Who are we?

Thank you for joining us and contributing to the success of our work. We are not so much about nice speeches and pictures as we are about finding long lasting real and efficient solutions to the climate crisis in spite of a tiny budget. Except for a few locals who will act as part time translators and facilitators all of us are volunteers and do not expect any personal compensation for our work. Your donations are thus utilised only to finance our actions and cover our costs.

You may be wondering as to why we center our action in Kenya’s Masai Mara. Why not work with the livestock owners of the Limousin in central France or with the cereal farmers further north? There too regenerative farming practices could raise soil carbon content dramatically with no less dramatical effects on global warming. We chose the Masai Mara because that is where we determined we could have the greatest impact. In France and most of Europe soil enhancing practices are issues for each individual farmer or landowner to address. In this context, convincing each farmer to adopt regenerative farming practices did not seem like a realistic way for our small organisation to try to make a difference in the fight against global warming. Encouraging the agricultural communities of richer nation to adopt regenerative farming practices sequestering large amount of carbon in their soils, and solutions exist for every situation, is a task for governments and larger organisations and pressure groups. We felt we would be more likely to obtain good results, and on a much grander scale, in the Mara where livestock husbandry has historically been more collective. Furthermore, the Maasai, who are often living on the edge of poverty, are more open to practices likely to fight the desertification they witness on a daily basis. Our approach is to establish pilot projects throughout the area to demonstrate the efficacy of the regenerative grazing practices we advocate, to encourage more and more livestock and land owners and managers to participate in the program on the basis of our results, and to eventually spread our methods throughout the country and the greater region. One thing is for certain, carbon sequestration in soils, wherever it takes place, provides benefits for the entire planet in the context of the fight against global warming. It is therefore totally logic for us to act where we think we might be the most rapidly efficient. After a 3 months study trip we confirmed that the MASAI MARA is the correct place for us to start.