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Regenerative Agriculture with Ed Huling

This talk with Ed Huling, a U.S.-based organic farmer, introduces the concept of nutrient density and the impact of soil health on nutrient-dense food. Ed also describes the farming and forestry systems that he developed using restoration practices. Lastly, this talk also touches upon the benefits of regenerative agriculture and gardening when it comes to…
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The Roots of Regenerative Solutions with Karen Washington

This talk is a Q&A with activist Karen Washington. She touches upon the history of regenerative/nature-based climate solutions that are more widely adopted today by a variety of communities, but have historically been developed by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities and cultures. This talk also addresses actions the BIPOC community is taking…
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Regenerative Practices

Support Regenerative Farms, Ranches, and Food ForestsRegenerative Farming provides for a number of environmental and health benefits. By eliminating toxics and focusing on revitalizing soils, regenerative farming increases water infiltration and biodiversity activity, producing food that is rich in nutrients and vitamins.
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Regenerative Development and Design, hosted by Seacoast New Hampshire Permaculture

Sunday, November 22, 2020
Bill Reed, a planner, facilitator, and teacher of sustainability and regeneration, hosts an online workshop on regenerative design. View event details.
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Regenerative Agriculture: Cure for an Ailing World

Thursday, September 17, 2020
Regenerative agriculture expert Tim LaSalle joins our Life Saves the Planetlecture series with the GBH Forum Network. Watch the video.
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Kris Nichols: Regenerative Farming- Front Line Action to Reverse Global Warming

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Farmers have the potential to be the front-line heroes in the quest to reverse global warming. They manage a “technology” for massive planetary geotherapy that is tried and tested and available for widespread dissemination right now. It costs…
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Regenerative Grazing: Soil, Health, Climate and the Rural Economy with Ridge Shinn

Ridge Shinn founded Big Picture Beef, an organization that demonstrates the benefits of grass-fed beef for people and the planet. 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…
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Regenerating Life: A New Look at the Climate Crisis – September 27 at 6 pm

On Wednesday, September 27 at 6pm ET, John Feldman will share his perspective on Regenerating Life – an ecosystems perspective on the climate crisis. He will be joined in conversation by environmental journalist and author Judith D. Schwartz to explore regenerative solutions to climate disruption, global warming, and food insecurity. Read more and register now to…
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Biodiversity Field Day at Gladney Farm

Bio4Climate friends Tim Jones and Chie Morizuka manage a regenerative farm called Gladney Farm in Hokkaido, Japan. As the name suggests, there’s a lot to be glad about on the newly restored land! Tim and Chie share the love by hosting groups eager to learn from the farm animals and plants. Students of all ages…
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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…

Desmaidi Kemprai

The project concerns with setting up of an Agroforestry farm. The goal of the project is to introduce the concept of Regenerative Agriculture to the local farmers. The project will be carried out by Biodiversity Management Committee of which I am a part of. It is an organization under Assam State Biodiversity Board that helps…

Our Programs

Our Programs Keeping nature and biodiversity  in the climate conversation has been the focus of our outreach and education, with annual conferences catalyzing new partnerships and research. Over time this experience has led us to be more directly involved in local communities and hands-on restoration work.  Each program is a strategic lever, creating experiential learning,…
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An Inspiring Grassroots Approach to Ecorestoration: Sahel Ecovillage Communities

On Thursday July 27 at 1 pm ET, we welcomed Dr. Ousmane Pame, Katrina Jeffries, and Dr. Marie Nazon to our Life Saves the Planet lecture series to discuss the Ecovillage movement and their work with REDES, a Network for Ecovillage Emergence and Development in the Sahel region of Africa. They shared their experience and…
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DEI Discussion: The Repair Registration

The Repair: DEI Discussion Description:  We will explore the cultural roots of our current ecological emergency, and the deep changes Western society will need to make to save the Earth and our species. Using SceneOn Radio’s production The Repair as a foundation, we will discuss issues of racial and environmental justice, and how we build…
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In Memoriam: Ronnie Cummins

Dearest Friends, I was surprised and saddened to learn of the passing of Ronnie Cummins on April 26, 2023. As Executive Director of Bio4Climate and as a friend, I wanted to add a few of my experiences with Ronnie. I met Ronnie at our first conference in 2014, where he gave a rousing talk entitled “Climate…

Miyawaki Forest Program

Everyone needs a forest, because not only are they one of the most efficient means for sequestering carbon, but the most effective system for cooling the planet, especially on the local level. With the loss of green spaces, more and more people are feeling the effects of heat islands, localized hotspots that can be readily…

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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. Restore Nature – Cool the Planet Only nature has the ability to both…
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Sustainability and Humankind’s Dilemma

Starting April 21, this 6-week course provides a broad overview of the multiple crises confronting humankind: climate change, peak oil, resource depletions, ecological deterioration, and societal collapse.  It focuses on the current dilemmas in which humankind finds itself; how we have arrived at this moment; the resulting psycho-social-economic impacts; and several socio-economic-ecological regenerative strategies for mitigation.  Read…
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A Review Of John Feldman’s “Regenerating Life”

by Fred Jennings, Ecological Economist for Biodiversity for a Livable Climate Part One: “Water Cools The Planet” Runtime 41:43 John Feldman introduces himself and expresses surprise that this work got him thinking a lot about water. The film proceeds to talk about water in its many diverse aspects: as a powerful greenhouse gas; in its…
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Report from the Conference of the Parties

United Nations, New York CityMarch 23-24, 2023 Biodiversity for a Livable Climate was in New York meeting with attendees of the Conference of Parties (COP) on Water. Board member Sue Butler and Assistant Director of Regenerative Projects Maya Dutta, working with Jon Schull from EcoRestoration Alliance, had meetings with several exciting global Water Advocates. Meeting…

Sustainability and Humankind’s Dilemma 2023

Sustainability and Humankind’s Dilemma: Life on a Tough New Planet Spring 2023, 12-2 pm ET, Fridays from April 21 – May 26 Approached from a Social Science perspective, this 6-week course provides a broad overview of the multiple crises confronting humankind: climate change, peak oil, resource depletions, ecological deterioration, and societal collapse.  It focuses on…

Featured Creature: Nilgai

Which creature is the largest Asian antelope, considered sacred to some and pest to others? The Nilgai!

