About Us
Biodiversity for a Livable Climate was founded in 2013 by four activists deeply concerned with ecological degradation and climate disruption.
We saw an urgent need to expand the climate conversation to include the seriously underestimated positive impacts of the biosphere on the climate and physical world.
We saw how appropriate human approaches to nature may be able to reverse the effects of global warming despite our inability to date to reduce emissions in a timely manner.
Our goal is to contribute to planetary regeneration through research, education, collaboration and action to restore essential global biodiversity.
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Founders
Adam Sacks
Co-Founder
Adam David Sacks, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate until his retirement in 2023, passed away on February 1st, 2026, at the age of 80.
Adam had careers in education, holistic medicine, computer technology, politics and advocacy. For five years he directed a non-profit that worked with communities invoking basic democratic and constitutional principles to oppose detrimental local corporate activity. He was a climate activist since 1999 and began studying and writing about Holistic Management in 2007. He held an Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts and an N.D. (Naturopathic Doctor) from Bastyr University. An artist and writer, his primary goal was regeneration of biodiversity and a livable planet.
Jim Laurie
Co-Founder and Restoration Ecologist
One of the original founders of Bio4Climate, Jim 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. For twenty years Jim was a biologist and trainer in the chemical industry in Houston, TX, where his work with living machines resulted in processing effluent cleaner than possible with conventional technology. He began studying with Allan Savory twenty years ago and has spoken widely about Holistic Management and has been instrumental in spreading the message in New England.