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Jim Laurie: Microbes ‘R’ Us

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Our restoration ecologist Jim Laurie shares some of the revolutionary ideas developed by Lynn Margulis on the deep relationship among microbes, and all life including humans. Join us as we explore the importance of microbial activity to restoring…
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Jim Laurie: Local Keystone Species and Carbon Farming

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Biodiversity is the foundation of healthy, resilient ecosystems. We humans have the ability to create the conditions for biodiverse landscapes which restore water cycles, purify the air, grow nutritious foods and build soil carbon from the carbon dioxide…
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Jim Laurie: Nature Does 90% of the Work

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Bringing degraded lands back to life may be easier and faster than we generally think. Mostly it has to do with us humans helping by restoring keystone species that we previously destroyed. We already know how to do…
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Jim Laurie: FUNGI- Intelligent Strands Beneath Our Feet (The Real Worldwide Web)

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Mycorrhizal fungi connect billions of lives in the soil, bring communications and biochemical transformations to those that need it, and keep green plants healthy and abundant. More abundant than we may have seen for centuries. What’s the big…
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Jim Laurie & His Homeschool AP Biology Students: Nature Wants to Be Wet

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Restoration ecologist Jim Laurie illuminates the vital connections between water cycles and biodiversity, describing numerous keystone species – from microbes and worms to beavers, burrowing animals and ruminants – which increase water infiltration and retention in landscapes. By…
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Jim Laurie: Closing the Nutrient Loop

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Jim Laurie has used natural biological processes to turn some of the most toxic and polluted effluent around – both sewage and industrial waste – into clean, clear water. Presented at Biodiversity for a Livable Climate’s “Restoring Water…
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Soil Ecosystem Health: From Fungi & Nematodes to Beetles & Earthworms with Jim Laurie

Mycorrhizal fungi are critical conduits moving photosynthetic energy to underground microbial communities. In return these microbes find minerals and water for their plant benefactors. In addtion, nematodes are essential nitrogen pumps in the soil, while dung beetles and earthworms can lock up tons of soil carbon, year after year. Jim Laurie illustrates and explains. Presented…
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Jim Laurie

speaking at Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
Jim Laurie is a restoration biologist and co-founder of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate. He was manager of the Vermont “Living Machine” which was designed by ecological visionary John Todd. This biodiverse system treated 80,000 gallons of sewage per day. For 20 years he was a biologist and technical trainer in the chemical industry in Houston, Texas, where his…
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Jim Laurie: Back to 300 (Nature Wants to be Wet and Cool)

Many strategies exist for taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and rehydrating the continents. Jim Laurie will review a broad vision of the potential for each ecosystem to be restored and to sequester carbon, building a graphic showing the global potential and timescale. Jim Laurie, Restoration Ecologist, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate Presented at…
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Jim Laurie: Building Biodiversity

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Jim Laurie, Restoration Ecologist Presented at Carbon Heroes Landscaping conference at University of Massachusetts, Amherst on January 31, 2017 #biodiversity #restoration #ecologist
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Let’s Make Surface Area to End the Drought and Cool the Climate with Jim Laurie

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Jim Laurie, Staff Scientist, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate Presented at Restoring Oceans, Restoring Climate: Facing Fire & Ice, Food & Water, Flood & Drought conference at Harvard University on November 18-20, 2016 #drought #cooltheplanet #climatesolutions
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How Biodiversity Wriggled and Crawled Out of the Ocean and Conquered the Land with Jim Laurie

Jim Laurie, Staff Scientist at Biodiversity for a Livable Climate 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 Power and Promise of Biodiversity: Visions of Restoring Land, Sea and Climate conference at Harvard University on April 30, 2016 #biodiversity #evolution #science
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Diversity of Life: The Oceans and the Gulf of Maine with Jim Laurie

Jim Laurie, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate, introduces the home-school Symbiosis Team:Annie Selle, Hayden Latimer-Ireland, Jamila dePeiza-Kern, Lynus Erickson 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 Power and Promise of Biodiversity: Visions of Restoring Land, Sea and Climate conference at Harvard University on April…
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Jim Laurie: How Eco-Restoration Can End Global Warming

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ An overview of eco-restoration to end global warming. Jim Laurie, Staff Scientist at Biodiversity for a Livable Climate, presents to the Washington, DC Chapter of Bio4Climate on March 7, 2015. #regeneration #biology #ecologist
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Gillian Davies & Jim Laurie Q&A

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Gillian Davies, Senior Wetlands Scientist, BSC GroupJim Laurie, Restoration Ecologist, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate From Biodiversity for a Livable Climate conference “Reversing Global Warming: Carbon Farming for Food, Health, Prosperity and Planet” at Bristol Community College in…
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Jim Laurie

speaking at Restoring Oceans, Restoring Climate: Facing Fire & Ice, Food & Water, Floods & Droughts
Jim Laurie, Restoration Ecologist, is a biologist from Rice University and  a pioneer in biological remediation of waste water. He was the technical manager of the world’s largest “Living Machine” project to clean raw municipal sewage with no toxic chemicals. The facility, through a grant from the EPA, processed 80,000 gallons/day using the “living machine” methodology invented by ecological…
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Jim Laurie

speaking at The Power and Promise of Biodiversity: Visions of Restoring Land, Sea and Climate
Jim Laurie, Restoration Ecologist, is a biologist from Rice University and is a pioneer in biological remediation of waste water. He was the technical manager of the world’s largest “Living Machine” project to clean raw municipal sewage with no toxic chemicals. The facility, through a grant from the EPA, processed 80,000 gallons/day using the “living machine”…
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Jim Laurie