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 Register Here Stay tuned for Part 2 with in-person and virtual Community Engagement Eventshosted…
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Developing Food Resilience for Hard Times Ahead

Thursday, January 26 at 6pm ET
In January, Ridge Shinn and Lynne Pledger joined us to discuss their new book, Grass-Fed Beef for a Post-Pandemic World. While the last few tumultuous years have heightened uncertainties about our food supplies, there’s some good news coming out of the regenerative agriculture movement. Regenerative practices restore degraded land, increase soil productivity, sequester carbon and…
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Untapped Wisdom for Mitigating Natural Disasters & Rapidly Increasing Local Food Production

This panel was one of several presentations hosted during Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels on Saturday, January 21, 2023 with Los Angeles community leaders. This event is the third in a series of six events hosted virtually and in-person in communities throughout the U.S. and Canada – https://bio4climate.org/roc Stay tuned to register…
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Developing Food Resilience for Hard Times Ahead

On Thursday, January 26 at 6pm ET, Ridge Shinn and Lynne Pledger will join us to discuss their new book, Grass-Fed Beef for a Post-Pandemic World. While the last few tumultuous years have heightened uncertainties about our food supplies, there’s some good news coming out of the regenerative agriculture movement. Regenerative practices restore degraded land,…
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A New Generation of Change-Makers Reclaiming Ancestral Wisdom

Thursday, November 17 at 6pm ET
We were honored to host Jess Alvarez-Parfrey, Nathan Lou, and William Wildcat (Coakí) for an exploration of ancestral connections, and transformative opportunities to nurture a truly regenerative, just, joyful, and climate resilient future. Bringing together diverse cultural backgrounds, skills, and experiences, our panel of practitioners shared their stories, and perspectives the theme of “regeneration” as…

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 Stay tuned for Part 2 with in-person and virtual Community Engagement Eventshosted in…
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Primates and Peatlands: Restoring Indonesian Ecosystems in the Face of Flooding

Meet Eka Cahyaningrum, restorer of peatlands and advocate for primates. Her work in Indonesia restores wild animal populations and their habitats while uplifting local communities. Her youth-led efforts demonstrate the power of coming together under one goal: to create better living conditions for all living beings, so that we can all thrive. Eka Cahyaningrum, Primate…
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Reclaiming Ancestral Wisdom

Join Jess Alvarez-Parfrey, Nathan Lou, and William Wildcat (Coakí) for an exploration of ancestral connections, and transformative opportunities to nurture a truly regenerative, just, joyful, and climate resilient future. On Thursday, November 17 at 6pm ET, join us for A New Generation of Change-makers – Reclaiming Ancestral Wisdom. Bringing together diverse cultural backgrounds, skills, and…
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Youth EcoRestorers for Climate

Saturday, September 17 at 10am ET
Youth leaders across the globe are advocating for people and the planet in various ways including on-the-ground ecosystem restoration, artivism, and promotion of regenerative agriculture. On September 17, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate hosted three youth leaders from Colombia, the United States, and Brazil to amplify their stories of regeneration and environmental advocacy. Check out…

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 Plus, in-person and virtualCommunity Engagement Eventshosted in or near Kansas City! Biodiversity for a…
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Wholehearted Regeneration at the Cambridge Science Festival

On Thursday, October 6 at 3pm ET, we joined the Cambridge Science Festival’s climate hub to share insights on ecosystem restoration, urban rewilding, and Miyawaki Forests. Come by for Wholehearted Regeneration: Boosting Communal and Climate Resilience One Pocket Forest at a Time with Maya Dutta, Bio4Climate’s Assistant Director of Regenerative Projects. She discussed the Miyawaki…

Cambridge Science Festival Talk

Cambridge Science Festival – October 6 at 3pm ET Wholehearted Regeneration: Boosting Communal and Climate Resilience One Pocket Forest at a Time On Thursday, October 6, we joined the Cambridge Science Festival’s climate hub to share insights on ecosystem restoration and urban rewilding. Maya Dutta, Assistant Director of Regenerative Projects at Bio4Climate shared her work…
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Youth Eco Restorers for Climate

Around the world, young people are organizing in a variety of ways to restore our ecosystems and heal planet Earth. Hear from three remarkable youth leaders who are doing incredible work to help protect and restore the Earth through ecosystem restoration, art, and regenerative agricultural advocacy. Sergio Esteban Lozano-Báez is from Colombia. In 2011, he…

Youth Eco Restorers For Climate

Youth Eco Restorers for Climate 17 September 2022 • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET • Zoom Around the world, young people are organizing in a variety of ways to restore our ecosystems and heal planet Earth. View the conference recording below to hear from three remarkable youth leaders who are doing incredible work to…
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Youth EcoRestorers for Climate

