#100 Part 2 - The Value of Life
A personal reflection on regeneration, viability, wealth & change, with Chris Henggeler
Today’s final stanza from our visit to Kachana Station features a very personal conversation with the pioneering regenerative pastoralist, Chris Henggeler. It felt akin to a kind of life statement in the end. It wasn’t scripted that way, of course. It just seemed to be the culmination of having spent ten rich days together, which also included the looming deadline to shoot the donkeys, Chris’s birthday, and the birth of his third grandchild Ava.
We end up talking about things like the viability of regeneration, true wealth, and changing tack. And as Chris looks to hand over the reins, he invites the next generations of land doctors to realise the ultimate potential of the restoration of life’s self-organising processes everywhere.
Chris Henggler, as a younger bloke (pic: supplied).
“I know personally, if you’ve lost things that no amount of money can ever buy, all of a sudden you realise that chasing money forever is not going to cut it.”
Join us, as we sit down at the homestead and press record on our last conversation from this visit - a portrait of abundance against a profile of extinction.
Dedicated to Ava, the third grandchild of Chris and Jacqueline, who was born while we were at Kachana.
This episode was recorded at Kachana Station in the East Kimberley, in the far north east of Western Australia, throughout the week of 13 September 2021.
Get more:
You can hear more of Chris and I in conversation, on-location at Kachana Station, in the main episode: ‘Wanted Land Doctors: Re-hydrating landscapes, reversing desertification & rebuilding wealth’.
You’ll find a series of links in the show notes there too, including to a special Extra to this episode. And an extensive selection of photos.
Music:
Stones & Bones, by Owls of the Swamp.