speaking at Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming, Tufts 2015
Jim Laurie, Restoration Ecologist, is a biologist from Rice University and is a pioneer in biological remediation of waste water. He was the technical manager of the world’s largest “Living Machine” project to clean raw municipal sewage with no toxic chemicals. The facility, through a grant from the EPA, processed 80,000 gallons/day using the “living machine”…
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Jim Laurie

speaking at Climate, Biodiversity, and Survival: Listening to the Voices of Nature
Jim Laurie is a restoration biologist and co-founder of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate. He was manager of the Vermont “Living Machine” which was designed by ecological visionary John Todd. This biodiverse system treated 80,000 gallons of sewage per day. For 20 years he was a biologist and technical trainer in the chemical industry in Houston, Texas, where his…
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Jim Laurie

speaking at Climate Reckoning: Paths to an Earth Restored
Jim Laurie is a restoration biologist and co-founder of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate. He has been learning how to restore lands and waters for 30 years and was the manager of the Vermont “Living Machine” which treated 80,000 gallons of sewage per day and was designed by ecological visionary John Todd. For 20 years he…
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Jim Laurie

speaking at Scenario 300: Making Climate Cool!
Jim Laurie, Restoration Ecologist, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate, is a biologist from Rice University and is a pioneer in biological remediation of waste water. He was the technical manager of the world’s largest “Living Machine” project to clean raw municipal sewage with no toxic chemicals. The facility, through a grant from the EPA, processed…
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Jim Laurie

speaking at Landscape Heroes: Carbon, Water and Biodiversity
Jim Laurie, Restoration Ecologist, is a biologist from Rice University and  a pioneer in biological remediation of waste water. He was the technical manager of the world’s largest “Living Machine” project to clean raw municipal sewage with no toxic chemicals. The facility, through a grant from the EPA, processed 80,000 gallons/day using the “living machine” methodology invented by ecological…
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Jim Laurie’s Biodiversity Class Description

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Jim Laurie teaches biodiversity classes almost every semester session. To learn more about Jim’s classes, email info@bio4climate.org or staff@bio4climate.org Jim Laurie: Staff Scientist and Restoration Ecologist, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate #ecology #restoration #environmentaleducation
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Jim Laurie’s Biodiversity Class Description

Jim Laurie

speaking at Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming
Jim Laurie, Restoration Ecologist, is a biologist from Rice University and is a pioneer in biological remediation of waste water. He was the technical manager of the world’s largest “Living Machine” project to clean raw municipal sewage with no toxic chemicals. The facility, through a grant from the EPA, processed 80,000 gallons/day using the “living machine”…
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Jim Laurie

speaking at Reversing Global Warming: Carbon Farming for Food, Health, Prosperity, and Planet!
Jim Laurie, Restoration Ecologist, is a biologist from Rice University and is a pioneer in biological remediation of waste water. He was the technical manager of the world’s largest “Living Machine” project to clean raw municipal sewage with no toxic chemicals. The facility, through a grant from the EPA, processed 80,000 gallons/day using the “living machine” methodology invented by…
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Jim Laurie

speaking at Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming, Washington D.C. 2015
Jim Laurie, Restoration Ecologist at Biodiversity for a Livable Climate, is a biologist from Rice University and is a pioneer in biological remediation of waste water. He was the technical manager of the world’s largest “Living Machine” project to clean raw municipal sewage with no toxic chemicals. The facility, through a grant from the EPA, processed…
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Jim Laurie’s Class – Summer 2020

Summer 2020, June 2 – August 18 Biodiversity, Symbiosis and Planetary Regeneration: Exploring Nature’s Possibilities for the Future! Weekly Classes with our staff scientist, Jim Laurie The Excitement and Inspiration of Sciencefor the Curious to the Serious and everyone in-between A fully interactive online adventure with discussions, experiments and explorations for independent thinkers of any age,…

Jim Laurie’s Class – Fall 2020

Fall 2020, Wednesdays, September 16th – December 9th Biodiversity 2: Systems Thinking and Transformation – Building Teams for Planetary Restoration. 12 weekly classes with our staff scientist, Jim Laurie. The Excitement and Inspiration of Science for the Curious to the Serious and everyone in-between. A fully interactive online adventure with discussions, experiments and explorations for…

The Big Picture, Rapid Change, and Paths to Restoration with Jim Laurie

Jim Laurie: Staff scientist and biologist at Biodiversity for a Livable Climate. 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, 2017 at Harvard University #restoration #change #climatechange
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Pathways to a Restored Planet: Scenario 300 with Jim Laurie

Jim Laurie: Staff scientist and Biologist at Biodiversity for a Livable Climate 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, 2017 at Harvard University #restoration #planet #climate
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Jim Laurie (Biodiversity for a Livable Climate) & Kris Nichols (Rodale Institute) Q&A

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Jim Laurie, Restoration Ecologist, Biodiversity for a Livable ClimateKris Nichols, Chief Scientist, Rodale Institute Presented at Biodiversity for a Livable Climate “Scenario 300: Making Climate Cool” conference at Washington D.C. on April 30, 2017 #ecology #regenerative #climatesolutions
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Panel with: Courtney White, Eric T. Fleisher, Bryan O’Hara & Jim Laurie

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Courtney White, Author, Regenerative Land Management ActivistEric T. Fleisher, Landscape DesignerBryan O’Hara, FarmerJim Laurie, Restoration Ecologist Presented at Landscape Heroes: Carbon, Water and Biodiversity conference at University of Massachusetts, Amherst on January 31, 2017 #regeneration #farming #ecologist
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Registration for Jim Laurie’s Class – Summer 2021