Youth leaders across the globe are advocating for people and the planet in various ways including on-the-ground ecosystem restoration, artivism, and promotion of regenerative agriculture. On September 17, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate hosted three youth leaders from Colombia, the United States, and Brazil to amplify their stories of regeneration and environmental advocacy. Stay tuned…

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS

Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels Community Engagement Events In-person and virtual eventshosted in Montgomery County, Maryland and the surrounding area Thank you for your interest to attend one or more Community Engagement Events in our series on Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels in Montgomery County, Maryland and the surrounding…

Redesigning Our Communities for Life After Fossil Fuels

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 Inaugural Event: Saturday, September 10 1:00 – 4:30 pm ET  •  on Zoom Plus, in-person and virtualCommunity Engagement Eventshosted in or near Montgomery County, Maryland! Biodiversity for a Livable Climate is partnering…
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Introducing the EcoRestoration Alliance

The EcoRestoration Alliance grew out of the work of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (Bio4Climate). The Alliance is a rapidly growing global collaboration of scientists, thought leaders, conservationists, on-the-ground restoration practitioners and storytellers whose work challenges the prevailing view that reducing fossil fuel use at this late date can still result in the global cooling…

Featured Creature: Moose

This week we ask: What large member of the deer family is a fast runner, an excellent swimmer, and can be found across North America and Eurasia?  The Moose! This past weekend, I was hiking the Pine Cobble trail in Williamstown with my hiking class from my school, the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).…

Heat Planet Course Page

Heat Planet: Restore Ecosystems – Restore Climate May 4 – June 8, 2022 Register “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 classes and be held live on Zoom. Classes…
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Bioregional Food Systems with Hannah McDonald

This presentation, given by Hannah McDonald from NOFA/Mass and the Western MA Regenerative Food System, touches upon the state of our materials economy, how investing in food systems sets the stage for systems change, and why it’s important to have a bioregional focus. Recorded at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, the event concluded with…
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The Environmental Benefits Of Grass Fed Beef with Ridge Shinn

Grass-fed beef producers in the U.S. have begun a movement to restore soils and stabilize the climate with a fundamentally different approach called regenerative grazing. This method builds on nature’s own system of pulling carbon from the air and storing it in the soil. Sixty million buffalo lived on the Great Plains at one time.…
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Cure For An Ailing World with Tim LaSalle

Tim LaSalle, a depth psychologist and former CEO of the Rodale Institute, has long followed the innovative work in the regenerative agriculture movement, a farming practice based on greatly improving the soil’s biome to achieve a healthy biodiversity and greater food nutrient density while eliminating the need for soil augmentation, artificial or otherwise. As writer…

Nature’s Solutions as National Policy

Nature’s Solutions as National Policy Biodiversity for a Livable Climate has been hosting a series of mini-conferences exploring how we can leverage nature’s solutions to shape policy on climate action and resilience. Thousands of projects on six continents are endeavoring to cool our overheated planet and restore biodiversity loss by harnessing the power of photosynthesis,…

Nature’s Solutions as National Policy: Code Red at Glasgow

Nature’s Solutions as National Policy Code Red at Glasgow: What did they miss? November 20, 2021 10:00 am – 12:00 pm ET This November, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate continued its series of mini-conferences on how we can leverage nature’s solutions to shape policy on climate action and resilience. We turned our attention to the Glasgow…

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…

Featured Creature: Axolotl

What creature can regenerate limbs, is sought for research, and has the largest animal genome known? The axolotl, or mbystoma mexicanum, of course! What is so unusual about the axolotl, beyond its funny name? Axolotls, known as “Mexican walking fish”, are not a fish at all, but a type of amphibious salamander. There are lots of…
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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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Duke Bitsko

speaking at Urban and Suburban Carbon Farming to Reverse Global Warming
Duke Bitsko is the director of Interdisciplinary Design at Bioengineering Group in Salem, MA. On its green infrastructure and restoration projects, he works with ecologists, earth scientists and engineers to develop regenerative site-based solutions that are cost and management effective. He led a large-scale project in the Alewife area, turning a former parking lot into a…
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Jono Neiger

speaking at Reversing Global Warming: Carbon Farming for Food, Health, Prosperity, and Planet!
Jono Neiger is a founding partner of Regenerative Design Group with 24 years of professional experience in permaculture, ecological land design, site planning, community development, agroforestry, land management and conservation, and restoration. Mr. Neiger teaches widely around the northeast and southeast at colleges, workshops, and conferences on the topics of permaculture, ecological design, sustainable water use, and productive…
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Ethan Roland

speaking at Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming
Ethan Roland is an international expert on regenerative agriculture and permaculture design. He is the lead organizer of the 2015 Carbon Farming Course, and is launching Regenerative Real Estate LLC to transform large areas of degraded land into economically & ecologically profitable farms. Ethan is the President of the Apios Institute for Regenerative Perennial Agriculture, the founder…
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Healthy Soils Legislation

Here’s a summary of Bio4Climate’s collaborations on building the foundation for regenerative land management into state law.
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Clothing For Life

Buy clothing made of wool from regeneratively-raised sheep, or organic cotton or hemp. Strong, and comfortable fibers that will keep you warm or cool for a very long time from animals and plants that are well-taken care of – and happy!

