Life Saves the Planet Blog:
Agriculture Agriculture’s relation to climate change is multifaceted. Conventional agriculture contributes significantly to global warming through deforestation, overuse of chemical fertilizers, and unsustainable farming practices that release greenhouse gases. Regenerative agriculture emerges as a solution, focusing on soil health, biodiversity, and natural ecosystems. Practices like Carbon Farming and Holistic Planned Grazing sequester carbon in the soil, reducing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Transitioning to sustainable agricultural methods is crucial in mitigating climate change, as it not only reduces emissions but can also enhance the land’s capacity to act as a carbon sink.
Agriculture’s relation to climate change is multifaceted. Conventional agriculture contributes significantly to global warming through deforestation, overuse of chemical fertilizers, and unsustainable farming practices that release greenhouse gases. Regenerative agriculture emerges as a solution, focusing on soil health, biodiversity, and natural ecosystems. Practices like Carbon Farming and Holistic Planned Grazing sequester carbon in the soil, reducing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Transitioning to sustainable agricultural methods is crucial in mitigating climate change, as it not only reduces emissions but can also enhance the land’s capacity to act as a carbon sink.
Living Fences & Living Soil for Environmental Justice
On Thursday, March 28 at 6pm ET, we dived into how agroforestry and eco-restoration initiatives advance environmental justice in frontline communities around the world. Our latest Life Saves the Planet lecture featured John Leary and Pam Agullo of Mother Trees, an organization working on agri-business in Senegal, and Mariama Fatajo of Teja Development, supporting eco-restoration…
Regenerative Grazing: A Compelling Climate Strategy
Most of what you hear climate activists talk about when it comes to beef or cows is methane. Methane is a greenhouse gas and cows emit methane as part of their digestion process. What you don’t hear is that this is primarily a problem of the commercial cattle industry and that nature has an ingenious…
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…
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…
Carbon Farming: Paying for Results, Not for Data (Soils Are Far Too Important for a Commodities Market!)
At Biodiversity for a Livable Climate, removing carbon from the atmosphere by regenerating ecosystems and restoring biodiversity is our non-profit mission. Supporting farmers, herders and ranchers around the world to work in ways that both sequester carbon in soils and provide major benefits in productivity is a key means to that end. Unfortunately, the resources…
Why everyone – vegetarians and vegans included – should be passionate about Holistic Planned Grazing
Happy New Year! Over the holiday season, I had the luxury of sharing many meals with family and friends, including latkes and apple sauce; Tofurkey and yams; and locally caught shrimp and farm-raised oysters. In discussing my work, I was asked several times, “But how can you not eat meat and be so passionate about Holistic…