Former Intervale staffer describes the site repair that made the Intervale special

Seth Gillum, identified in the program as a former Intervale Center staff member now working at the "Simba grama," offered a personal reflection on how the Intervale helped him during a difficult period. He described walking the property, recognizing that the Intervale had been a dump in the past and praising the long, collective effort that restored it into a place of meaning.

Gillum framed that transformation with a permaculture concept: "site repair," the idea that restoring land also restores people. "It's become this place we call the Intervale, this place that that reminds me of a concept I once heard from someone who teaches permaculture called site repair," he said, and thanked many people in the room for contributing to that long effort.