Featured Creature: Monarch Butterfly

What iconic creature thinks beyond its lifespan, navigates new terrain with grace, and stuns North America with its migrations? The monarch butterfly!
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Courtney White

speaking at Landscape Heroes: Carbon, Water and Biodiversity
Courtney White is an author and regenerative land management activist. In 1997, he cofounded the Quivira Coalition, a nonprofit in Santa Fe, New Mexico, that works with progressive ranchers and farmers on regenerative agriculture, ecological restoration, and collaborative conservation. As Executive Director, he helped implement these practices as well as explain their hopefulness in numerous…
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Nature’s Solutions as National Policy with Walter Jehne, Vijay Kumar & Rep. Chellie Pingree

A panel discussion among Walter Jehne, Climate and Soil Scientist; Vijay Kumar, government advisor for the Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming Movement; and Chellie Pingree, Congresswoman from Maine and organic farmer. A remarkable look at the potential future of farming. This discussion took place June 5, 2021 and is the first installment in a…
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Alexis Baden-Mayer, Esq.

speaking at Scenario 300: Making Climate Cool!
Alexis Baden-Mayer, Esq. Political Director, Regeneration International and Organic Consumers Association Regeneration International, a project of the Organic Consumers Association, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to building a global network of farmers, scientists, businesses, activists, educators, journalists, governments and consumers who will promote and put into practice regenerative agriculture and land-use practices that: provide abundant,…
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Ed Huling

speaking at Scenario 300: Making Climate Cool!
Ed Huling is a nutritionist, researcher, environmentalist and farmer. He led a research project at the USDA about fourteen years ago, and learned about the decline of nutrients in our soil and our food. He founded New Day Farms to practice regenerative agriculture to address this serious issue and provide genuinely nutrient-dense greens to the…
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Bill Reed

speaking at Climate Reckoning: Paths to an Earth Restored
Bill Reed is an internationally recognized practitioner, lecturer, and leading authority in sustainability and regenerative planning, design and implementation. Bill is a principal in Integrative Design, Inc. and Regenesis Group – organizations working to lift green building and community planning into full integration and evolution with living systems. His work centers on creating and implementing a whole and…
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Tim LaSalle

speaking at Climate Reckoning: Paths to an Earth Restored
Since 2007 Tim LaSalle has championed his science-based hope for a regenerative food system that will mitigate climate change by carbon sequestration in place of soil carbon loss. He has served as the first CEO of Rodale Institute; Executive Director of the Northwest Earth Institute, an organization dedicated to grass roots movements; Executive Director of the Allan…
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Christopher Haines

speaking at Climate Reckoning: Paths to an Earth Restored
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.…
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Kannan Thiruvengadam

speaking at Revitalizing Ecosystems in Greater Boston to Survive Climate Change
Kannan Thiruvengadam is the president of Eastie Farm in East Boston, MA. He is an urban farmer and environmentalist who is passionate about regenerative design.
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B. Lorraine Smith

speaking at Climate, Biodiversity, and Survival: Listening to the Voices of Nature
B. Lorraine Smith is a writer and an independent consultant. She imagines a future where business, people and markets serve a thriving society in a healthy biosphere. In other words, she invests her time in the  evolution of a regenerative economy.  As a writer, Lorraine shares her ideas through her blog, which introduces different people, places and possibilities connected to the future…
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Shaun Paul

speaking at Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming, Tufts 2015
Shaun Paul is a pioneer in international social finance with expertise in regenerative finance, sustainable rural development, and indigenous peoples. His 25 years of professional experience include leading and supporting the creation and growth of dozens of innovative for-profit and non-profit companies catalyzing well-being for people and planet. He has worked on every continent, and provided consulting services to donors, investors…
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Ridge Shinn

speaking at The Power and Promise of Biodiversity: Visions of Restoring Land, Sea and Climate
Ridge Shinn is the founder and CEO of Big Picture Beef and a leader in the shift away from feedlot beef to raising cattle on 100% grass and forages – no corn ever – using regenerative pasture and grazing management that sequesters carbon deep underground. Currently he is developing a large-scale supply of 100% grass-fed…

Quick Tour

Quick Tour Since our modest but enthusiastic beginnings in 2013, our Biodiversity for a Livable Climate website has grown to the point where we ourselves marvel at how it has become such a rich resource! It’s also a pretty big place, so here’s a brief overview to help you find your way around, in order…
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Reflections on Activism

At Biodiversity for a Livable Climate, we believe that everyone has a place in the fight for a livable climate and flourishing future. We were called to this work from different places and for different reasons, but we’re united in our commitment to be stewards of nature, and to work with nature and each other…

Featured Creature: Dragonfly

Which creature existed before the dinosaurs, is an aerial genius, and can detect things we can only witness through slow-motion cameras? The dragonfly! Predecessors to the Dinosaurs Dragonflies were some of the first winged insects to evolve, about 300 million years ago. When they first evolved, their wingspans measured up to two feet! In contrast,…

Compendium Volume 2 Number 2 January 2019 r.1

Visits several examples of restoration in action from around the world, and reviews papers on floodplains, wetlands; discusses partnering with beavers; and considers how regenerative land management addresses heatwaves, droughts, floods and fires.  Special guest article on the Fourth Phase of Water by Gerald Pollack.

Compendium Volume 1 Number 2 March 2018

Focuses on biodiversity and why it’s so important, and regenerative agriculture as a critical path to global environmental health and stability.

