Architect Christopher Haines will give an overview of our built environments and degraded rural habitats, and how they make significant contributions to global warming. He illustrates how a change in perspective may lead to a cooler planet much faster than we thought, inexpensively, while restoring a greener, biodiverse Earth. Christopher Haines: Living Building Challenge and…

Christopher Haines  is a seasoned architect licensed in both MA and NY who applies expertise in regenerative architectural design, healthy materials, preservation, renovation and specification writing to small commercial and urban projects. He has spoken for years at US and international forums as well as formally teaching sustainability and environmental management to undergraduate and graduate students.…

Christopher Haines  is a seasoned architect licensed in both MA and NY who applies expertise in regenerative architectural design, healthy materials, preservation, renovation and specification writing to small commercial and urban projects. He has spoken for years at US and international forums as well as formally teaching sustainability and environmental management to undergraduate and graduate students.…

Christopher Haines, AIA, LFA, CPHC: Architect licensed in both MA and NY who applies expertise in regenerative architectural design, healthy materials, preservation, renovation and specification writing to small commercial and urban projects. Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Connect with usFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/bio4climateTwitter: https://twitter.com/bio4climateInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bio4climate/ Presented at the Climate Reckoning conference November 17-19,…

June 13, 2019, 6:00 p.m., Potluck, Presentation and Discussion in Cambridge: “The Heat Planet: A New Approach to Climate with Christopher Haines.” View event details.

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Not just fossil fuels, but also the human-generated heat that creates global warming. Christopher Haines: architect, consultant for living design #globalwarming #climatechange #planet

A New Climate Story Nov 13 – Dec 18, 2023 Registration is now closed.Sign up here to receive invitations toour upcoming courses. “If you want to make small changes, you can change the way you DO things.If you want to make MAJOR changes, you have to change the way you SEE things.” Gabe Brown-attributed to Don Campbell Course…

Blessed Unrest – Program – Conference Home    Speakers    Program    Sponsors and Partners All sessions will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., EDT.  On each day at around 1:30 p.m. there will be an option to attend a free hour-long workshop with one of the day’s speakers, depending on speaker availability. 10:30  Welcome and…

After hosting a successful series of courses on Biodiversity and Symbiosis with staff scientist and restoration ecologist Jim Laurie, we at Biodiversity for a Livable Climate have recognized the need for a larger curriculum on ecosystem restoration, nature-based solutions to climate change, and the transformations required for our civilization to navigate the challenges ahead of…

By Christopher A. Haines, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate Christopher Haines is a seasoned architect licensed in both MA and NY who applies expertise in regenerative architectural design, healthy materials, preservation, renovation and specification writing to small commercial and urban projects. He has spoken for years at US and international forums as well as formally…

Cool A Quick Summary Nature plays a pivotal role in cooling the Earth, with plants being central to this process. Through transpiration, they release water vapor, which cools the air and aids in cloud formation. This mechanism is crucial in countering the urban heat island effect, where non-vegetated areas like cities absorb more heat. Water…

Professor George Scarlett introduces speakers Steve Weinberg, Cynthia Contie , Christopher Haines, Claire Hedberg (Zero Hour), Nick Rabb (Sunrise Movement), John Burkhardt (Extinction Rebellion). Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Presented at Blessed Unrest conference via online, extending across weekends in April & May of 2020 #climate #biodiversity #climatetalks

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Conference Home    Speakers    Program    Sponsors and Partners Climate Reckoning – Program – Scroll down for links to videos . . .  Systems thinking takes on climate! The most powerful climate tool isn’t emissions reductions, regenerative agriculture, holistic management, biochar, soil restoration or any of a number of others.  Because global warming isn’t just about greenhouse gases,…

We begin this issue of the Compendium by exploring the role of cities in the era of climate breakdown. This section features “Heat Planet,” an essay by architect Christopher Haines, member of Bio4Climate’s Leadership Team, exploring the global implications of the pervasive phenomenon of the “Urban Heat Island” and other heat-producing paved and de-vegetated surfaces around…

UN Biodiversity Report, Global Deal for Nature, Conservation Agriculture in the U.K., Christopher Haines, Compendium Notes: Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase

Soul Fire Farm, Role of Wild Grazers, Blessed Unrest in Ethiopia, Christopher Haines, Compendium Notes: Natural Climate Solutions, 2017 

Heat Planet: Restore Ecosystems – Restore Climate May 4 – June 8, 2022 Registration is now closed.Sign up here to receive invitations toour upcoming courses. “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” – Buckminster Fuller Course Format This online course will consist of 6…

On Monday, November 13 Christopher Haines will begin his course A New Climate Story. Imagine a world where innovative thinking and peer-reviewed science offers hope and empowerment, with a path to reverse climate change in months, years or decades, not centuries. Imagine principles you could apply to improve your own circumstances, even if the rest…

Protect and Restore Ecosystems toCool the Planet Third Session The Ocean Starts Upstream: Restoration and Resilience from Watersheds to Coral Reefs Saturday, September 1910:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET Register here Oceans are vast living systems shaped by intricate relationships among marine life, ocean waters, coastlines, coral reefs, rivers, and watersheds. Protecting them requires understanding…

Celebration of Life March 14, 2026 Program The complete program is below. Not all remarks are available. Prelude Hilary Hahn – Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Welcome Christina Dominique-Pierre Keeping Quiet, by Pablo Neruda Now we will count to twelveand we will all keep stillfor once on the face of the earth,let’s not speak in any…

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