We Need a New Climate Story
Nature is Climate
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.
The 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.
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
Courses
Is wildlife simply at the mercy of climate chaos, or could its survival hold the key to restoring balance?
Wildlife & Climate, the new course from Bio4Climate taught by Hart Hagan, explores the actual connections between wildlife and climate change and gives us a real and viable framework for living with nature, restoring habitat and addressing climate change in a way that works and can be implemented wherever we live, work and play.
Classes are held twice each Thursday — October 9, 16, 23 & 30. (Afternoon and evening)
We are literally crowding out the natural world and the systems it manages. If we don’t stop, it will not matter how much we reduce emissions. We can live with nature. We cannot live without it.
What's it like in a Bio4Climate course? Here's Dr. Katie Ross earlier this month guest-lecturing in our Water & Climate course. Dr. Ross argues that while transitioning to energy-efficient, renewable, and regenerative systems is vital, a sole focus on carbon technology is insufficient to address the full scope of the climate crisis. Dr. Ross stresses that nature can remove this carbon far more effectively by embedding it into the processes of life, underscoring the need to pair emissions reductions with ecosystem restoration to achieve lasting climate stability.
News and Insights
How healthy are the oceans? Ask a whale shark
New York Times
Each year, researchers gather at Ningaloo Reef off the coast of Australia to study the whale shark—a mystifying ocean giant and a window into global marine health.
“By monitoring them, we’re not just learning about the sharks, we’re learning about ocean health more broadly,” says Dr. Mark Meekan.
As an indicator species, whale sharks reveal the condition of marine environments. Migrating across oceans to feed on plankton-rich waters, they signal nutrient abundance and thriving ecosystems, while also helping track plankton growth.
Events and Community
Transformation in Worcester, Mass.
In the mid-sized Central Massachusetts city of Worcester, long known for its industrial activity, city leadership has undertaken ambitious initiatives to address some of their climate resilience goals using the Miyawaki method.
Together with BSC Group and the City of Worcester, Bio4Climate planned and created two Miyawaki Forests in the heart of downtown last year, bringing together hundreds of community volunteers over multiple planting events to cool, green, and beautify the urban landscape and create a space for nature to thrive.
One forest has been planted at the Worcester Public Library at the McGrath Parking Lot, while the other is located at Plumley Village Apartments.
Get Involved
‘ROADLESS RULE’ A RECKLESS ATTACK ON CLIMATE REGULATORS
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – Beck Mordini, Executive Director of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate issued the following statement on the White House’s decision to declare “open-season” on 58 million acres of native forests, paving the way for road and development construction.
“Just as tens of millions of Americans are experiencing a lethal, record-breaking heat wave, the federal government has launched a reckless attack on one of our most vital natural climate regulators. Forests aren’t just a collection of trees, they are complex, living systems that manage water, cool the planet, and sustain biodiversity across…
Water—The Missing Climate Solution—July 10-31
What if there’s a powerful solution we’ve been overlooking—one that could actually help cool the planet, starting right where you live?
The untold story begins with water.
Water is the most overlooked climate regulator. Through the cycling of water—plants, clouds, grasslands, wetlands and forests help stabilize Earth’s temperatures. When these systems are healthy, they cool the planet. But clear-cutting, tilling, development and other destructive land management practices have dismantled these natural cooling mechanisms.
We can bring these powerful cooling systems back to life. Join us for Water…
Global Eco-Restoration and Power Dynamics—Critical Ecosystems in Brazil, Senegal and the U.S. – JUNE 10 – 12:00 noon ET
Climate disruption is increasing and with it so is polarization, both within the US as well as among nation states. Now more than ever it is incumbent upon us to highlight successful efforts to create a more sustainable, just, and peaceful world.
Important initiatives in regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, soil restoration, and related practices are making significant contributions to climate adaptation, often contributing to the resilience of communities and international collaboration.
This webinar, a joint project of the Massachusetts Peace Action’s Peace & Climate group and Bio4Climate, will focus…
Thaw and Freeze: The ecological, geological, and human stakes of a warming Arctic
A rapidly changing Arctic is reshaping everything. Polar bears navigate shrinking expanses of sea ice, thawing permafrost threatens coastal villages, destabilizes infrastructure, and exhales methane, and warming temperatures push more species northward into a greener arctic. These transformations are profound, and their impacts can extend far beyond the region’s ecologies that depend on them.
What do these changes mean for wildlife, humans, and the climate? How is all of this going to play out in different regions and ecosystems around the world? Does understanding these changes and seeing them with your own…
Regenerating Life: Upcoming Screenings
Regenerating Life is a groundbreaking film that reframes the climate crisis by focusing on nature’s power to heal our planet. It reveals how the biosphere egulates Earth’s climate and how its destruction has driven global warming.
The film highlights regenerating ecosystems like forests, fields, and wetlands, restoring the water cycle, and embracing sustainable practices like regenerative agriculture that draw CO2 from the atmosphere, cool the planet, revive freshwater systems, and create abundant food and thriving communities.
Visit Hummingbird Films for upcoming screenings.
Stopping Ecocide: Can International Law Prevent Mass Environmental Destruction?
Diverse ecosystems represent the greatest climate action technology at our disposal. But what recourse do we have when nature itself is under attack from the world’s biggest political and economic powers?
The movement to codify ecocide, that is, the intentional (or negligent) mass destruction of an ecosystem, as an international crime is gaining traction, particularly in Europe and in nations disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change. As a crime and an area of practice, ecocide law is reserved for the very worst of the worst. Think…
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).