important story due to the empowerment this work has given to so many women who are often very entrenched patriarchy. Post script....I to refer to the animals (and rocks and trees and weeds and...!) as people.
Thank you Natalie for all these wonderful examples of getting the "how" right! I deeply resonate with your holistic, systemic approach, linking every aspect of existence to ecological degradation. Amazing transformations coming from deep observation of the local reality, don't ever worry your talks are too long!! And thanks to Water Stories for bringing this lived wisdom to us!
Natalie, you are AMAZING! I have not seen or heard such a resounding answer to any if not ALL of my questions about desert ecological water management, etc. with pictures and such detail. Thank you SO much for your journey and efforts to show us the proof of your efforts. I have many people to convince and with your life's work, I know I can convince them for the better change.
wow. wow. wow. This was a life-changing webinar for me. Natalie, I do hope to one day SOON be in direct contact with you regarding work. AMAZING. INSPIRATIONAL. Thank you!
Wow! Thank you so much Natalie ❤️ and water stories for hosting this fantastic presentation. In going to be a fan and stalker. I grew up on the banks of the Okavango river on the war border between Angola and then Southwest Africa. My dad was a director of health and social services and later a consultant for may (failing) development projects. I love how you value and use the local knowledge and resources of the people and how you go straight to the root cause of all the human and environmental suffering...! Every word you say just makes sense and shows such a deep understanding...it is so refreshing as I can say from long observation that it is rare and I am baffled by your results! Maybe there is hope for the poor denuded Okavango yet...that is if we can simultaneously stop the fracking by Canadian Oil firms and the old growth destruction by the Chinese firms...
AMAZING to hear a WOMBYN spilling the Tea! The water restoration movement, permaculture movement and world need more of this! Thank you Natalie your so real! Much love sister!
Thanks Natalie and Team Water Stories for sharing these practical and inspiring examples - I plan to implement some of these ideas in my home food forest and elsewhere in future. Shine on!
That was amazing. It’s so wonderful to see the positive things people are doing around the world. And it had practical information on a small scale as well. Well done!
This is a big deal. Sadly, lots of corporate charters call for a greening of the planet, but fewer than a fraction of the world's elites are remotely connected with the means of doing so.
"Food should not be a capitalist system." Umm, that's been tried many times and it leads to mass starvation. Food should be made and gotten in a free market based system and people should be generous to the poor.
Having said that. What she has done is amazing and admirable and it is great that she used the free market system to enable these people to have a better life!
As for her man hating. Yes, if men are left to their own devices they can be very bad for the world. Their energy must be properly channeled so they make a better world. The same with women, incorrectly channeled energy can be very bad for society but correctly channeled energy they are amazing for society. The whole us versus them is unproductive.
First, I greatly appreciate the work of this organization, and have benefited, in understanding and practice, because of the content you provide. However, I finally stopped watching this presentation, after roughly an hour. In her 17 years of laudable service, I am certain Ms. Topa has witnessed many atrocities against women. But, punctuating her presentation every 5 minutes with “#patriarchy”-type comments distracts from the content she is delivering. Again, I stand with her on crimes against women, but that is not the lecture we showed up for.
Rich Smith- I think I agree with you. Kind of like someone who is Christian based who weaves scripture or God through everything- even if unrelated. It feels irritating to listen to. And I’m a believer…
So many things to say!! Thank you Natalie for putting together such a comprehensive overview of just some of your experiences. So much can be done with so little to have such an enormous positive impact. Thank you Water Stories for providing a platform for all of the stories you are gathering, but I really feel this was a particularly important story due to the empowerment this work has given to so many women who are often very entrenched patriarchy. Post script....I to refer to the animals (and rocks and trees and weeds and...!) as people.
Thank you Natalie for all these wonderful examples of getting the "how" right! I deeply resonate with your holistic, systemic approach, linking every aspect of existence to ecological degradation. Amazing transformations coming from deep observation of the local reality, don't ever worry your talks are too long!!
And thanks to Water Stories for bringing this lived wisdom to us!
Natalie, you are AMAZING! I have not seen or heard such a resounding answer to any if not ALL of my questions about desert ecological water management, etc. with pictures and such detail. Thank you SO much for your journey and efforts to show us the proof of your efforts. I have many people to convince and with your life's work, I know I can convince them for the better change.
WOW. I just need to sit down and process all of this. Natalie, the world is brighter with you in it. I feel hopeful about the future!
This was AMAZING!!! I could sit and listen to Natalie talk all day long. FANTASTIC Webinar.
wow. wow. wow. This was a life-changing webinar for me. Natalie, I do hope to one day SOON be in direct contact with you regarding work. AMAZING. INSPIRATIONAL. Thank you!
Love this presentation! Hats off to all those involved.
Wow! Thank you so much Natalie ❤️ and water stories for hosting this fantastic presentation. In going to be a fan and stalker. I grew up on the banks of the Okavango river on the war border between Angola and then Southwest Africa. My dad was a director of health and social services and later a consultant for may (failing) development projects. I love how you value and use the local knowledge and resources of the people and how you go straight to the root cause of all the human and environmental suffering...! Every word you say just makes sense and shows such a deep understanding...it is so refreshing as I can say from long observation that it is rare and I am baffled by your results! Maybe there is hope for the poor denuded Okavango yet...that is if we can simultaneously stop the fracking by Canadian Oil firms and the old growth destruction by the Chinese firms...
AMAZING to hear a WOMBYN spilling the Tea! The water restoration movement, permaculture movement and world need more of this! Thank you Natalie your so real! Much love sister!
This was an awesome discussion about water with Natalie, Raleigh, and Zach.
Thank you so much for an inspiring talk. So much information, so many benefits to so many people. Awesome.
Thanks Natalie and Team Water Stories for sharing these practical and inspiring examples - I plan to implement some of these ideas in my home food forest and elsewhere in future. Shine on!
That was amazing. It’s so wonderful to see the positive things people are doing around the world. And it had practical information on a small scale as well. Well done!
Awesome work and love the longer presentation.
James freed kingdome, builds fireproof most solid earth shelters as BYU engineer professor Paul Isaacson has done since 70s.
This is a big deal. Sadly, lots of corporate charters call for a greening of the planet, but fewer than a fraction of the world's elites are remotely connected with the means of doing so.
Add in Hemp crop 🙌. Hemp makes fireproof co2 negative houses. And all other things (except glass) can be made from hemp. And better soil!
"Food should not be a capitalist system." Umm, that's been tried many times and it leads to mass starvation. Food should be made and gotten in a free market based system and people should be generous to the poor.
Having said that. What she has done is amazing and admirable and it is great that she used the free market system to enable these people to have a better life!
As for her man hating. Yes, if men are left to their own devices they can be very bad for the world. Their energy must be properly channeled so they make a better world. The same with women, incorrectly channeled energy can be very bad for society but correctly channeled energy they are amazing for society.
The whole us versus them is unproductive.
First, I greatly appreciate the work of this organization, and have benefited, in understanding and practice, because of the content you provide.
However, I finally stopped watching this presentation, after roughly an hour. In her 17 years of laudable service, I am certain Ms. Topa has witnessed many atrocities against women. But, punctuating her presentation every 5 minutes with “#patriarchy”-type comments distracts from the content she is delivering. Again, I stand with her on crimes against women, but that is not the lecture we showed up for.
Patriarchy.
Rich Smith- I think I agree with you. Kind of like someone who is Christian based who weaves scripture or God through everything- even if unrelated. It feels irritating to listen to. And I’m a believer…