Core Team

Staff and Board 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…
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An Amazing Agroforestry Story: The Inga Model in Central America

February 22, 2021, 11:30 am
Tropical ecologist Mike Hands and soil scientist Rattan Lal joined our Life Saves the Planet lecture series to discuss the Inga Alley Cropping technique and the promise of agroforestry for promoting biodiversity, sequestering carbon, and providing food security for farmers. 
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Sven Pihl

speaking at Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
Sven Pihl, founder of CT Edible Ecosystems, LLC is a Regenerative Land Planner/Designer and Permaculture educator based in Connecticut. Sven designs multifunctional Edible Landscapes and Forest Gardens for homes, commercial properties, campuses and public spaces. He’s passionate about regenerative landscape design to create productive agro-ecosystems. Sven’s beginnings were with the financial crash of 2008 where he…
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Precious Phiri

speaking at Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
Precious Phiri is a smallholder farmer, regenerative agriculture practitioner and trainer  based in Zimbabwe. She is also an accredited Field Professional in Holistic Management education for communities with the Savory Institute. She works with rural communities through her organization EarthWisdom Consulting and other partners both in southern and east Africa to regenerate degraded communal lands. Precious…
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Susan Jennings

speaking at Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
Susan Jennings became Executive Director of The Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions (AMICS) in 2014. Since that time, she has partnered with the AMICS board to implement a new strategic plan oriented toward the support of resilient communities. She also led AMICS in the 2017 purchase of Agraria, a 128-acre farm on the outskirts of Yellow Springs…
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Ronnie Cummins

speaking at Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
Ronnie Cummins is co-founder and International Director of the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) and its international affiliates Via Organica  (Mexico) and Regeneration International. OCA is a non-profit, U.S. based network of two million consumers, dedicated to safeguarding organic standards and promoting a healthy, just, and regenerative system of food, farming, and land use. OCA’s primary strategy is to work on national…
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Christopher Haines

speaking at Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
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.…
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Roland Bunch

speaking at Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
Roland Bunch is one of the most well-respected leaders in regenerative land management, both in terms of food security and for addressing ecological degradation and climate change. He has worked as a consultant in sustainable agricultural development for over 45 NGOs and governments in 50 nations, including Cornell University, the Ford Foundation, Oxfam, Save the Children,…
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The Remarkable Success of Community Managed Natural Farming in Andhra Pradesh

Thursday, January 21, 2021
Vijay Kumar and Didi Pershouse joined our Life Saves the Planet series to speak on community managed natural farming in Andhra Pradesh, India and the hopeful prospects of regenerative farming for the future of our planet. Watch the video.
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Pathways to Regeneration: Restoration, Resiliency & Reciprocity, hosted by the Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions

November 6-8, 2020
A virtual conference exploring the routes to a regenerative future for life on the planet, featuring Executive Director Adam Sacks giving a talk on November 6 at 10:15am ET, titled “Still So Human An Animal.” View event details.

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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…

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

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…
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Edible Landscaping Workshop with Sven Phil

This workshop follows Sven’s talk “Edible Landscaping” Edible landscaping is the use of food-producing plants in the residential and public landscape. It combines fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, along with functional ornamental plants into aesthetically pleasing designs. Sven Pihl: Founder of CT Edible Ecosystems, LLC, Regenerative Land Planner/Designer and Permaculture…

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,…
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Edible Landscaping with Sven Phil

Edible landscaping is the use of food-producing plants in the residential and public landscape. It combines fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, along with functional ornamental plants into aesthetically pleasing designs. Edible landscaping offers an alternative to conventional residential landscapes; edible plants can be just as attractive while producing fruits and…

Healing the World in 18 Months

Working on our selves, our communities, and our places for massive change A workshop on Saturday, March 28, 2020 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT Good News – we will hold this workshop online! It will be fully interactive with discussions, conversations, breakout rooms, Q&A and presentations by Bill and Jim. In Western culture, we…

Blessed Unrest Sponsors and Partners

Conference Home    Speakers    Program    Sponsors and Partners 2020 Blessed Unrest Sponsors and Partners Sponsors The vision of the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation is a world in which the boundaries between the human and natural world are indistinguishable and the totality of human needs are produced in a way that regenerates the ecosystems which we inhabit. To…
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Compendium Vol. 3 No. 2: Heat Planet: Biodiversity, the Solar Interface and Climate Disruption

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…
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Adam Sacks: Healing Lands Across the World

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ A brief talk by Biodiversity for a Livable Climate’s Executive Director, Adam Sacks, with beautiful illustrations of the power of Nature to heal landscapes. Humans can help restore the planet by using regenerative land management. Presented at ecoAmerica…

December 2019 Newsletter

Permaculture in Communities, The Regenerative Development Manifesto, Bill Reed and the Regenesis Group, Compendium Notes: Community-based watershed stewardship programs, USA 
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Barn Swallows and the Tyranny of Small Decisions

Barn Swallows, birds who eat insects as they scurry across the sky, are disappearing. This isn’t surprising, I suppose, given that they are among the 2.9 billion birds lost across species in the United States – representing one third of the bird numbers we had 50 years ago. What did surprise me is how we got here, according to an intriguing explanation from a leading economist, Alfred E. Kahn.
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B. Lorraine Smith: Listening to Trees Here and Gone

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Trees share a wealth of information to the willing listener, well beyond aesthetics, recreation or “natural resource.” They offer details about the connections above and below ground – from birds and insects, to parasites and fungi, to humans…

We have never seen the Earth act this way before!- 2018 Year-End Campaign

The current planetary upheavals weigh heavily upon us – and today more than ever we need to be on Nature’s side.  Her solutions to global environmental collapse are powerful and close to home, in all the waters and on every continent.  Let’s talk about eco-restoration everywhere, and proceed globally with all due haste. I’m confident…
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Compendium Vol. 2 No. 1: Water, Life and Climate

