"What's at stake are people's jobs and the fact." "That they've chosen to believe in kalu yala." "Breakfast for me is everything." "Once I realize it has no purpose, I'm out." "I'm also working on my résumé." "To stay down here at kalu yala." "Inspiration week for me was writing up a job proposal." "We need to start thinking." "What does life look like after kalu yala." "I don't have a choice, you've got to scale," "It's grow or die." "Welcome back and welcome to kalu yala." "Jimmy wanted a video with all these past interns being like," ""this was great about kalu yala."" "To prepare future interns, so that's what we're doing," "We're filming a bunch of interns." " Welcome to kalu yala." " Welcome to kalu yala." "Welcome to kalu yala." "Where the river is your bathtub." "Where the rain is plentiful and so are the good times." "When you're presented with a moment." "Where you're really, really uncomfortable," "You just keep pushing through," "It's right after that that is always the most amazing." "You have to compromise some of your values." "In order to bring progress in increments." "I'm just going to be honest, I don't really give a shit." "About kalu yala as a town, I don't care if it works or not." "But while I'm here, I'm going to work my damn hardest." "To make sure that this land is used responsibly." "Maybe it's not so much about this place," "But it's about what happens next in the rest of the world." "Or after we all disperse." "We're struggling together to build better." "Expect the unexpected." " It's now week 10." " Yep." "It's week 10." "Man, that's hard to say." "It's rough when I have to leave this place." "I really don't feel like." "There's a way to actually, like, pass down." "Exactly what we've gone through," "Each intern group." "Is going to have to make a community of its own." "Based on who's there at that time." "I'm emotional because I know this place." "Is going to mean something to me forever." "And I learned things about myself." "That I didn't even know I needed to learn." "You'll never take anything for granted ever again." "After having been at kalu yala." "Thank you, jon." "I'm going to meet with jimmy..." "Wah!" "For the job to discuss it and see what comes out of that." "I'm in, like, a space of being kind of ready to leave," "Not the place or the people," "But this head space." "I'm kind of ready for my next chapter to start." "I feel like this is my chapter right now." "I don't feel like I'm only halfway through it." "Never." "The 60 cows are coming right now." "And they're coming all the way from san miguel." "The primary and most important thing for the farm." "Is for us to completely feed this place asap." "That's the mission of the farm." "If we rotate cows properly on a pasture the way." "They are supposed to be rotated, then they only eat the grass." "To a certain height and you can build soil." "That's, like, the natural system you need to imitate." "In order to do cattle ranching sustainably." "We were told we would get funding," "Cows will be here in two weeks, cows will be here in a month." "Because some of the money was coming, supposedly," "And it didn't, it didn't come." "We don't own the cows coming in, we're renting our pasture," "I can't wait for funding for cows." "So that we can do it correctly, ecologically," "Sustainably in a responsible manner." "So that we can feed kalu yala 100%." "With beef and dairy products." "Hi!" "How are you?" " Good to see you." " You too." "Having big, big meeting days today?" " Yeah, welcome to kalu yala." " Yeah, thank you." "Executive office also known." "As my very small onebedroom apartment." "This office is beautiful." "It's lovely." "So, we all know I'm a disorganized mess." "You've got an idea on that?" "Yes." "Yes." "Everyone knows that there's a lot." "Of unopened emails in my inbox," "Which probably are from very nice people." "Who could add a lot of value to our community going forward." "I'm sure they could." "My schedule is haphazard at best." "How do we keep track of my calendar." "To make sure I'm actually where I'm supposed to be..." "Yep, yep..." "And I'm available for a call, or I'm not?" "Basically it's like me driving fast and you holding my phone." "And us typing at people really quickly." "Okay, that sounds exciting." "Yeah, and swiping credit cards." "And then credit cards getting denied." "Because they are being swiped too often." "And us having to call banks." "Once you figure out how to deal with me, which..." "Might take some time and energy maybe." "Esteban's almost got it, you know." "Almost, it's taken..." "It's taken four years." "Yeah, we give you a whole advisory board and then..." "I have to be your mother for this job." "Yeah, I mean, not my mother." "Because she lets me do whatever I want." " That's cool." " So, that's where I came from." "It's not..." "yeah, no, she's not involved." " Yeah." " Let's not involve her." "Prioritize getting me in line." "And turning me into a resource." "Totally." "So I feel like it could work really well." "For us to work together and get things done." " Yay!" " I'm excited, I'm stoked." "Yay." "Me too, super stoked, awesome." "Camille organized the students." "Who were skeptical in order." "To