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.
Courses
Wildfires Mythology vs. Reality
Join Hart Hagan for Wildfires Mythology vs. Reality, an 8-week online course running September 17–November 5, 2026, Thursdays at 12 PM. Featuring an exemplary lineup of guest speakers, the course explores how water, healthy soils, biodiversity, and practical home protection can help build safer, more fire-resilient communities and landscapes.
Saving the Mother Trees
Join Jim Laurie for Saving the Mother Trees, a 10-week online course starting September 16–November 18, 2026, Wednesdays, 12 PM and 7 PM ET and explore how forests, wetlands, grasslands, fungi, animals, water, soil, and Indigenous knowledge come together to sustain healthy ecosystems.
Community/Events
August Is National Make-A-Will Month
A wonderful opportunity to create or update your will and reflect on the people and causes that matter most to you. By including Biodiversity for a Livable Climate in your will or estate plans, you can create a lasting legacy that helps protect biodiversity, restore ecosystems, and advance nature-based solutions for generations to come.
Learn more about how to join the Legacy Circle here.
News & Insights
The Tiny Burrowers That Help Keep the Prairies Alive
Another win for the Infiltration Team, as Biologist Jim Laurie refers to the many creatures that help soil hold air and water. For decades, prairie dogs were treated as pests, but new research shows how these small burrowers help keep prairies alive: their digging improves water infiltration, reduces erosion, stores more soil carbon, and helps prevent grasslands from turning into shrub-dominated scrub. In some areas, their presence can even improve forage for cattle.
Water as Ecosystem Infrastructure in Australia
Australia’s 2026–27 environmental water plan for the Murray–Darling Basin prioritizes river connectivity, drought refuges, wetlands, native fish, waterbirds and vegetation. This is a particularly positive move because it treats water as ecosystem infrastructure, rather than simply a resource for human consumption.
Books
Fairie-ality: The Fashion Collection from the House of Ellwand, by David Ellwand
“Prepare to be enchanted! While humans go about their workaday lives, there is a secret world of well-dressed fairies flitting about in fragile fashions that would take your breath away – …fashioned wholly from feathers, flower petals, shells, seeds, and other materials from nature”
I discovered this book many years ago and was indeed enchanted by the fun, fantasy and beauty of nature in these fashion creations. Maybe you will have some fun gathering elements on your next walk outside to make your own creations and imagine the secret fairy world at play.
Send us a picture if you do! Beck
Cool the Planet
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.
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).
Tell nature’s climate story, the story of connection and life.
― Beck Mordini