Life Saves the Planet Blog: Ecosystem Restoration

Rehabilitating degraded ecosystems to their original or functional state.

Biodiversity 11: Warming Oceans, Moving Shorelines & Sea Level Rise – with Jim Laurie

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…

2024 Midwest Beaver Summit (virtual) – August 28 – 11 am – 3 pm Central Time

2024 Midwest Beaver Summit (virtual) – August 28 – 11 am – 3 pm Central Time

Bio4Climate is excited to co-host the 2024 Midwest Beaver Summit alongside many outstanding environmental nonprofits, land trusts, restoration practitioners, and other organizations dedicated to conservation, implementing coexistence strategies, and cultivating awareness of the importance of beavers as keystone species in our ecosystems. Join us on Wednesday, August 28 from 11 am – 3 pm Central…

Just released: “Cooling Climate Chaos: A Proposal to Cool the Planet within Twenty Years.”

Just released: “Cooling Climate Chaos: A Proposal to Cool the Planet within Twenty Years.”

This newly published book by Peter Bunyard and Rob de Laet approaches the climate crisis and its solutions from a completely different angle.  “To address the climate crisis, now demonstrably causing havoc with life-killing extreme events,” the authors write, “we must not only transform our economic and societal models towards sustainability and resilience, we must…

Healing Our Land & Our Climate! – Registration still open

Healing Our Land & Our Climate! – Registration still open

In order to heal our climate, we must FIRST heal our land. In order to heal the land, we must restore the health of the soil and our ecosystems. Join Hart Hagan for this course on Healing Our Land & Our Climate! from July 9 – September 24. Classes are weekly on Tuesdays at either 12 noon or…

Signing on to Protect Forests
Biodiversity Day: A Community Celebration

Biodiversity Day: A Community Celebration

By Paul Barringer and Jean Devine of Native Plant Community Gardeners Our first Biodiversity Day festival was a success! On Saturday, May 4th, over 120 visitors came to Danehy Park, Cambridge, to join birding tours, Miyawaki Forest tours, learn about pollinator gardens, native plants, and ecosystem restoration from ten local environmental organizations who joined us…

Healing Our Land & Our Climate!
Cool Forests for a Hot World
Halley’s Comet and Scenario 300
Regenerating Life Film Premiere – Panel Discussion
Aligning natural and human laws for global wellbeing: Legislative Action

Aligning natural and human laws for global wellbeing: Legislative Action

Dr. Makarieva explains why protecting existing forests is one of the most important things we can do to stabilize the climate. Pending legislation in MA (USA) serves as a model for policy protections needed around the world. Learn more about taking action here, and find out more at Save Mass Forests. Our climate system is incredibly…

Regenerating Life: A New Look at the Climate Crisis – September 27 at 6 pm

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…

Bring Nature to the Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels – September 10 – 24

Bring Nature to the Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels – September 10 – 24

From now until September 24, we each have a critical opportunity to spread the message that #NatureCools in cities throughout the world, on social media, and in the mainstream media. Join us in showing people that restoring and protecting nature cools the climate, hydrates the land to prevent wildfires, drought and flooding, and reduces extreme weather.…

An Inspiring Grassroots Approach to Ecorestoration: Sahel Ecovillage Communities

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…

Regenerating Life: Support the Film, Support the Movement!
A Review Of John Feldman’s “Regenerating Life”