What do healthy societies and healthy ecosystems have in common? In his inspired TEDx Talk, Ryan Serrano shares the importance of grassroots movements in an age of globalization and the power of rooting sustainability within our cultures.

Ryan Serrano is a student and practitioner of regenerative design. Born in Southern California to a Mexican immigrant father and a mother who is the daughter of Scottish immigrants, much of his work explores our need to develop closer ties and histories to the places we live. He is a founding member of the ecological development company Earth Steward Ecology LLC and works as landscape designer and builder with the intention of improving people’s’ relationship to place. His specialties include working with California native plants, edible and useful plant species, permaculture design, developing social spaces, water efficient irrigation methods and non-permanent building methods. He holds a BA in Liberal Arts from CSULB, a Permaculture Design Certificate, and teaches workshops and lectures on topics related to urban ecology and sustainability.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx