I'm kind of tired of the term "carbon negative" being used to greenwash products, companies and habits of consumption.

Carbon, and I'm really talking about CO2 here, is not the boogeyman it has been made out to be.

There is a thing called the carbon cycle on planet Earth. It IS the foundation for all life on this planet. All forms of life on this planet are carbon-based life forms. All forms of aerobic life EMIT carbon as part of being alive.

Let's do away with "carbon-negative" - as a sovereign homesteader, I want a carbon-positive homestead - one that cycles more carbon through living systems and builds more soil with every passing year.

Don't get me wrong, we humans as a species have done A LOT of damage to the ecosystems that sustain our existence, and we have a lot of good work to do in order to put things right again. But lowering the parts per million of carbon in the atmosphere from 415 to 350 so we don't "boil the oceans" and isn't where our focus should be.

Show Resources

• TSH 005 - The 4 Pillars Of A Productive Homestead - Light, Water, Soil and Life
• TSH 020 - Rats In A Cage

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