drive all of us towards transparency and resolution." "And that's why I hired her." " Thank you, esteban." " Bye, congrats!" "Every time we had meetings." "Or he would give us class, he was super disorganized." "And I was always like, "dude, you need an assistant,"." "But, like, I was saying it jokingly." "And every time he looked at me like, "you want that job?"" "And I was like, "no, I really don't want that job."" "You look really hard to work with," "But, like, I'm just telling you, you need an assistant..." "And then at some point, it happened." "All righty." "So, welcome to the last open mic night." "My god, it's the last day." "I just, like, realized that." "A lot of people are leaving tomorrow." "I'm going to be coming back next semester." "Yay!" "Who'd like to get started?" "I've have not told anybody yet," "Just because I don't want to create tension." "Maybe I wasn't the only one." "Who would have been happy to get that job." "First hold hands." "So now I want everyone to close their eyes please." "How wonderful to now have a place." "That would be so hard to leave," "And how lucky we all are to have one another forever," "Strangers in the jungle," "Stranger now that we're leaving." "Go fiercely in the direction of your aspirations," "But never forget the pitterpatter of rain." "On the zig fruit." "That's it." " Better." " And work really hard." "This is our last town hall, our last gettogether." "As the community that we are." "And this is such an incredible group." "And I feel so lucky to have met all of you." "So what we can do now." "Is just kind of give shoutouts." "Nugs to esteban for really coming out of his shell." "At the beginning, I was super shy." "I think that's..." "I think that's great, man." "Nogs to simon for teaching me." "Not to judge a book by its cover." "To kitania for her soft and unspoken in the kitchen." "And in the dance floor, which is anywhere." "We did it again, kalu yala alumni!" "None of us will be separated," "This is a piece of collective consciousness." "That we were all so deeply involved in." "This is something we all agreed to do." "Long before we ever came in." "To these flash mobiles on this earth." " Mud fight!" " Mud fight!" "Ready?" "!" "Saying goodbye to the good ole valley." "I'm going to give you these." "This is like the passing of the torch," "But instead it's the passing of the camp," "Of the camp furniture." "So I'm stepping down as the dean of kalu yala." " It's like the jungle wisdom." " The jungle wisdom." "How to survive..." "The semester as dean." "This is already broken, which I think..." "These are the keys." "These are the keys." " Is a metaphor." " Yeah, seems good." " You did it." " Wait." "My main..." "Well, I don't think she went on." "You did it, kid." "I think eileen is going to be the best person." "To be dean, because she comes from." "Creating really cool educational experiences." "I just love being challenged and the learning." "That I've done in the past two months." "Is unrivaled probably," "Than almost any other experience in my life." "There's a design thinking director opening." "And we would love it if you would accept the position." "And the raise that comes with it." " Yeah, can I process?" " You process, talk to esteban." " Yeah, let me know." " It's nice to meet you." "Exactly, yeah." "I think multiple times a day," "It's like set change, mind change." "Even now thinking about next semester," "I'm trying to get into the mindset." "Of being dean and what that looks like," "And how we're going to solve some of the problems." "That have popped up this semester." "The world's most sustainable modern town." "Is such a big statement." "Do I trust jimmy?" "What is jimmy actually trying to do?" "Like, are the interns here to build a town." "Or are they here to learn?" "I want to make sure that kalu yala achieves its potential," "But there's also so many ways." "That it could just crash and burn so quickly." "We're just checking in." "You know, we're excited." "That we're ready to actually get you the tools." "You need to get your job done." "The first thing in order would be." "To build our concrete tube and tech for bamboo." "I'm meeting with jimmy to ask for funds." "For the building of the hoop house," "Which is a greenhouse without walls." "And, in this case, is being built out of bamboo." "If I got the full funds for the bamboo hoop houses," "I could treat the bamboo before we use it." "To build the hoop houses, which would extend the life." "Of these hoop houses almost double." "Now, hold on," "Because I thought we were building the hoop houses," "That's what I was excited about, about the meeting." "Absolutely, yeah, so we have to treat the bamboo." "First to..." "To build the hoop houses." "They treat all the bamboo in bogata and dahbed." "And sara punta all that bamboo's treated?" " Yeah, yeah, absolutely." " Yeah?" "Yeah, but we don't really need it." "It adds, like, a couple of years of life," "If we were building, like, residential buildings." "That had structural integrity requirements." " We have to treat the bamboo." " Interesting." "So what's the structure for the bamboo treatment cost?" "I don't have an exact cost on it," "But I don't think it costs