Saad Dagher

Saad Dagher is Ambassador of GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) in Palestine, agricultural engineer and environmentalist, and has specialised in agricultural ecology for 25 years. He is also a yoga teacher, Reiki master, and beekeeper. Dagher introduced the concept of agrarian ecology into Palestine and has recently set up his own agro-ecological farm (The Humanist Farm—Ma’azouza). He is also helping to build the first Palestinian eco-village—Farkha —in the West Bank.

Saad Dagher in Kosmos

Cooperation with Wild Boars in Palestine

The systems which keep all other organisms in check don’t work with us. Why? Why are we overpowering the systems of checks and balances which keep everyone else in check, in harmony with the biosphere. We will eventually be kept in check, of course, but why at such a cost to the entire Earth community?

Published in Volume 19 Issue 2

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For thousands of years, we lived according to the principles of village life. Then, around the 14th Century, our lives were reorganized by rulers around growth and accumulation – often at the cost of community, equity, and the living Earth. What would it mean to return to simplicity, and mutual care?

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