Registration for Jim Laurie’s Class – Summer 2021 Biodiversity IV: Forests, Fungi, and Living Shorelines Classes will begin on June 16, 2021 and run for twelve consecutive Wednesdays through September 1st, with choice of afternoon (1-3 pm ET) or evening classes (7-9 pm ET).  Jim will send you class notes and home study opportunities every…

Jim Laurie’s Class, Biodiversity 6: Systems Thinking & Scenarios – Tools for Creating Better Ecological Futures

Course fee: $240; if you’re on a tight budget, a sliding scale is available at checkout. In Biodiversity 6: Systems Thinking & Scenarios – Tools for Creating Better Ecological Futures, Jim Laurie will lead students in taking on the question, “could humans be a global force for the reemergence of healthy ecosystems on a much…
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Jim Laurie’s Class, Biodiversity 7: Rewilding Half the Earth to Create a Future We Want

Course fee: $240; if you’re on a tight budget, a sliding scale is available at checkout. In Biodiversity 7: Rewilding Half the Earth to Create a Future We Want, Jim Laurie will lead students in examining restorative possibilities such as protecting half the earth, creating mini-forests using the Miyawaki method, and increasing wetlands.  Beginning Wednesday,…
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Jim Laurie’s Spring 2021 Class

Biodiversity III: Mastering the Water Cycle begins on February 3, 2021 and runs for twelve consecutive Wednesdays through April 21st, with choice of afternoon (1-3 pm EST) or evening classes (7-9 pm EST).  Jim will send you class notes and home study opportunities every week. A certificate of completion will be available for those who…
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Biodiversity 11: Warming Oceans, Moving Shorelines & Sea Level Rise – with Jim Laurie

What can be done to break the ocean’s fever and cool the planet?  With the oceans warming rapidly causing larger storms and hurricanes, forecasts for sea level rise ranging from 2 feet to 20 feet by 2100, and polar regions warming three times faster than the rest of the world, humanity may be facing the…
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Jim Laurie’s Fall 2021 Class

Biodiversity V, which takes a deeper dive into forest ecosystems, is starting on October 6, 2021. The course will focus on maximizing photosynthesis and balancing the carbon cycle to cool the climate. It will run for twelve consecutive Wednesdays, with choice of afternoon (1-3 pm EST) or evening classes (7-9 pm EST). It builds his on…
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Course Offerings

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…

Resources

Resources Biodiversity for a Livable Climate and the EcoRestoration Alliance bring forth a dual-document appeal and action blueprint that unveils a groundbreaking perspective and tangible actions for ecosystem restoration as a viable solution to stabilize our climate. A United Call to Cool the Planet! Dive into scientific insights, explore a hopeful pathway, and join a…

Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels March 25 2023

Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels A series of virtual and in-person community events in 6 locations in the U.S. and Canada Fourth Event: CLEVELAND • on Zoom Saturday, March 25, 2023 1:00 – 4:30 pm EST  •  on Zoom Agenda Biodiversity for a Livable Climate is partnering with the Post Carbon Institute and…

Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming, Washington D.C. 2015

Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming, Washington, DC Promoting the power of nature to remove excess carbon from the atmosphere where it does untold damage, and restore it to the soils where it supports abundant life and helps reverse global warming. Source: http://bostongreenschools.org/ Saturday, September 26, 2015, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Moot Court RoomDavid A.…
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Landscape Heroes: Carbon, Water and Biodiversity

Landscape Heroes: Carbon, Water and Biodiversity See program below, with links to videos! A collaboration with the Ecological Landscape Alliance, NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association), NOFA Organic Land Care, and Biodiversity for a Livable Climate  UMass Amherst, Tuesday, January 31st: An in-depth, inspiring conversation on Carbon Sequestration and learn what practical steps you can take…
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Biodiversity 11: Warming Oceans, Moving Shorelines & Sea Level Rise

Biodiversity 11: Warming Oceans, Moving Shorelines & Sea Level Rise A 12-week course with Jim Laurie Fall Course 2024, Wednesdays, starts September 18 Are Antarctica’s glaciers stable?    Humanity may be facing the most challenging time in its history. The oceans are warming rapidly and causing larger storms and hurricanes. The polar regions are warming three times faster than…

Biodiversity 12: Earth Alive – Exploring Our Home

Biodiversity 12: Earth Alive – Exploring Our Home A 12-week course with Jim Laurie February 26 – May 14, 2025 “Earth Alive – Exploring Our Home” will be the twelfth biodiversity course taught by our Restoration Biologist & Futurist Jim Laurie. Earth is a living miracle in our corner of the Universe, full of symbiotic…

Program, Videos, Slides – Tufts 2014 Restore Eco, Reverse GW

Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming– Program – Home       Speakers      Sponsors and Partners  You can watch the videos individually or by the day by clicking on that day’s playlist. Some slideshows are also available Videos made possible by a generous donation from the Virgin Earth Challenge. Playlists:    Friday     Saturday    …

Scenario 300: Making Climate Cool!

