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
Northeast Miniforest Summit 2026
Registration is now open for the 2026 Northeast Miniforest Summit: Root to Canopy: Growing the Miyawaki Method
Across the Northeast and beyond, communities are planting and stewarding miniforests in schoolyards, parks, campuses, farms, urban spaces, and other underused landscapes.
This year’s Summit brings together practitioners, researchers, educators, community leaders, and forest stewards to share lessons, refine practices, and explore how miniforests can restore ecological function and reconnect people with place.
The Summit unfolds across three connected virtual and in-person events:
- July 15, 2026 – Making a Mini-Forest Documentary Screening
- July 18, 2026 – Massachusetts Miniforest Bus Tour
- July 22–23, 2026 – Virtual Summit
Join us for the Summit featuring more than 20 speakers and panelists.
Thinking Like Water
A five-part documentary and live conversation series.
June 9 – July 14, 2026 · Weekly on Tuesdays
What if restoring water where you live could transform your entire landscape?
Many of the challenges we see in our backyards, gardens, forests, and communities—drought, flooding, erosion, declining biodiversity—are not isolated problems. They’re connected across the whole watershed. And they can be addressed—step by step—by working with natural processes.
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 Cooling Keys work together to heal the land and cool the climate.
convert
Converting heat islands caused by spreading urbanization into natural cooling systems turns down the heat.
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.
What about CO₂ and the greenhouse effect? It’s part of the story — but not the whole story.
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.
Join a community that believes nature can heal the climate
Weekly stories of restoration, climate science, and action — including our Featured Creature series, where biodiversity comes to life one species at a time.
This Week
News and Insights
The Mangroves Are Returning…Denser Than Ever Before
After decades of decline, mangrove forests around the world are making a comeback. Mangroves absorb up to five times more carbon than land-based trees and serve as critical nurseries for marine life, making their recovery a truly encouraging sign for climate sustainability.
Indonesian Fishers Integrate Mangrove Forest Planting with Aquaculture Cultivation to Raise Productivity
Local fishers are taking ecorestoration into their own hands, planting trees and raising crabs to adulthood alongside them in an effort to restore their waterways and secure their food supplies.
Recommended Read: Over in the Mangroves
Over in the Mangroves
by Jyoti Rajan Gopal
It’s never too early to start teaching kids about mangroves and the interconnected world within them. This interactive tale inspired by a classic nursery rhyme takes readers along with forest animals as they fish, swim, dig, and bask before a storm sends them seeking shelter in the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest.
Community / Events
Thinking Like Water Film Club – Episode 1: “Willing to Try Things”
The 2026 Thinking Like Water Summer Film got off to a great start Tuesday evening with about 60 registrants and over 30 showing up for our live discussion. After screening Episode 1, we started our Film Club conversation with the question of how people in the Film Club have learned to live and observe from the perspective of their landscapes. The theme of deep listening, to the land and to each other, emerged as an essential practice. As we wrapped up, participants shared what they’d be “Willing to Try.” Perhaps you might be inspired by some of their intentions this summer?:
- I am going to convert my lawn to a meadow.
- I’m going to reconsider/design my garden to slow water flow!
- I am going to get to know my local watersheds sensorially and begin mapping out local connections (social and issues the waterway is facing), as well as thinking about bringing awareness about the difficulties of lawns.
- I am going to go back to the first video to excerpt the sinuosity, channel width numbers that Bill cited (i.e. he had goals to increase XX sinuosity, yy channel width, based on some metrics he cited) and apply this to some goal setting I need to do for a project.
Share what you are “willing to try” and read more about our first session here.
Registrations remains open until next Tuesday.
Biodiversity Day 2026
Last Saturday, Bio4Climate joined with others in the Cambridge Community to celebrate Biodiversity Day 2026.
Jim Laurie, futurist, biologist, and co-founder of Bio4Climate shared his knowledge of the swimming copepods & water insects with the next generation. As well, Bio4Climate supporters Katharine Harkins, Deane Coady, Doug Pinney came together to connect and promote community.
Less Lawn More Life
Week 6 of the Less Lawn More Life Challenge is under way! This week, Murray Fisher, Chief naturalist of Wildrplaces encourages us to go outside and pay attention!
Research is unambiguous: noticing nature–really noticing it–reduces stress, anxiety, and depression. You don’t need a forest or a national park. You need to go outside and pay attention!
Murray Fisher
Check out the Bio4Climate Bookshop
Part of Bio4Climate’s core mission is to educate and share educational resources that help our community learn about and engage with the natural world.
Our Bookshop storefront is a growing list of titles recommended by our experts and other climate leaders, including books from our courses. We also have a growing list of titles for kids to help educate, inspire, and motivate the next generation of climate advocates.
Check back often as we are always adding titles. We also recommend books each week at the end of this Featured Creature newsletter.
Purchasing from our storefront is another way you can support Bio4Climate. We receive a portion of the sale at no additional cost to you.
2026 Northeast Miniforest Summit
Root To Canopy:
Growing The Miyawaki Method
July 22 – 23 (Virtual on Zoom)
July 18 (Bus Tour in MA)
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).