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.
Join us for the 2025 Northeast Miniforest Summit!
Featuring more than a dozen speakers across two virtual half-days and an in-person bus tour, the 2025 Northeast Miniforest Summit brings 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.
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‘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…
Wildfires Fact & Fiction — May 1, 8, 15 & 22
Wildfires are a very real threat, and we should be prepared. Unfortunately, we have been sold a range of false solutions (e.g., fuel reduction, forest thinning and prescribed burns), all at taxpayer expense.
Wildfires Fact & Fiction will equip you with the most essential knowledge to protect homes and communities, while giving our forests what they really need, which is to be naturally rehydrated and nurtured as ecosystems. Discover how thriving ecosystems, including beaver ponds, help protect communities from wildfires, and learn actionable solutions that could reshape wildfire prevention policies.
Join us for Wildfires Fact & Fiction: How…
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.
This Week
Courses
- Register early to start learning now. Early bird registration for Bio4Climate's newest course gives you immediate access to our private Water Cools group, where the instructor is already sharing valuable resources and sparking conversation ahead of the course.
Water & Climate is a new 4-week course from Bio4Climate that will change the way you think about climate solutions. You’ll come away with clear, practical steps to restore water cycles and cool your community, starting in your own backyard.
Through the cycling of water, plants, clouds, grasslands, and forests help stabilize Earth’s temperatures. When these systems are healthy, they cool the planet and we hardly notice them. And when they're not healthy? Well, we all notice that.
Register for Water & Climate
Events and Community
- Earlier this month, students, teachers, and neighbors came together to trace the future footprint of a miniforest at Belmont High School, set to be planted this fall in a joint effort by Bio4Climate and Miyawaki Forest Action Belmont. This tiny but mighty forest will support the campus ecosystem, spark curiosity as a living classroom, and empower students to be stewards of the living world. Stay tuned!
Photo by David Mussina - Virtual | Native Plants Planted Right, May 20
As part of Week 3 of the Less Lawn More Life Challenge, Wild Ones is hosting a free beginner-friendly webinar: “Native Plants Planted Right: A Practical Guide for Beginners" on Tuesday, May 20 at 6pm ET.
Designed for those new to native gardening, the 30-minute webinar covers site assessment, plant selection, planting techniques, and simple maintenance tips, plus real-world garden examples to inspire any yard transformation.
No advance registration required.
Tune in for Native Plants Planted Right - Cambridge | Call for Volunteers, June
Join us in bringing a Native Plant Pollinator Garden at Danehy Park to life!
This summer, Bio4Climate is teaming up with NPCG and the City of Cambridge to plant a Native Plant Pollinator Garden at Danehy Park, near our existing miniforest.
We’re looking for volunteers to help with soil preparation, planting, and ongoing stewardship (watering and weeding) throughout the season. Whether you can help for a single day or throughout the summer, we’d love to have you!
Volunteer for the Native Plant Pollinator Garden - Boston | Women's Fly Casting Clinic, June 14
Greater Boston Trout Unlimited is hosting a free Women’s Fly Casting Clinic on Saturday, June 14 (9am–12pm) at Herter Park, along the Charles River in Boston. Open to all skill levels, this event offers women a welcoming introduction to the art of fly casting and the joy of connecting with nature through fishing.
Led by experienced female instructors, including Cynthia Harkness of Fearless Fly Fishing, the clinic will cover casting techniques, body mechanics, and different casting styles. Participants will receive hands-on instruction, opportunities for practice, and a chance to build community with fellow women anglers. Pre-registration required.
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
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.