Let’s pull carbon out of the atmosphere and bring down the higher temperatures brought about by global warming – safely, inexpensively, low-tech, with a broad range of benefits. It was a great conference!  Video links are directly beneath the title of each presentation, below.Downloads: Conference Program,  Book List,  Take Action!, Carbon Unit Conversions Scenario 300: Making…
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Program, Videos, Slides – Tufts 2015

Restoring Water Cycles – Program – Home     Speakers     Sponsors/Partners   Scroll down to view videos and slideshows! Our program addressed science, land management practices and activism.   There was ample time for Q&A, and attendees and speakers were encouraged to attend the entire conference in order to be available for thought-provoking dialogue and creative networking. On Sunday…

Program – Harvard 2016 – Power and Promise of Biodiversity

The Power and Promise of Biodiversity– Program – Home    Speakers    Program     Scroll down to program for videos and slideshows!——————————We are telling the story of biodiversity. “Biodiversity, a contraction of ‘biological diversity,’ generally refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth. One of the most widely used definitions states it in terms of the…

Environmental Leaders of the Future Q&A

Jim Laurie and Home Schoolers: Astrid Erickson, Asmond Erickson, Jonathan Linehan-Beeler, Sharada Sundarum-Senders and Thomas O’Connor Golden, who are exploring possibilities for their futures on a changing Earth. Updates on various ecosystems and how they see their part as the new world unfolds. This is the Q&A session that followed the presentation, https://youtu.be/-8IdTAcwN5s. Learn more…
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Biodiversity 8 – Deepdive into Symbiosis

Biodiversity 8 Deepdive: Symbiosis is Challenging Survival of the Fittest Spring 2023, Wednesdays, March 1 – May 12 How has conventional interpretation of Darwin’s survival of the fittest shaped not only our understanding of science and extinction, but also economics and cultural values? Are we genetically doomed to compete with nature and with each other…

Biodiversity 9 Deep Dive – Transformation to a Holistic Perspective

Biodiversity 9 Deep DiveTransformation to a Holistic Perspective – Nature Can Cool the Planet Fall 2023, Wednesdays, September 20 – December 13 Are you ready to transform your understanding of how life on the planet works and how we can play a role? Join us as we follow the transformation of two leading writers and…

Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels November 18 2023

Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels A series of virtual and in-person community events in 6 locations in the U.S. and Canada Fifth Event: OREGON • on Zoom Saturday, November 18, 2023 1:00 – 4:30 pm Pacific Time  •  on Zoom Biodiversity for a Livable Climate is partnering with the Post Carbon Institute and…

Journey of an Apprentice

Introduction by Jim Laurie Erling Jorgensen was a student in my “Systems Thinking and Scenario Building” course (Biodiversity 6) in the summer of 2022.  He is determined to learn how life processes work and develop a scenario of restoring these processes.  His goal is also to create a story that young people and adults with…
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Reversing Global Warming: Carbon Farming for Food, Health, Prosperity, and Planet!

Home      Speakers       Partners and Sponsors Reversing Global Warming: Carbon Farming for Food, Health, Prosperity and Planet! Program and Home page A conference for farmers, gardeners, government officials, city-town councils, civic  leaders, school board members, educators at all levels, park/forest and environmental managers and stewards, nursery and landscape business owners, and all other folks…
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Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming, Tufts 2015

Restoring Water Cycles toReverse Global Warming Conference Home   Program   Speakers    Sponsors/Partners Click here for videos and slideshows! Watch interviews with Michal Kravcik, Jon Griggs,Precious Phiri and Adam Sacks on Emerald Planet TV . . . . . . and one with Jim Laurie too! Even with elevated greenhouse gases in the atmosphere,water can cool the biosphere and…
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DC Chapter

DC Chapter This is the main page for our active chapter in the Washington, DC area.  News, activities and events are posted here.  To contact the chapter for more information and to become involved, please write to philip.bogdonoff@bio4climate.org. Introduction to Biodiversity for a Livable Climate at Bannockburn Community Center in Bethesda, Maryland on March 7,…

Program – Climate Reckoning

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,…

Blessed Unrest Program

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…

A Montage of Words and Images

By Florence Ann Barrett “Ecological processes are not only more complex than we think. They are more complex than we can ever think.” – Michael Crowfoot, Soil Scientist “On one of my early projects…a scientist friend asked me, how did I know what I was doing, and where did I get the knowledge to understand…

Introduction for the Blessed Unrest with Robert Labaree

Robert Labaree introduces environmental advocates Florence Reed, Rev Dele, Lama Liz Monson, Jim Laurie and the Home Schoolers Symbiosis Team (Astrid Erickson, Asmond Erickson, Jonathan Linehan-Beeler, Sharada Sundarum-Senders & Thomas O’Connor Golden) Robert Labaree: Journal Liaison, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Connect with usFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/bio4climateTwitter: https://twitter.com/bio4climateInstagram:…
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Biology as told by Environmental Leaders of the Future

Jim Laurie and home schoolers: Astrid Erickson, Asmond Erickson, Jonathan Linehan-Beeler, Sharada Sundarum-Senders and Thomas O’Connor Golden, who are exploring possibilities for their futures on a changing Earth, discuss the ways the planet has changed over time and how they are finding their role in the climate movement. Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable…
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The History of the Earth’s Oceans

Homeschoolers share what they have learned in their biology class taught by Restoration Ecologist Jim Laurie. Presenters are part of Jim Laurie’s Homeschool Symbiosis Team: Jamila dePeiza-Kern, Annie Selle, Hayden Latimer-Ireland, and Lynus Erickson. Where did the oceans come from, and what can their future be? Learning the history of the oceans gives us a…
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Homeschool Symbiosis Team

speaking at Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming, Tufts 2015
The Homeschool Advanced Placement Biology / Restoration Ecology Class is taught by Jim Laurie and Jane Hammer in Arlington Massachusetts. Students Annie Selle, Lynus Erickson, Jamila dePeiza-Kent, and Elizabeth Owens will perform a short play, “Symbiosis”, as part of Jim Laurie’s Saturday morning talk, “Nature Wants to be Wet”. 
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A Montage of Words and Images

“Ecological processes are not only more complex than we think. They are more complex than we can ever think.” – Michael Crowfoot, Soil Scientist “On one of my early projects…a scientist friend asked me, how did I know what I was doing, and where did I get the knowledge to understand the system with which…
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Miyawaki Forest Field Trip

