Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision Making

by Allan Savory and Jody Butterfield

Book Overview

Increasingly sophisticated technology and an ever-expand-ing base of knowledge have not been enough to allow humans to halt the worldwide progression of environmental degradation. Extensive fieldwork... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155963488X
• ISBN13: 9781559634885
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 644 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A HUGELY IMPORTANT BOOK

This is a book could be beneficial to anyone ... from individuals, to families, to cooperations, to farmers/ranchers, to governments. Go to his webiste *holistic management dot com* for some of the most enlightening truth about the environement and our responsibility and what ACTUALLY WORKS in saving and preserving the environment. You will many Ah-Ha moments. A very empowering book as well as you write out your QUALITY OF LIFE statement, your forms of production and your future resource base. An empowring book because it deals with really getting at the root and working towards a solution no matter who is involved. If you want to solve problems and live with purpose and actually make a difference towards a sustainable civilization .. This book is at the top of the list. AND.. It is just plain interesting !! Thank you Mr. Savory.

Manage Cattle, Manage Your Life

I began reading Savory's book for a research project into ecological cattle management. Once I began reading it, I couldn't put it down, and I'm glad I didn't. Not only did the book teach me everything I could possibly want to know about Savory's cattle management methodology, but it gave a great perspective for managing life. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially people interested in any type of management (business or ecological) or anyone interested in environmental studies.

More for less

Two ranches of the same size each have 1000 cows. One ranch is overgrazed, but the other is able to add another 500 cows and still have grass. A decade later, the last ranch buys the first one and can carry 3400 cows on both places combined. How does this work? What makes the difference? This book goes into details.Allan Savory writes on a vast subject, yet clearly conveys the important ideas behind creating and maintaining a healthy ecosystem. By training a Zoologist, the former tracker, wildlife manager, rancher, legislator, and now educator - Savory draws from his experiences as both a doer and a teacher to illuminate his points. One key item Savory covers that is not covered in many other similar books is how and when to monitor and what to look for once a course of action is decided upon. The section on monitoring is worth the price of the book. Ranchers, wildlife biologists, members of boards of trustees, as well as those concerned about DOING something about environmental degradation will find Savory engaging, challenging, and informative. People who have never been exposed to the ideas behind the central role of hoofed animals in ecological health will be the most suprised.

Use it in non-rural enterprises, too!

Having used the framework within this book in my city-based business in Australia, I am at last clear on what I have to do to achieve the quality of life my family and I want - based on our relatively meagre small-business returns. At last, the kids and my wife and I have a shared clearly expressed view about our future together - and we now have the thinking+doing tools to work towards enhancing and achieving our shared future. Her writing style is caring/sharing and he backs it up with the science. Together, they've created a blessing (in disguise) for small and medium sized city-based enterprises. I hope they write another one just for us! And, what about some audio tapes?

more than cows and grass

This book is about making decisions that consider the whole enchillada -- human values, activities that are consistent with the values, and restoring, preserving, and acquiring the resources to make it all come together. It's good for individuals, families, organizations or governments to manage effectively. It is similar to other decision processes, yet different. It's truly holistic!