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Return to Eden

Sheila Cooke • 28 September 2020

'We are a desert-making species.'

A thought-provoking story by documentary maker Marijn Poels.

'Return to Eden', features Allan Savory, and a holistically-managed farm in Germany.


Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.

When Natural and human interests impinge on each other and over-regulation disturbs our biological balance important questions arise. Do we belong to nature or does nature belongs to us? 


Documentary maker Marijn Poels explores the human urge to control our climate, security and preferably the other. 


Balancing on a razor-thin line between regulation and manipulation. When technology reigns supreme and common sense vaporizes through the test of time, humanity is on the brink of becoming the tool. 


Miles away from the collective panic, fear and chaos, there is hope, inspiration and reconnection.




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