Jim Laurie, our staff scientist, restoration ecologist, and teacher of several Biodiversity Deepdive courses, will hold a field trip for students and community members at our Danehy Park Miyawaki Forest. Join us on Sunday, September 3 to gather with fellow budding eco-restorers and enjoy the mini-forest’s growth. Learn more about our Miyawaki Forests. The Danehy…
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Registration Biodiversity 9

To register for Biodiversity 9 Deep Dive with Jim Laurie, please fill out the form below. Please note that we want you to join us more than anything, so we never turn anyone away based on ability to pay.  In addition to our low-budget option for students, listed below, we have volunteer and scholarship opportunities, so please contact  staff@bio4climate.org for…

Our First Miyawaki Forest Turns Two

Our community grows alongside our first Miyawaki forest! In September of 2021, we planted our first Miyawaki forest – the first in the Northeastern U.S. – in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As the forest turns two, and demonstrates signs of resilient, abundant growth, the Bio4Climate team gathered with local forest enthusiasts to reflect and celebrate the ecosystem…
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Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels – Agenda

Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels – Agenda Date: Saturday, November 18, 2023Time: 1:00 – 4:30 pm PSTLocation: Oregon Event Schedule Time Activity Speaker/Panelist 1:00 PM Welcome and Introduction Louise Mitchell Land Acknowledgement Laughing Helen Farrell Opening Remarks Melanie Carlone, Marianne Wyne 1:14 PM Strategies for Navigating the Coming Energy and Food Crunch…

Halley’s Comet and Scenario 300

Halley’s Comet last hurtled around the Sun in 1986 and is expected to return in July of 2061. What will the Earth be like when the Comet returns?  What kind of world do we want to greet it?
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Biodiversity 10 Deep Dive – Beavers, Wetlands & Shorelines

Biodiversity 10 Deep Dive:Beavers, Wetlands & Shorelines Spring 2024, Wednesdays, February 21 – May 8 Are you ready to transform your understanding of how life on the planet works and how we can play a role? Join us as we follow the transformation of two leading writers and thinkers to a deeper understanding of natural…

From Parking Lot & Lawn to Miyawaki Forests: Transforming Worcester, MA

A transformation is underway in Worcester, MA. In this mid-sized city in Central Massachusetts 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, Bio4Climate, BSC Group, and the City of Worcester planned and created two Miyawaki Forests in the…
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Signup for our Newsletter:Good news is on its way! Transformationin Mexico Watch what happens! A degraded Mexican landscape is transformed by excellent management. It took only two years (the arrow points to the same tree). Your browser does not support the video tag. Photos: Cuenca Los Ojos Upcoming Events and Announcements EcoRestoration and Social Justice Around…

Oceans 2016 Program

Restoring Oceans, Restoring Climate– Program – Conference Home    Speakers   Program Program times are Friday, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday,  9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. 6:00 – Our Oceans, Our SelvesAdam Sacks, Biodiversity for a Livable ClimateVideoThe earth is a system and humans are currently a keystone species…

Voices of Nature – Program

Listening to the Voices of Nature– Program – Conference Home    Speakers    Program    Sponsors and Partners This program is arranged as cycles, the way Nature does it with water, carbon, sunsets, seasons, dust to dust and phoenixes arising from the ashes.  All of our talks are connected to one another in ways both obvious and subtle.  So rather…

Creating the Future We Want with Symbiosis Team

Members of Jim Laurie’s Symbiosis Team are Hayden Latimer-Ireland, Lynus Erickson, Jamila dePeiza-Kern, Annie Selle – local home-schoolers facing tomorrow head-on 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, 2017 at Harvard University #symbiosis #biodiversity #futurism
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Cooperative Restoration to Prevent Disasters

During a Q&A with speakers, preventative vs. reactionary measures are compared and contrasted to show the danger of what happens when we don’t take urgent climate action. Jim Laurie: Staff Scientist at Biodiversity for a Livable ClimateThomas Goreau: Award-winning marine, soils and climate scientist & President of the Global Coral Reef AllianceMick Devin: Two-term state…
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The Oceans and the Biosphere

Q&A session with presenters reveals more information about the connections between land and sea. Homeschool Symbiosis Team: students of Jim Laurie, Staff Scientist of Biodiversity for a Livable ClimateGeorge Buckley: Assistant Director of Sustainability at Harvard Extension SchoolMark McMenamin: Professor of Geology at Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley Learn more about Biodiversity for a…
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Restoring Bodies of Water with Peter Lawrence, Alyssa Novak, and Annie, Hayden and Lynus

Peter Lawrence: President and Co-founder of Biomimicry New England and a Biomimicry SpecialistAlyssa Novak: Coastal ecologist Homeschoolers are students of Jim Laurie’s, Staff Scientist at Biodiversity for a Livable Climate 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 Power and Promise of Biodiversity: Visions of…
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Core Team

Our Team Executive Beck Mordini Executive Director Beck brings 20 years of nonprofit experience including protecting the biodiversity of native plants at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and protecting undocumented workers from exploitation in Washington state. Her studies of International Environmental Law in Nairobi, Kenya were her first exposure to the issues of desertification and…

Counting Down to Restoring Earth: How Do We Get There?