very much." "And it's very quick to build as well." "Now I've got to get my bamboo before I get my greenhouses." " Yes." " Assuming we start tomorrow," "Which is now the plan." "It's not very complicated." "I'm excited to go home right now." "I think chaos is opportunity." "And I think our country." "Just became one of the most chaotic in the world." "We had some layoffs, as you guys know." "It was terrible." "It was the absolute worst part of my job." "In the last 10 weeks," "I've really shown who I am as an individual here." "It's so heavy." "On Monday I find out." "If I get to come back." "As a staff member at kalu yala." "This is the only form of employment" "I can really comprehend at this point." "I've never cared so much about anything," "As much as I care about the success of this town." "I'm going to go paint a symbol of cunctividence." "Cunctividence means influential as a result." "Of the collective effort." "The symbol is a bunch of arrows pointing inwards." "And outwards, which represents people coming together." "To create something." "And then taking what they learn." "And sharing it with the rest of the world." "Okay, our goal is to get this place nice and organized." " Burning it." " Burn them." "You going to belkos, maybe?" "I might take another teaching position somewhere else." "Everybody is kind of starting to shy away." "From the term "sustainability" saying it's this buzzword." "That's too big and means too much to mean anything." "But I think we know intuitively what it actually means." "To leave the earth better than you found it." "I will always take away the experience of living off." "Of just solar panels and." "And, you know, river water." "And pipes that break all the time." "And mud everywhere." "Now it's time for us to go to greener pastures," "Far, far away from here." "Whether I'm a part of it or not, I'm happy that this is a place." "And an experiment that's happening." "I'll never forget this experience, um, never ever." "You mind your business, devil woman." "I'm thinking this is probably the first time" "I've actually sat and looked at the camp." "Come down the line." "When you are constantly moving," "You don't have time to really think about things." "You are consumed by everybody and everything that's going on," "So all of a sudden," "When that goes, you become more present and you're like," ""wait, what the fuck just happened." "Over the last three months?" "Where did it all go?"" " What did happen?" " Where did it all go?" "I ain't saying goodbye to anybody." "They come and go." "Everybody had such a positive experience and this last week." "Is when they finally get to realize that, because it's over." "Give it a month and they'll all be emailing me." "To come right back." "They'll all be like," ""I forgot how much the real world sucks."" "This is the first time" "I've lived in a community like this." "And it's not going to be fun to wake up." "And not have all of these people right next to me to learn from." "The people in my town are not like the people here," "Total opposite," "So it will be a little bit of a culture shock to go home." "You just don't find." "A community like this every day." "Why isn't life like this everywhere else?" "Why is this so hard for everybody to do?" "This is a call to action for our generation." "I'm excited to go home to my country." "That unequivocally is fucked right now." "And I'm really, really excited to see where that goes." "I think chaos is opportunity and I think our country." "Just became one of the most chaotic in the world." "Quit you're crying, get out of here." "Say goodbye and all that." "All right, miriam." "Keep doing you." "I will, you do you, too." "Goodbye, lovely people." " Goodbye." " We love you." "Ashleigh, do you know if you're actually leaving or not?" "Um, I actually think" "I'm supposed to be getting in that car." "So this could be real." ""Between you and me, I'm going to stay here."" "It doesn't really work that way." "Are you sure?" "All right." "Bring it in." " Bye." " Bye." "Love you!" "I just want to get home." "That's it." "I just want to get home." "My dad has advanced parkinson's." "And I need to be back there in atlanta." "Surrounded by the family with my dad." "As soon as a meeting gets called," "People get super nervous here." "I was stressed out earlier," "But I haven't heard any bad news yet." "Fucking smell this place." "I just want out." "Right now, right here we're building the hoop house," "It's kind of like a greenhouse but without the walls." "The function of this, especially in the rainy season," "Is to keep the intense amount of water." "Off of the annual plants," "Which are, like, tomatoes and collard greens and peppers." "And organically produce our annual vegetables." "All year round." "And this whole structure is made out of bamboo." "Bamboo is a thousand times better for the environment." "Than wood." "Deforestation creates desertification." "If you learn techniques on how to do more bamboo construction," "I think it could definitely put a big halt on deforestation." "If you cure the bamboo," "Sometimes it can last even 30 years." "And some people have stretched it on for more." "This is not cured bamboo and the