Nature Is Climate
At Bio4Climate, we contribute to planetary regeneration through research, education, collaboration and action to restore essential global biodiversity . . . and create a new climate story.
Biodiversity loss is not just the result of climate change, it is a primary driver of climate change. Only solutions that prioritize this web of life will create a truly livable climate for all.
Upcoming Events and Courses
Protect and Restore Ecosystems to Cool the Planet
Saturdays: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
Series Starts April 18
Earth’s most powerful climate solutions already exist. By protecting our existing, biodiverse ecosystems, we preserve and promote climate stability and cool temperatures. Through ecosystem restoration, water cycles are revived, soils rebuilt, and temperatures cooled at scale.
Bio4Climate’s 2026 Mini-Conference Series brings together leading scientists, practitioners, and restoration leaders to share powerful solutions, insights, and clear ways to take action.
Participants will engage directly with experts, explore critical climate tipping points, and discover how to support and scale restoration efforts worldwide.
This series begins April 18. Reserve your spot and be part of the solution.
Emergent Intelligence of Trees: How Symbiosis Shapes Living Systems
March 18 – May 20
Wednesdays at 12:00 pm ET and 7:00 pm ET
Trees are architects of Earth’s climate and habitability. Through transpiration, carbon chemistry, soil formation, and symbiotic partnerships with fungi and microbes, forests regulate rainfall, stabilize atmospheric systems, and cool entire regions.
Jim Laurie’s Spring 2026 Course – Emergent Intelligence of Trees explores how ecological intelligence emerges through cooperation across living systems—and how restoration can help rehydrate landscapes and rebuild resilience.
10-week course begins March 18
Registration is now open! Reduced rates and scholarships are available.
Restore Nature – Cool the Planet
Only nature has the ability to both cool the planet and lower greenhouse gas levels. Our planet is already too hot and too dry to maintain a stable climate and support life. These 4 Climate Keys are interlocking pieces of the cycles we must repair to quickly stop warming and start cooling the planet.
Cool
Healthy ecosystems full of biodiversity create direct cooling effects for our hot planet. More Nature = Less Heat.
Hydrate
Keeping water in the ground supports plants, crops and people. Beavers, insects and microbes are part of the Infiltration Team
Plant
Planting for biodiversity creates healthy ecosystems. Forests sequester carbon and use water vapor to move heat away from the Earth
protect
Indigenous leadership and wisdom can help us. Stop deforestation, industrial ag, mining, and pollution that kill off biodiversity.
Replace with regenerative practices
Q:
What about atmospheric carbon dioxide – you know – the greenhouse effect?
A:
It’s an important part of the story, but not the whole story. Learn more.
Who We Are
Bio4Climate Tells the Hidden Stories
For nearly a decade we have looked behind, around, and under the prevailing climate narratives for the missing pieces of the puzzle. We continue to bring you authors, ecorestoration specialists, and scientists from around the world who explore the interlocking systems that create a livable climate.
Stay on Top of the
Climate Conversation
Through education, policy and outreach, we promote the great potential of inexpensive, low-tech and powerful nature solutions to the biodiversity and climate crises, and work to inspire urgent action and widespread implementation of many regenerative practices.
This Week
News and Insights
24 Newly Discovered Species Potentially At Risk From Undersea Mining
The discovery of 24 new species and an entirely new evolutionary branch deep in the central Pacific highlight the risk of an untold number of species disappearing due to seabed mining.
Hawaii Shows Us How Removing Invasive Species Supports Significant Ecosystem Recovery
Invasive species outcompete native species, damage crops, spread disease, and drive major biodiversity loss, from inland ecosystems and forests to farms and freshwater systems. One multi-agency collaboration in Hawaii has proven how quickly native species can rebound once invasive species are removed.
Conference
Protect and Restore Ecosystems to Cool the Planet
Final Reminder
The opening session of Bio4Climate’s flagship mini-conference series, Protect & Restore Ecosystems to Cool the Planet, will take place this morning from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET—and you’re invited.
This series brings together scientists, restoration practitioners, and advocates to share their cutting-edge research, deep field experience, and a clear-eyed view of both the urgency and the extraordinary power of ecological protection and restoration to cool the planet.
This morning, Dr. Anastassia Makarieva and Rob de Laet will discuss The Power of Forests & Water: Creating Rain and the Global Circulation of Moisture. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of how the biotic pump within our forests sustains water security for hundreds of millions of people across entire continents and what you can do to protect existing forests in critical regions around the world. You’ll also come away knowing how the Amazon Rainforest functions as a key planetary thermostat, discover the accelerating risk of Amazon dieback, and learn how you can support strategic forest restoration efforts to avert hydrological collapse.
This series is free and open to all. The recordings will be shared with everyone who registers.
Community / Events
Earth Month 2026
Soil to Sky – Cool Your City Challenge
Comes to Cambridge, Massachusetts and Hyderabad, India
This Earth Week is the international launch of our Soil to Sky education program in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Hyderabad, India. Our India program is adapted by Dr. Poulomi Chakravarty to host a three-day event series – Soil to Sky: Cool Your City Challenge drawing children from grades 1-10 from Hyderabad, India. The Cambridge program will take place at the East End House over six weeks culminating in a field trip to the Danehy Miyawaki Forest. The Soil to Sky: grade school curriculum was developed in part with funding from the Sacred Heart Charitable Fund.
Stay tuned for pictures and stories from these events.
Table for Bio4Climate During Earth Month!
Is there a community event during Earth Month where you’d like to share Bio4Climate’s message?
We can engage more of our community members to protect and restore biodiverse ecosystems to cool and stabilize the climate. You’re invited to download Bio4Climate’s Tabling Materials and share them during your Earth Day Event!
Books for Biodiversity Lovers
Instead of a single title, this week we offer you 12 titles that explore the legacy of Earth Month. From early priorities of clean air, clean water, and clean land to our proximate relationships with nature, these titles help us explore the deeper questions of restoration, resilience, and our place within living systems.
By purchasing this title through the link provided above, you’ll continue to support Bio4Climate. We are an affiliate partner of Bookshop.org and receive a portion of the sales price at no additional cost to you. View the Bio4Climate Bookshop for more books.
The 2025 Northeast Miniforest Summit featured more than a dozen speakers across two virtual half-days and an in-person bus tour, bringing together practitioners, researchers, and leaders from diverse fields to unpack the Miyawaki Method from root to canopy.
Recordings Are Now Live! Learn more and stay connected at miniforests.bio4climate.org
Tell nature’s climate story, the story of connection and life.
― Beck Mordini
Transformation in Mexico
Eco Restoration Works
Watch what happens! A degraded landscape in Mexico is transformed by regenerative management. It took only two years (the arrow points to the same tree).