Thursday, January 28, 2021
Ecosystem Restoration Camps, in partnership with Biodiversity for a Livable Climate, hosted a symposium on the steps we need to take to restore the earth over the next several years. The event featured speakers Daniel Wahl, John D. Liu, Precious Phiri, and Jim Laurie with opening remarks from Tim Christophersen from the UN Environment Program.…
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Compendium Vol. 2 No. 1: Appendix A: Scenario 300

Scenario 300: Reducing Atmospheric CO2 to 300 ppm by 2061         by Jim Laurie, Staff Scientist Biodiversity for a Livable Climate bio4climate.org jimlaurie7@gmailcom  March 20, 2018 Danger in the Arctic: The Urgency of the Climate Situation Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased from 315 ppm in 1958 to 410 ppm in 2018. This is the…
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Philip Bogdonoff

speaking at Scenario 300: Making Climate Cool!
Philip Bogdonoff is an engineer by training and an ecologist by heart. He serves as a Board Member of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate and Director of the Washington DC Chapter. He is a past trustee and board chair of Friends Community School; a co-founder of the Sustainable Washington Alliance; a past vice president of…
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March 2019 Newsletter

Newsletter Youth Climate Strike, coastal wetlands, Maine Dam Removal, Jim Laurie, Victor Wallis Meetup, Compendium Notes: Sponge Cities, China

July-August 2020 Newsletter

Saving Life on Earth is Our Highest Calling!, Tim LaSalle on Regenerative Agriculture, Entangled Life Book Review, Jim Laurie’s Biodiversity and Symbiosis II Class, Compendium Notes: Ecological restoration success is higher for natural regeneration than foractive restoration in tropical forests, Crouzeilles et al. 2017

September-October 2020 Newsletter

Didi Pershouse on The Ecology of Care, The Hidden Life of Trees Book Review, Jim Laurie’s Biodiversity and Symbiosis II Class, Nick Rabb’s Call Story, Agroecology and Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement, Compendium Notes: Integration of wildlife and environmental health into a One Health approach, Sleeman et al. 2019

November-December 2020 Newsletter

Vijay Kumar on Community Managed Natural Farming, SUGi Spotlight, Jim Laurie’s Biodiversity and Symbiosis III: Mastering the Water Cycle, Adam Sacks’ Call Story, Ngā Uruora Book Review, The Hidden World of Fungi, Compendium Notes: Effectiveness of the Miyawaki method in Mediterranean forest restoration programs, Schirone, Salis & Vessella 2011

January-February 2021 Newsletter

Eighth Compendium Issue, Mike Hands and Rattan Lal on Agroforestry, Voices of Water for Climate, Ecosystem Restoration Camps Symposium, Jim Laurie’s Biodiversity and Symbiosis III Class, Hannah Lewis’ Call Story, Grassland 2.0, Compendium Notes: Fence ecology: Frameworks for understanding the ecological effects of fences, McInturff et al. 2020

June 2015 Newsletter

Urban Eco-Restoration Series Part 1, Jim Laurie’s Talk on Microbes

April 2015 Newsletter

Upcoming Conference: Urban and Suburban Carbon Farming to Reverse Global Warming, Speaker profile: Mel King, Catching Up with Jim Laurie

Philip Bogdonoff

speaking at Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming, Washington D.C. 2015
Philip Bogdonoff, Director, Washington DC Chapter, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate.  Past trustee and board chair, Friends Community School; Co-founder, Sustainable Washington Alliance; Vice President, Millennium Institute; Consultant, World Bank Environment Department; Research Assistant, Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University.  He and Jim Laurie constructed Washington, DC’s first “Living Machine” more than 15 years…
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Biodiversity 4: Forests, Fungi and Living Shorelines

Biodiversity 4: Forests, Fungi and Living Shorelines Summer 2021, Wednesdays, June 16th – September 1st 12 weekly classes with our staff scientist, Jim Laurie, held at 1pm and 7pm ET on Zoom. The Excitement and Inspiration of Science for the Curious to the Serious and everyone in-between. A fully interactive online adventure with discussions, experiments…

Registration for Biodiversity 5 – 481448961

To register for Jim Laurie’s Biodiversity 5: Cooling the Climate by Mastering the Carbon Cycle, please fill out the form below. Please note that we want you to join us more than anything, so we never turn anyone away based on ability to pay.  In addition to our low-budget options, we have volunteer and scholarship opportunities, so please contact staff@bio4climate.org for…

Biodiversity 6: Systems Thinking

Biodiversity 6: Systems Thinking & Scenarios – Tools for Creating Better Ecological Futures Summer 2022, Wednesdays, June 22 – September 7 12 weekly classes with our staff scientist, Jim Laurie. He will hold two sessions every Wednesday, from 12 – 2 pm ET and 7 – 9 pm ET to accommodate students’ different schedules. The…

Biodiversity 6 Registration

To register for Jim Laurie’s Biodiversity 6: Systems Thinking & Scenarios – Tools for Creating Better Ecological Futures, please fill out the form below. Please note that we want you to join us more than anything, so we never turn anyone away based on ability to pay.  In addition to our low-budget options, we have volunteer and scholarship opportunities, so…

May-July 2021 Newsletter

Bio4Climate’s new website launch, Nature’s Solutions As National Policy conference, Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass, Indigenous Wisdom and the Power of Place with Dawn Knickerbocker and Juan Martinez, Biodiversity 4: Forests, Fungi, and Living Shorelines class with Jim Laurie, Featured Video: Indigenous Seed Keepers, Compendium Notes: Community owned solutions for fire management in tropical ecosystems: case…

Biodiversity 7: Rewilding Half the Earth to Create a Future We Want

Biodiversity 7: Rewilding Half the Earth to Create a Future We Want Fall 2022, Wednesdays, October 12 – December 28 12 weekly classes with our staff scientist, Jim Laurie. He will hold two sessions every Wednesday, from 12 – 2 pm ET and 7 – 9 pm ET to accommodate students’ different schedules. The Excitement…