issue." "Is that I still haven't gotten the funds." "From jimmy or kalu yala to treat the bamboo." "I've continuously and almost aggressively asked for funds." "Backed by proposals from jimmy and kalu yala." "And I've been given empty promises that it's coming," "It's coming and it just doesn't show up." "I'm growing more and more concerned over how money." "Is handled and used here in kalu yala." "It seems that it is being spent rather impulsively." "And not really being used for truly sustainable goals." "We raised a total this year." "Of $700,000 once the last checks land." "Like, right now the problem." "Has been the growth of interest has been faster." "Than growth of resources and capacity." "And so this cash is letting us keep up with the demand," "Which means we can just keep the pedal down." "And go full speed into next year." "That's pretty awesome." "A lot of our investors are more mission driven." "We've got a cfo, we've got a president," "We've got a dean, we've got a director of research," "We've got a head of faculty." "Yeah." "We've got a programs coordinator." "And everyone's got a masters, a phd, teaching experience," "They're fulltime, they feel confident." "That we've got something that's working." "And that they want to support it so..." "Directors should have zero doubt;" "All staff should have zero doubt about the money." "I don't make the calls on the money at all." "I kind of put a proposal forth and I'm like," ""hey, this is how much it will cost,."" "This is how much it will be producing per month." ""And this is how long it will take to pay itself."" "It's what the bamboo costs versus how many pounds of food." "We'll produce in here in just a year." "So the structure basically pays for itself in a year." "It's one... maybe perhaps one disadvantage of it." "Is that if it gets wet, it does rot and fall apart." "I'm really good at keeping in touch," "So I will write you long things." "And then you'll write me long things." "And if you don't, then I'll be like," ""dude..." - "dude, answer me."" ""Remember that you wanted to stay friends."" " I'm swimming." " Whoa." "I love cammie..." " I love you." " I love you too." "Because she is strong in the ways" "I've always wished I could be strong." "And beautiful in the ways." "That I've always wished that I could be beautiful." "Thank you." "I'll message you in, like, 20 minutes." "Okay." "I think it's so cool to know." "That there's someone out there in the world." "That's like you." "I think we will do amazing things together." "I think so." "We're going to, like, start a company or a revolution." "Okay, what's next?" "Let's go through spring 2017." "So one of the new hires is clare." "I found out that I got hired to be." "The sustainability coordinator," "So I'll be in charge of tracking all our resources." "And what they're consuming and carbon footprints." "And water footprints and nitrogen footprints." "So it's my first career." "I have a lot to contribute," "So it feels good that it's valued." "I found out this afternoon." "That they were not able to budgetarly fit me in," "Which I get it." "It's money tight and priorities are elsewhere." "I'm going to talk to esteban and see." "If there's work/trade opportunity," "Where, you know, you don't have to pay me." "Because I'm not here for money." "And see what they say about that." "We're having meetings with the upper people." "As soon as a meeting gets called," "People get super nervous here." "Fucking smell this place." "I just want out, I just want out." "I was stressed out earlier." "I haven't heard any bad news yet, so..." "All right." "Number 4?" "Do I ring a... do I ring a bell?" "Yeah." " Hello?" " It's laura." "Hello, laura." "I don't think you should come in." "Ciao." "Not everyone's happy," "Not everyone agrees with management decisions." "This project is a forprofit business." "I don't feel truly connected to the vision and the mission." "Anything else on that subject?" "Yeah, okay." "Jimmy's like, "so I'm sorry, we're going to let you go."" "If you're not in it all the way," ""Then most likely, you shouldn't be in it."" "Let me get my shit together." "All right." "I don't like the people I work for." "I don't..." "I don't trust them." "I like the valley." "It's been a very big struggle." "We had some layoffs as you guys know," "And I know not everyone's happy," "Not everyone agrees with management decisions." "We looked at the data that we had." "And as management, we made a decision." "Every semester, there is a chance." "That terminations will be coming." "When we do evaluations at the end." "Okay?" "When you have the whole staff choose." "To want to keep working here." "And want to face those challenges." "Again next semester," "That's a hugely successful semester." "We are always going to be evaluating." "And trying to make decisions to optimize the organization." "In the direction we are trying to take it." "Anything else on that subject?" "Yeah, okay." "Next semester," "I'm going to be head chef of kalu yala now." "I can put systems into motion." "So it can be more sustainable, little steps." "It's all good." "It's mostly the people that I love so much." "It was terrible." "It was the absolute worst part of my