Research and Teaching Organizations
Holistic Management International
In 2009 Holistic Management International celebrated its 25th anniversary, and continues to offer land stewards a comprehensive framework for identifying specific goals; making grazing, land management and financial decisions that positively impact land health and productivity; and performing effective monitoring in ways that specifically further those goals.
In 1999, Holistic Management International published At Home with Holistic Management by Ann Adams. In At Home, Adams, a Holistic Management International Certified Educator, explains the holistic management process and how it can be used to create a more meaningful life. Free downloads of printed materials, guides, and charts are available at www.holisticmanagement.org (store).
Savory Institute
Exiled as a result of his opposition to the ruling Rhodesian party, Allan Savory immigrated to the United States where he co-founded the Center for Holistic Management with his wife, Jody Butterfield, in 1984. He left that organization in 2009 to form the Savory Institute, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. The Savory Institute works globally with individuals, government agencies, NGOs and corporations to restore the vast grasslands of the world through the teaching and practice of holistic management and Holistic Decision Making. The Institute's Consulting and Training activities are turning deserts into thriving grasslands, restoring biodiversity, bringing streams, rivers and water sources back to life, combating poverty and hunger, and increasing sustainable food production, all while putting an end to global climate change.
In 1999, Savory and Jody Butterfield co-authored, Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision-Making (Island Press). The book describes how Savory discovered workable solutions to today's most pressing environmental problems. These solutions are being implemented worldwide to overcome many of the problems besetting economies, cities, nations, governments, organizations and more.
Additional and up to date printed materials, e-books and more can be found on the Savory Institute website.
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