Biodiversity 7 Registration

To register for Jim Laurie’s Biodiversity 7: Rewilding Half the Earth to Create a Future We Want, please fill out the form below. Please note that we want you to join us more than anything, so we never turn anyone away based on ability to pay.  In addition to our low-budget options, we have volunteer and scholarship opportunities, so please…

Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels November 12

Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels A series of virtual and in-person community events in 6 locations in the U.S. and Canada Second Event: KANSAS CITY • on Zoom Saturday, November 12 1:00 – 5:00 pm CST  •  on Zoom Biodiversity for a Livable Climate is partnering with the Post Carbon Institute and many…

Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels January 21 2023

Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels A series of virtual and in-person community events in 6 locations in the U.S. and Canada Third Event: LOS ANGELES • on Zoom Saturday, January 21, 2023 1:00 – 4:30 pm PST  •  on Zoom Biodiversity for a Livable Climate is partnering with the Post Carbon Institute and…

Sweet in Tooth and Claw

On Tuesday, December 13 at 6pm ET, join Kristin Ohlson and Jim Laurie for Sweet In Tooth And Claw: Cooperation And Generosity In The Natural World. They will discuss Ohlson’s latest book, in which she explores the way symbiotic relationships between individuals and species fundamentally shapes the planet we call home. In contrast to narratives…
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Sweet in Tooth and Claw

Tuesday, December 13 at 6pm ET
In December, author Kristin Ohlson and restoration ecologist Jim Laurie shared their wisdom in Sweet In Tooth And Claw: Cooperation And Generosity In The Natural World. They discussed Ohlson’s latest book, in which she explores the way symbiotic relationships between individuals and species fundamentally shapes our planet. In contrast to narratives of competition and dominance,…
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Registration Biodiversity 8

To register for Biodiversity 8 Deepdive with Jim Laurie, please fill out the form below. Please note that we want you to join us more than anything, so we never turn anyone away based on ability to pay.  In addition to our low-budget option for students, listed below, we have volunteer and scholarship opportunities, so please contact  staff@bio4climate.org for further…

Biodiversity 8: Deepdive Into Symbiosis

Starting March 1, 2023, join Jim Laurie for a 12-week deep dive into the science, history, and cultural implications of how we understand evolution and interspecies relationships. How has conventional interpretation of Darwin’s survival of the fittest shaped not only our understanding of science and extinction, but also economics and cultural values? Are we genetically…
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Ecological Economics 2023

Ecological Economics 2: Finding Our Way to a New Understanding Spring 2023, Mondays from April 3 – May 22 A conventional approach to economics ignoring Nature has served us ill, creating a myopic culture ravaging our ecological systems across the planet. Understanding ecological economics will give you a different perspective on how our social organization…

Biodiversity Deep Dive Course: Transformation to a Holistic Perspective – September 20, 2023

Join Jim Laurie’s next Biodiversity Deep Dive course, Transformation to a Holistic Perspective – Nature Can Cool the Planet. Are you ready to transform your understanding of how life on the planet works and how we can play a role? Join us as we follow the transformation of two leading writers and thinkers to a…
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Regenerating Life: A Film by John Feldman and Hummingbird Films

Share the film with your community! Regenerating Life is a three part documentary that highlights the importance of biodiversity and natural ecosystems in regulating the climate. Our friend John Feldman shares his journey through the science and the stories that helped him see the climate crisis in a whole new light. Visits with: …and many more familiar names…

2023 in the Forest

As the year rounds out, it is time to reflect on the changes and growth we’ve seen in 2023. Nothing gives me quite as much pride, amazement, and faith in the power of change than our young Miyawaki forests. I was honored to share our work with the public in this short feature from the…
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Registration Biodiversity 10

To register for Biodiversity 10 Deep Dive with Jim Laurie, please fill out the form below. Please note that we want you to join us more than anything, so we never turn anyone away based on ability to pay.  In addition to our low-budget option for students, listed below, we have volunteer and scholarship opportunities, so please contact  staff@bio4climate.org for…

Biodiversity Deep Dive: Beavers, Wetlands, and Living Shorelines

Starting Wednesday, February 21, Jim Laurie begins his 12 week Biodiversity Deep Dive course. Join us for an exploration of wetlands, shorelines, the water cycle, and the solutions powered by a systems approach to climate. This course meets every Wednesday, starting February 21 and running through May 8, 2024. Sessions will be held from 12…
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Regenerating Life Screening and Discussion Series – February 8, 15, and 22

Join soil scientist Didi Pershouse and Bio4Climate members Jim Laurie and Maya Dutta this February for a learning and discussion series on John Feldman’s Regenerating Life. The Center for an Ecology Based Economy (CEBE) is hosting a hybrid series to screen the documentary in three parts and discuss the science and solutions within. Register now…
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Our Board

Our Board Board Members Philip Bogdonoff Board President Philip is a co-founder of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate’s Washington DC Chapter.  He is a past trustee and board chair, Friends Community School; Co-founder, Sustainable Washington Alliance; Vice President, Millennium Institute; Consultant, World Bank Environment Department; Research Assistant, Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University.  Philip…

Signing on to Protect Forests

We, the undersigned organizations, are writing with the hopes of establishing a dialogue regarding the October 17, 2023 joint comment letter sent to Congress by the Outdoor Industry Association, Outdoor Alliance, and The Conservation Alliance concerning the Farm Bill.
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[MA Local] Emerald Tutu Floating Wetlands Tour

July 23, 2024, 10am to noon. Join local students of Jim Laurie’s Symbiosis Team to get an up front and personal view of the floating wetlands designed for Boston Harbor. This is the innovative project of modular floatingwetlands in East Boston that was shown in the documentary, Inundation District, on sea level rise in Boston.…
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September 2022 Newsletter