job." "We are this closeknit community that lives." "And breathes on each other always." "You're like, "no one I breathe on can be let go."" "It's 3:00 p.M., this concludes fall." "We'll see you for spring." "Where kalu yala is positioned," "We have a lot of different plants." "And we can take cuttings from those," "We can take seeds from those." "And we can make them available to people." "That's malabar spinach," "But this is even more nutritional to, like," "The kind of european spinach." "The dream is to have a lot more people in panama." "And elsewhere growing their own food." "All you have to do," "Is take off some of these leaves," "Eat the leaves," "Stick it in some water." "And then two weeks later, you'll have a lot of roots growing." "And you can put that in soil." "Really what that comes down to is kind of creating," "Like, a wholesale nursery." "I think we could be shipping fairly large orders." "Out as early as three or four months from now." "Honestly, though, like, if you just look around," "This is all just weeds, stick some okinawa spinach." "In there and do somebody a favor, you know." "Or better yet, we have a business." "And they're like, "why didn't I plant?"" "You know and then they go and they plant it." "And they give us a couple bucks and we keep producing more." "And we give it to more people." "We could just be growing spinach up this wall here," "But we're not." "Look, they've got papayas up there," "That person's got a banana." "People are growing kind of." "A mix of ornamentals and food plants." "And if we could just give them even more food plants." "To be growing, they would probably buy them." "And probably start growing them." "Look at these little vines, like, that's all well and good," "But why not just get some garlic vine growing?" "Seems simple enough." "Going to go bathe in the river." "Right when I wake up, this is where I go to." "This is where I come to pray, meditate." "Around the same time, we always come here." "And we split a can of sardines." "And just kind of reflect over the day." "We are at a very unique time in human history." "Where we have the choice." "To create this new world for the better," "But this project is a forprofit business." "I want to return to other ecovillage communities." "That have resonated deeply within me and, honest to say," "I just don't feel truly connected." "To the vision and the mission." "The clock is ticking and I've got to..." "I just got to move on." "We're on this buzzword train," "This profitable trend called sustainability." "A lot of people nowadays are realizing." "They can profit from this, but they're missing the point." "Of not war shipping, making money." "But really just creating a different way of life." "Today I announced that I will be resigning." "This is the idea that in order for things to evolve," "You need to back it up with business." "I think what I learned here is that I don't." "Really have much faith in sustainable businesses." "Feel good, recyclable cups from a coffee shop." "Won't ever change what the fuck." "Is happening in the world right now." "Peaceful protests and picketing." "And twitter hashtags will never be enough." "No, no, why you..." "Yeah, yeah." "Yeah, that's my brother, that's my brother." "You know you're a friend for life." "Where are we in terms of being able to support 500 people." "On a consistent, reliable, regular basis?" "You know we're pretty good in terms of the supply itself," "But the thing is the storage," "Like the more storage, the better." "I walked around with ian and zoey." "And showed everything that we built," "Just passing down as much knowledge as I can." "So this is the concrete tank that they built," "I don't know, maybe 40, 50 years ago." "So this was originally connected," "But I had to take this apart, the float valve to repair." "The filter and de rancho." "My budget was frozen the first week of this semester." "Because we needed the tanks." "And that used up all my budget that I was given," "So, yeah, that's pretty much it." "Cool, okay." "There might be some pains with the water systems," "But I still, free, ready to go." "I'm still looking for the anticapitalist." "Who doesn't want to get paid to work," "Or the person who gives away what they've got for free." "Josué is going to learn that, he's just 22," "So he's going to figure out." "How his intensity feels condescending." "How are you?" "Stinky?" "Super tired, super stinky." "I'm back, I made it." "You're back." " A little skinnier." " New mustache." " New mustache." " Wow that's for sure." "Yeah, that's my bed for now," "Because who needs a mattress yet?" "So I've never really been on my own, on my own." "After doing such meaningful work in panama." "And then going from doing that to just, like, hanging out." "And not doing anything, I felt really kind of helpless," "Like what... what am I doing?" "So I started finding nonprofits," "Because I just like helping people." "My family has this perception of me." "That I'm just always seeking to party." "There's always that fear, am I really this person?" "I learned at kalu yala that's not me at all." "If I want to be a freaking farmer," "I can be a farmer and I can help people." "And I can