Water and vegetation are climate heroes, co-starring in a story about as old as terrestrial life on Earth yet under-recognized in mainstream climate politics. Not only does the vegetation embedded in ecosystems act as a giant CO2-absorption machine, constantly removing the greenhouse gas from the air and storing much of it in soil and biomass,…
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Water Article Summaries

Evapotranspiration – A Driving Force in Landscape Sustainability, Eiseltová 2012 Vegetation cover cools Earth when it intercepts the sun’s energy. This is not just by providing shade, but also through evapotranspiration, which is how plants regulate their own internal temperatures. For a plant … transpiration[5] is a necessity by which a plant maintains its inner environment…
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New climate solutions, water cycles and the soil carbon sponge, Jehne 2018

Regenerating the soil carbon sponge is our greatest point of leverage for salvaging the planet from the point of existential climate crisis. “Sponge” refers to the quality of a biologically active soil with high organic matter content to have lots of pore space for water absorption. Jehne states that every additional gram of soil carbon…
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Compendium Vol. 2 No. 1: Fertilizer vs. Fungi

Agrochemical companies argue that crops can’t be grown without their products. And in a sense, they are right, as long as we accept as inevitable a dysfunctional soil food web [LSP 2018: 16]. The importance of synthetic fertilizer for global crop production and the environmental consequences of its excessive use is often presented as a…
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Fertilizer vs. Fungi Article Summaries

The nitrogen dilemma: food or the environment, Stewart & Lal 2017 Nitrogen (N) is the most important essential element for crop production because it is required in large amounts and is nearly always the first nutrient that becomes limiting after an ecosystem is converted to cropland. Cereal grains provide about 50% of the world’s calories,…
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The nitrogen dilemma: food or the environment, Stewart & Lal 2017

Nitrogen (N) is the most important essential element for crop production because it is required in large amounts and is nearly always the first nutrient that becomes limiting after an ecosystem is converted to cropland. Cereal grains provide about 50% of the world’s calories, and their production has become largely dependent on the use of…
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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…

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…

Voices of Nature – Sponsors and Partners

Listening to the Voices of Nature– Sponsors and Partners – Conference Home    Speakers    Program    Sponsors and Partners Partners are organizations that help us get the word out.  Sponsors additionally contribute financially to our efforts.  These are our valued sponsors and partners since 2014. Sponsors for Voices of Nature The vision of the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation…

May-June 2018 Newsletter

Bramberger’s Transformative Retirement, Regenerative Stories From Australia, Voices of Nature, Symbiotic Earth, Compendium Notes: Ants and termites increase crop yield in a dry climate, Evans 2011

Healthy Soils Legislation

MARYLAND Philip Bogdonoff (second from right in red shirt), Director of Bio4Climate’s DC Chapter and member of our Executive Board, played a key role in its passage. UPDATE: By Philip Bogdonoff, March 30, 2021 Philip continues to be involved with several groups who are focused on Montgomery County’s Climate Action Plan, and has contributed to…

January-February 2018 Newsletter

Roland Bunch, Quietly Teaching Regenerative Farming to the World, Land Stewardship Project, Book Review: What A Fish Knows, Revitalizing Ecosystems in Greater Boston to Survive Climate Change, Eric Sanderson on Manhatta
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Compendium Vol. 1 No. 2: Introduction

In this second issue of the Compendium of Scientific and Practical Findings Supporting Eco-Restoration to Address Global Warming by Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (“Bio4Climate”), we focus on the pivotal roles of biodiversity and regenerative agriculture in stabilizing ecosystems and the climate. We review a selection of a large and growing trove of research demonstrating…
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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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Compendium Vol. 1 No. 2: Appendix A: The urgency of the climate crisis

Global Warming has been a message of warning since climate research and discussions began roughly two hundred years ago in western science. Today, the predominance of the future tense in the climate dialogue has set the tone and expectations that however many times the “window of opportunity” for meaningful climate action were to close, it…
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Healing the Earth in 18 months: The Wholing of Ecosystems and Human Will with Bill Reed

Bill Reed is an internationally recognized practitioner, lecturer, and leading authority in sustainability and regenerative planning, design and implementation. 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 #ecosystems #holistic #earth
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Biodiversity as an Urban Ethic: Thinking Like a Forest with Christopher Haines

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,…
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3 Billion Years of Organic Agriculture with Tim LaSalle, Ph.D.

Tim LaSalle, Ph.D.: Co-founder and Co-director of the Regenerative Agriculture Initiative at California State University Chico, and champion of a science-based a regenerative food system addressing climate change. 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…

Sponsors and Partners – Climate Reckoning

Climate Reckoning– Sponsors and Partners – Conference Home    Speakers    Program    Sponsors and Partners Partners are organizations that help us get the word out.  Sponsors additionally contribute financially to our efforts.  These are our valued sponsors and partners since 2014. Sponsors for Climate Reckoning The vision of the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation is a world in which the…

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,…
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Compendium Vol. 1 No. 1: PREFACE

This Compendium of Scientific and Practical Findings Supporting Eco-Restoration to Address Global Warming (the “Compendium”) is a fully referenced compilation of the evidence outlining the power, benefits and necessity of eco-restoration to address global warming. Bringing together findings from the scientific literature, government and industry reports, and journalistic investigations, this is a public, open-access document…
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Compendium Vol. 1 No. 1: COMPILATION OF STUDIES AND FINDINGS