Upcoming Youth Eco Restorers for Climate Mini-Conference, Jim Laurie’s Fall 2022 Course, Suggest a Featured Creature!, Voices of Water Corner, Eco-Restoration Stories Currently Inspiring us, New on the Bio4Climate Blog, Compendium Notes

Featured Creature: Eastern Emerald Elysia

What creature steals photosynthesis, can go a year without eating, and blurs the animal-plant boundary?  The Eastern Emerald Elysia!
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Cows, Salmon, and Mottainai

About 15 years ago my friend Dr. Kyoko Nakayama taught me the Japanese word “mottainai.” Since then, I’ve been trying to wrap my small brain around what mottainai truly means. Every time I think I understand mottainai, the concept grows, and my brain stretches.  
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Featured Creature: Japanese Knotweed

With leaves shaped like a spade, what plant is known to invade and refuses to fade? 
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New Course: Earth Alive – Exploring Our Home

How does life shape our planet? Join Jim Laurie, Restoration Biologist & Futurist, for Biodiversity 12: Earth Alive – Exploring Our Home, a 12-week course running from February 26 – May 14, 2025. Explore how ecosystems—from wetlands to grasslands—create the conditions for life, and learn how biodiversity plays a crucial role in regulating climate, soil,…
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Speakers – Tufts 2014

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Speakers & Books – Bristol 2015

Home    Partners and Sponsors Reversing Global Warming:Carbon Farming for Food, Health, Prosperity and Planet! Speakers and Books BOOK RECOMMENDATIONSComeback Farms by Greg Judy  (Green Park Press, 2008)Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard  (Acres USA, 2013)Cows Save the Planet by Judy Schwartz  (Chelsea Green, 2013)Grass, Soil, Hope by Courtney White  (Chelsea Green, 2014)Teaming with Microbes by Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis  (Timber Press, 2010)Water:…

Blessed Unrest Speakers

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Kannan Thiruvengadam: Building Soil and Growing Food and Community

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ The importance of community farms Kannan Thiruvengadam: Eastie Farm Presented at Revitalizing Ecosystems in Greater Boston to Survive Climate Change conference at Harvard University on March 31, 2018 #farm #soil #food
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Maggie Booz: Neighborhood Tree Stewardship

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Transforming public spaces Maggie Booz: Cambridge Committee on Public Planting Presented at Revitalizing Ecosystems in Greater Boston to Survive Climate Change conference at Harvard University on March 31, 2018 #tree #community #greenspaces
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John Reinhardt: Reviving a River

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ John Reinhardt: President Mystic River Watershed Association Presented at Revitalizing Ecosystems in Greater Boston to Survive Climate Change conference at Harvard University on March 31, 2018 #river #restoration #reviving
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Anamarija Frankic: Oyster Beds and Living Shorelines

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Anamarija Frankic: UMass Boston Green Harbors Project Presented at Revitalizing Ecosystems in Greater Boston to Survive Climate Change conference at Harvard University on March 31, 2018 #oysters #oysterbeds #livingshorelines
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Tom Wessels: Self-organization, Co-evolution, Resiliency, and Stability

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Self-organization is a natural process—that, as a system grows it also becomes more complex. This talk focuses on how this process works in ecosystems via co-evolution to generate the incredible biodiversity we see in nature. Many examples of…
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Zeyneb Magavi: Energy Execs, Ecosystems, and Alliances

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Ecosystems across our highly developed region are threatened by climate change. At the same time, local ecosystems can help us to weather the coming climate shocks. Ecosystems are our allies, and there is much that we can do…
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John Pitkin: Revitalizing Ecosystems in Greater Boston to Survive Climate Change Introduction

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ John Pitkin: Greater Boston Group of the Sierra Club Presented at Revitalizing Ecosystems in Greater Boston to Survive Climate Change conference at Harvard University on March 31, 2018 #ecosystems #boston #climatechange
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Adam Sacks: How Ecosystem Restoration Can End Global Warming

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ An overview of eco-restoration to end global warming. Adam Sacks, Executive Director of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate, presents to the Washington, DC Chapter of Bio4Climate on March 7, 2015. #naturebasedsolutions #ecology #mitigateclimatechange
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Compendium Vol. 1 No. 2: Agriculture as planetary regeneration

Agricultural production must produce enough food for almost 10 billion people by 2050 [FAO 2017],[10] and yet a third of all land is degraded [FAO 2015] and nearly all agricultural land has lost significant amounts of SOC (Soil Organic Carbon). So we have a puzzle to solve: how to produce more from less, and in the face…
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Compilation of agriculture articles

Natural climate solutions, Griscom 2017 This is one of the most comprehensive mainstream studies to date of a broad spectrum of natural climate solutions by thirty-two co-authors and supported by The Nature Conservancy. The report examines “20 conservation, restoration, and/or improved land management actions that increase carbon storage and/or avoid greenhouse gas emissions across global…
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Natural climate solutions, Griscom 2017

This is one of the most comprehensive mainstream studies to date of a broad spectrum of natural climate solutions by thirty-two co-authors and supported by The Nature Conservancy. The report examines “20 conservation, restoration, and/or improved land management actions that increase carbon storage and/or avoid greenhouse gas emissions across global forests, wetlands, grasslands, and agricultural…
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Voices of Nature – Speakers

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Climate Reckoning – Speakers

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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. As Featured In and Restore Nature – Cool the Planet Only nature has…

Life Saves the Planet

Life Saves the Planet The Bio4Climate Blog  “Life Saves the Planet” is more than just a blog—it’s our philosophy and a partnership with GBH public television’s Lowell Lecture Series. In the search for answers to climate change, we look to the interconnected living systems that sustain our planet. These biodiverse systems shape our atmosphere, regulate temperature,…

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