educate people and this is just the beginning." "I'm going to have to do like four loads of laundry." "Because everything smells." "I need to talk to my principal about the possibility." "Of going back to teach for this school year," "Because the kids I teach here, they need me here." "Just because our education system." "Right now is totally fucked," "Doesn't mean it has to stay that way." "Look at you." "I'm going to do some research." "On sustainable classrooms and composting," "So I'm really stoked to do that and I want to do it here, too." "Go on, champ." "Go, go." "This is my family, my pops and then my brother brandon." "When he first passed away," "People were having dreams about him and stuff." "And I was upset because I wasn't." "I was angry at myself." "Why is this not happening?" "At kalu yala," "I dreamt of my brother for the first time." "I saw him laughing and smiling." "And that was everything I needed." "I've gained the emotional strength." "To be okay with, you know, where I am." "It's weird." "It's weird having tv's." "Why do we... yeah, why..." "I guess, like, why do we need three tv's?" ""Now it's like, well, okay."" "You can have butter, olive oil, cheese." "Being at kalu yala changed me." "I'm more intentional with all of my actions," "I would say, not even just." "From an environmental standpoint," "But at the end of the day," "I think I'm just, like, a better friend," "A better worker, a better thinker." "And, like, a better doer than I was before." "Which pretty much covers all of my bases." "For being a person, I guess." "Thank you for this food." "And blessed to our body in jesus' name, amen." " Amen." " Amen." "Thank you for letting us be together." "On this beautiful thanksgiving day," "Regardless of how we voted." "For christ sake, amen." " Amen." " Amen." "All right." "All right, now that everyone is at the table," "I would like to propose a toast." "I love living in the jungle," "But we're excited to see everyone in the family." "I love you all and thank you for sharing this moment." "And meal with me today." "So cheers!" " Cheers!" " Cheers!" "When dave was a little younger." "So occasionally we were not as nice." "As we could have been today." "We gave him the chance." "To win a pantswetting contest." "A pantswetting contest, you know, I know." "It's got to start at the same time," "So one, two, three go!" "And dave won." "So I was like, "dad, can I change my clothes?"" "And he didn't know anything." "About the pantwetting contest," "So he's like, "no, why would you do that?"" "And so I just go," "Like, swung my head and wandered off." "It's important the pie to whipped cream ratio." "Is sufficient." "I just want to say happy thanksgiving and I love you." "I'm from the city." "We didn't have farmers," "So I'm not sure how you wound up this way." "Very, very small, you wanted to be a zoo keeper." "And then I guess a farmer, somehow it just kept..." "And then you, what'd you...?" "Yeah." "No, I really want to get into beekeeping." "And being able to reintegrate bees." "Into our agricultural system." "Right." "I think there are a few different methods to do that." "So I'm going to be going in and doubling majoring." "In biochemistry and sustainable agriculture." "And you know what I think, right?" "If you want to learn about this stuff," "You've got to come down and do it." "I know and II want to." "I mean, I know you're real super smart." "And ready to go to school," "But I think you would learn more." "How long you going to be gone, and when you coming back?" "I came in like, "okay, I'll give this place a year."" "And I'll see if, you know, I'm building enough things." "And I've got enough stuff in motion," "Where I feel like I'm actually making a good impact there," ""Then... then I'll stick around for longer."" "Yeah, there's a lot of motivation for me." "To go do something like that." "You're just so inspired by me." "Yeah, I was so inspired by you, no doubt." "It's not that out of reach to feed this place." "I thought it should be the numberone priority." "If it's about sustainability." "This is the greenhouse I built with my team." "I could have done twice as much as I did," "But they kept me waiting too long for... for funds." "In factory farming, when there's so many chickens," "You don't really make a relationship with any of them," "But since they're food to me, they are like friends," "There is a relationship." "So I've gotten them used to being around me." "And they stay pretty calm." "I think they're hungry, too." "Her prey instincts are off, you know." "I'm this huge creature who might eventually eat her," "But her guard is completely down," "It's pretty weird." "Growing up, it was always very typical." "When a person comes after being away." "For a long time, or when they're leaving." "And they are going to be gone for a long time," "You will usually slaughter an animal." "Since I raised all these chickens," "I think it would be a nice goingaway thing." "To harvest one of the bigger chickens that I raised." "And then have daddy o prepare it." "He's a very good chef." "I think it will be nice for chris, too," "To get that experience." "This is the sacrifice," "I guess you can say, for