Sorry I missed the deadline for the last question. The continuing drought in central western NSW, Australia has our full attention at the moment with some hard decisions to make re. destocking consuming much of our time over the last few weeks. A fly over our country in a neighbours home made plane (exciting) this morning reinforces our decision to destock!!

What was most rewarding? It was an opportunity to hear from and be inspired by others a lot "further down the track" and far learned than us. We would like to thank you sincerely Peter for both providing the opportunity and for your truly fantastic website - we refer all of our contacts to it. It was also an opportunity to think deeply and articulate those thoughts, sharing them with others.

What could have been improved? I though the process was of itself brilliant. I needed to make more time avialable to participate to improve the usefulness of the process to us.

How might we include others? As a farmer these are some of the things I can do:
By putting the principles into practice ourselves we model both the process and the outcome.
By welcoming critical evaluation we engage others – realising that their assessment of both our processes and outcomes may not always agree with our own.
By monitoring and documenting the change we are creating we reassure ourselves and others that we are on track – working from the basic premise that nature is complex and the changes we are implementing may not be taking the landscape in the desired direction.
By “keeping it real” – not exaggerating claims or denying less than perfect outcomes we maintain credibility.
By speaking in a positive way about what can be achieved without attacking conventional thinking while doing so, we minimise the need for others to defend their “position” and make it easier for them to undergo the transformational change in thinking and doing that is needed.
By taking every opportunity to engage in the public debate on Climate Change in a humble, positive way offering the work of our “champions” as an example. These opportunities are increasingly presenting themselves in Australia.
By tapping into established networks driven by passionate people whose purpose is to promote public debate, disseminate information and let policy makers know what is needed via online petitions. A good example in Australia is the organisation called “Getup”
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Thanks Kim, great comments. I remember meeting you in Albuquerque last November, and was glad you participated. Are you participating in any soil carbon measurement activity? If so, what are you learning?