At the End of Time, Plant a Seed

Rhamis Kent is a scholar-in-residence at Zaytuna College. In conversation with Matthew Monahan.

• Zaytuna College: https://zaytuna.edu/

TOPICS

• 00:00 Intro

• 02:00 Introductory context

• 03:55 Rhamis’s background in regenerative design

• 11:11 What Rhamis is seeing around the world

• 17:04 We’re programmed to be consumers

• 24:53 Pondering the big questions

• 29:34 References from the Islamic tradition

• 38:11 The land does not lie

• 46:56 Comments on technology

• 52:49 What the Islamic faith says about land

• 01:01:36 Closing remarks

RESOURCES

• Reflection: a walk with water: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14623242/

• Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4422154/

• Discover Permaculture with Geoff Lawton: https://www.discoverpermaculture.com/

• Zaytuna Farm: https://www.zaytunafarm.com/

• Greening the Desert: https://www.greeningthedesertproject.org/

• Koanga Institute: https://koanga.org.nz/

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: https://www.amazon.com.au/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552

• Collapse by Jared Diamond book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Collapse-Societies-Choose-Succeed-Revised/dp/0143117009

• Topsoil and Civilization: https://www.amazon.com/Topsoil-Civilization-Vernon-Gill-Carter/dp/0806111070

• Against the Grain book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Against-Grain-History-Earliest-States/dp/0300182910

• Reconstruction by Way of Soil book: https://www.amazon.com/Reconstruction-Way-Soil-Guy-Wrench/dp/1482678322

• Conquest of the Land Through Seven Thousand Years book: https://www.amazon.com/Conquest-Through-Thousand-Classic-Reprint/dp/0265586348/ref=sr_1_1

• Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Dirt-Erosion-Civilizations-David-Montgomery/dp/0520248708

• Century of the Self film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s

• Rhamis Meditations Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaGjsDGUPAg

• Joel Salatin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Salatin

• Becoming James Brett: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZhlK2wXRew

This interview took place during Bioneers 2023: https://bioneers.org