leaving." "Yeah." "Me, javier, ramon and chris and two guys." "And my best buddy just to sit down," "You know last supper with a good chicken." "This is the greenhouse I built with my team." "Everything's in." "The beds are ready, the drip irrigation, the roof," "The whole thing's made out of bamboo." "I'm very happy with it." "I could have done twice as much as I did," "But they kept me waiting too long for funds." "I put in very detailed plans." "And very detailed proposals." "And I made it pretty obvious," "Like, "well, you invest this much in it"," "You will get this much out of it."" "And feeding this place." "Should be the numberone priority." "If it's about sustainability," "It's not that out of reach to feed this place." "I feel like my time is valuable and maybe." "Where that idea clashes is where I'm like," ""well, maybe I should go."" "When the world goes to shit, these guys are going to make it," "They're the ones who are going to make it through." "Most other people, they can't hunt," "They can't even tie a knot, they can't trap food," "They can't grow food and when the shit hits the fan," "These guys who are seen at the bottom," "Because they are missing some teeth." "And they can't read, they are going to be the ones on top." "I'm just going to pack up my things." "And I'll be hiking out today." "I came with this idea that I was coming to work." "And farm at a sustainable community." "When I came, I realized that a lot of the things." "That I thought about the places weren't exactly accurate." "I'm out here in the jungle on a weak connection." "And I'm just trying to confirm these wires." "So we can get people paid." "So josué had decided he is going to leave the community." "I'm happy for him." "He's so passionate and he's leaving a lot of traction." "Behind as he leaves, josué is going to learn that." "He's just 22 and so he's going to figure out." "How his intensity," "It feels condescending and he'll learn how to use." "It more effectively to achieve his ethical goals, so..." "Sustainability has to be revolutionary," "It has to be uncomfortable," "It has to be from the ground up." "And it's not so much about innovating." "Because most of the sustainable techniques." "Have existed already for so long." "But we're just so far removed from them." "I do understand this idea." "That you got to back up change with business," "But there are very egalitarian communities." "Flourishing with beautiful farms." "And everyone seems to be doing really well for themselves." "Sustainability has to change the way you live," "The way you see the world," "The way you interact with each other." "I'm still looking for the anticapitalist." "Who doesn't want to get paid to work," "Or the person who gives away what they've got for free." "Capitalism is a regenerative system." "And when we start not." "Just regenerating financial assets." "But regenerating community assets," "Capitalism is the solution." "It's the biggest system the world is sharing right now," "So to make that system work," "Saves the world faster than trying to destroy it." "And build a whole new system from scratch." "You introduce me to the moneyfree town." "Where there's thousands of people thriving." "And I would love to replicate that model," "Because I don't think it exists." "Let's drink some fucking coffee." "Thousands of people have passed through here," "But the ones who care enough." "About this place end up staying around." "And being connected to it and the rest move on with life." "By the end of the day," "The biggest hope at kalu yala." "Is that kalu yala continues when I'm gone." "Everyone thinks that being a boss." "Is about telling people what to do," "But we're all in service to each other." "And that's what makes the company." "And the community both work." "If our mission is to make the world a better place," "It's our duty to bring as many students here as possible." "So next semester we're going to have 150 interns." "We're getting 1,500 applications a month." "We can essentially fill a campus every month." "It's about growing more food than ever." "It's about producing more brown power," "Producing less waste than ever." "Most people who are modern town builders." "Are obsessed with design." "What they don't obsess enough over." "Is creating jobs." "Through building the local economy." "We're more sustainable." "Than just about any other place on earth." "I'm trying to build a real town." "And reforest this entire valley." "The whole key to success is." "That you never stop staring at your goal." "Tenacity is staying focused on where you're going." "A beautiful thing about having a compass that points north." "Is you can go over a mountain or through a mountain." "And either way you get where you're supposed to go." "We're about to build a campus at the beach," "We're about to do an urban campus." "In panama city," "We're about to go to honduras." "And then my response to trump." "Is I'm coming back home." "And going to west virginia to build kala y'all." "I think the way that we solve people." "Like donald trump being able to appeal to voters." "By promising them jobs in depressed areas." "Is we go create jobs in depressed areas." "So it's going to be a fun couple of years."