Soils This compendium is, if nothing else, a testament to the key role soils must play if we are to preserve life on earth through the anthropocene. Soils, the engine of every terrestrial ecosystem, are themselves wildly diverse subterranean ecosystems providing habitat to countless trillions of micro- and macro-organisms. These organisms themselves create the soil…
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Soils

This compendium is, if nothing else, a testament to the key role soils must play if we are to preserve life on earth through the anthropocene. Soils, the engine of every terrestrial ecosystem, are themselves wildly diverse subterranean ecosystems providing habitat to countless trillions of micro- and macro-organisms. These organisms themselves create the soil and…
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Croplands

Cultivated land covers 1.6 billion hectares globally [FAO 2011]. About 62% of cropland produces food directly for human consumption, while 35% is dedicated to producing animal feed, and 3% to biofuel feedstock, seed and other industrial products [Foley 2011: 338]. Agriculture is a major source of emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous…
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Grasslands

Grasslands have been estimated to cover approximately 40% of global land surface area, approximately 5.25 bn ha (~13 bn ac ), except for Greenland and Antarctica [Suttie 2005; White 2000:12].  Their deep soils are rich repositories of nutrients, especially carbon and water.  Many grasslands are anthropogenic, i.e., resulting from various land management techniques to maintain…
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Compendium Vol. 1 No. 1: APPENDIX A

The Advancement of Science: From Paradigms to Peer Review Paradigms and How They Shift Understanding the role of paradigms in scientific investigation is one of the keys to approaching the revolutionary view of climate as a problem of ecosystem dynamics as opposed to one simply of excessive greenhouse gases.  The new paradigm doesn’t render the old…
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The Advancement of Science: From Paradigms to Peer Review

Paradigms and How They Shift Understanding the role of paradigms in scientific investigation is one of the keys to approaching the revolutionary view of climate as a problem of ecosystem dynamics as opposed to one simply of excessive greenhouse gases.  The new paradigm doesn’t render the old paradigm irrelevant, but it reframes its significance and role…

May 2017 Newsletter

Building a Good Food Future with Eco City Farms, Thank You – Scenario 300: Making Climate Cool, Regenerative Projects Mapped Around the World
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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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Margaret Morgan-Hubbard, Ed Huling, Cleo Braver, Nick Maravell: Agricultural and Land Management

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Restorative land management includes regenerative grazing and agricultural practices that build healthy soils and support a diversity of life above and below ground. It applies to a range of settings, from urban to rural, and from small to…
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Margaret Morgan-Hubbard, Ed Huling, Cleo Braver, Nick Maravell: Agricultural and Land Management Q&A

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Restorative land management includes regenerative grazing and agricultural practices that build healthy soils and support a diversity of life above and below ground. It applies to a range of settings, from urban to rural, and from small to…
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Paul Tukey, Alexis Baden-Mayer, Ling Tan, Betsy Nicholas: Community and Movement Leaders

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ There are many ways to participate in this transformative movement to build sustainable, healthy, resilient communities and to restore ecosystem function. From engaging elected officials, to using your wallet to support regenerative/restorative activities, to transforming your own front…
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Paul Tukey, Alexis Baden-Mayer, Ling Tan, Betsy Nicholas: Legislation and Advocacy Q&A

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Community and Movement Leaders PanelThere are many ways to participate in this transformative movement to build sustainable, healthy, resilient communities and to restore ecosystem function. From engaging elected officials, to using your wallet to support regenerative/restorative activities, to…

Soils Legislation

Biodiversity for a Livable Climate, the Northeast Organic Farming Association, legislative expert Steven Keleti and Soil4Climate collaborate to file the Massachusetts Healthy Soils bill! Massachusetts Residents: Contact your state rep!  Co-Sponsors needed by May 18th . . . Biodiversity for a Livable Climate, Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA), Steven Keleti and Soil4Climate have ushered the…
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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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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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Courtney White: Wrap Up of Landscape Heroes conference

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 Activist Presented at Landscape Heroes: Carbon, Water and Biodiversity conference at University of Massachusetts, Amherst on January 31, 2017 #regenerataive #landmanagement #landscapes
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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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Courtney White: Two Percent Solutions for the Planet

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 Activist Presented at Landscape Heroes: Carbon, Water and Biodiversity conference at University of Massachusetts, Amherst on January 31, 2017 #planet #climatesolutions #regeneration

January 2017 Newsletter

Regenerative Seas: Implementing Regenerative Design to Restore Marine and Land-based Ecosystems, Living Shorelines for Enhanced Erosion Control, Adding Grazing Cattle to Improve Soil Health

VoW Home

Voices of Water for Climate UN Water Conference March 22-24, 2023 Voices of Water for Climate works on bringing the vital power of water to cool the Earth to the center of climate action. Our central focus on the role of biology in powering the water cycle offers guiding principles for the ecological restoration and…
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Real Climate Reality

Based on widely accepted scientific measurements, global emissions reduction efforts, while essential, have not succeeded in reducing levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases. The annual rate of carbon released into the atmosphere is accelerating (for many reasons which need not be discussed here). Reducing emissions and building out alternative energy are necessary but insufficient to address…
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Restoring Oceans, Restoring Climate: Facing Fire & Ice, Food & Water, Floods & Droughts

Restoring Oceans, Restoring Climate: Facing Fire & Ice, Food & Water, Floods & Droughts Conference Home    Speakers   Program View the the conference videos, links on our program page. And here are some rave reviews: “This was a really FABULOUS conference. I learned an amazing amount that I didn’t know! I’ve been to many conferences during…

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…

Climate Solutions Info Sheets

Climate Solutions Information Sheets Single-page double-sided information sheets on various topics in regenerative management to end global warming. Created by the Washington, DC Chapter of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate.  Feel free to download files, print and circulate. Beavers – Nature’s remarkable water engineers! Soil Carbon Cowboys – How Holistic Planned Grazing can restore millions of…

Sponsors and Partners

Partners are organizations that help us get the word out.  Sponsors additionally contribute financially to our efforts.  These are our valued sponsors and partners who have supported our work during one or more years since 2014. Sponsors The vision of the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation is a world in which the boundaries between the human and…

Resources

Resources Be sure to check out our Compendium of Scientific and Practical Findings Supporting Eco-Restoration to Address Global Warming, a collection of evidence of widely available positive environmental outcomes possible. Back issues of  our informative and entertaining newsletters are available here. Below are videos, websites, books and papers addressing a wide variety of issues in biodiversity,…
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Luisa Oliveira – Enabling and Protecting Urban Agriculture

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Featuring Luisa Oliveira, Landscape architect, City of Somerville. Luisa Oliveira led the team that developed an urban agriculture ordinance for Somerville, the first in New England. She speaks on the traditions, benefits and value of growing urban food,…
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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.…

Sponsors and Partners – Cambridge 2015

Urban and Suburban Carbon Farming to Reverse Global Warming– Sponsors and Partners –  Conference Home    Program    Nature Walk    Sponsors/Partners   Speakers Our partners support us and in many instances are doing similar work. We share logos and links, and we ask our partners to announce the conference on their websites, Facebook pages and in newsletters.  Our…
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Adam Sacks, Jono Neiger, Bruce Fulford: Carbon Farming for Food, Health, Prosperity and Planet Q&A

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Adam Sacks, Executive Director, Biodiversity for a Livable ClimateJono Neiger, Ecological Designer, Regenerative Design GroupBruce Fulford, Principal, City Soil From Biodiversity for a Livable Climate conference “Reversing Global Warming: Carbon Farming for Food, Health, Prosperity and Planet” at…
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Jono Neiger: The Carbon Farming Panorama

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ There are many flavors of land management to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in soils where it belongs, often for centuries or millennia. Jono Neiger offers us an overview of several approaches that may be…

Partners & Sponsors – Bristol 2015

Reversing Global Warming:Carbon Farming for Food, Health, Prosperity and Planet!Sponsors and Partners  Home      Speakers       Partners and Sponsors Our partners support us and in many instances are doing similar work. We share logos and links, and we ask our partners to announce the conference on their websites, Facebook pages and in newsletters.  Our sponsors…
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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…

Conferences

Conferences To view the videos from each past conference, please visit the main page or the program page of each conference . . . and check out our Introductory Playlist. Nature’s Solutions as National Policy In 2021, we kicked off a series of mini-conferences on nature’s solutions as national policy. Starting in June, we began fostering…
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Ronnie Cummins: Building the Movement We Need

Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Please donate to our ecosystem restoration work: https://bio4climate.org/donate/ Ronnie Cummins, co-founder and International Director of the Organic Consumers Association, leads a network of 850,000 consumers dedicated to safeguarding organic standards and promoting a healthy, just, and sustainable system of agriculture and commerce. He has been active…
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Carbon Farming with Ethan Roland

Ethan Roland is an international expert on regenerative agriculture and permaculture design. He will introduce us to how carbon farming enhances productivity, increases profitability and combats climate change. Drawing from the best practices from holistic management, keyline design, agroforestry, living soils, biochar, permaculture design and restoration agriculture, carbon farming offers a whole toolkit for agricultural…

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    …
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Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming

Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming – Conference Home – The conference is over, it was a stunning success – and our work has just begun. Stay tuned! November 21-23, 2014 Promoting the power of nature to remove excess carbon from the atmosphere where it does untold damage, and restore it to the soils where…

Sponsors and Partners – Tufts 2014

Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming– Sponsors and Partners – Program  |  Speakers  |  Sponsors and Partners Our partners support us and in many instances are doing similar work. We share logos and links, and we ask our partners to announce the conference on their websites, Facebook pages and in newsletters.  Our sponsors work with us…

Solutions

Solutions – What You Can Do In your Home or Business: Restoring ecosystems stores carbon and reverses climate change. There are a number of approaches applicable to different ecosystems, and all of these methods can show remarkable results. Each of us has only limited time and resources to play our part, but we can also…

Work with Us

Work with Us There are exciting and rewarding internship and volunteer opportunities at Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (Bio4Climate), a nonprofit based in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Our mission is to promote the restoration of ecosystems to address global warming. Education, public information campaigns, organizing, scientific investigation, collaboration with like-minded organizations, research and policy development…

Internships

Internships Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (Bio4Climate) is a nonprofit based in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Our mission is to educate on restoring ecosystems to reverse global warming. Education, public information campaigns, organizing, scientific investigation, collaboration with like-minded organizations, research and policy development are all elements of our strategy. Background Soils are the largest terrestrial…

Advisory Board

Advisory Board Brent Blackwelder Brent Blackwelder is the emeritus president of Friends of the Earth. He was a founder and first chairman of the board of American Rivers, our nation’s leading river conservation organization. He was also one of the founders of the Environmental Policy Institute, which merged with Friends of the Earth in 1989.…

Our Mission

Our Mission Introduction 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. Discussion Collaborating with organizations around the globe, we advocate for the restoration of soil, and of…

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