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 cool the planet and lower greenhouse gas levels. Our planet is already too hot and too dry to maintain a stable climate and support life. These 4 Climate Keys are interlocking pieces of the cycles we must repair to quickly stop warming and start cooling the planet.
Cool
Healthy ecosystems full of biodiversity create direct cooling effects for our hot planet. More Nature = Less Heat.
Hydrate
Keeping water in the ground supports plants, crops and people. Beavers, insects and microbes are part of the Infiltration Team
Plant
Planting for biodiversity creates healthy ecosystems. Forests sequester carbon and use water vapor to move heat away from the Earth
protect
Indigenous leadership and wisdom can help us. Stop deforestation, industrial ag, mining, and pollution that kill off biodiversity.
Replace with regenerative practices
Q: What about atmospheric Carbon Dioxide – you know – the greenhouse effect?
A: It’s an important part of the story, but not the whole story. Learn More.
Who We Are
Bio4Climate Tells the Hidden Stories
For nearly a decade we have looked behind, around, and under the prevailing climate narratives for the missing pieces of the puzzle. We continue to bring you authors, ecorestoration specialists, and scientists from around the world who explore the interlocking systems that create a livable climate.
Stay on top of the Climate Conversation
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.
This Week
Events and Community
Online | The Goldilocks Strategy: Getting Our Relationship with Bears and Lions Just Right
Bio4Climate's GBH conversation series returns!
Join South African novelist and photographer Tony Eprile from his home in Vermont in conversation with CLAWS Botswana director, Dr. Andrew Stein, and biologist/tracker, Meghan Walla-Murphy, as they share their adventures and insights from working with animals such as lions and black bears.
As a keystone species, we humans need to safeguard other powerful animals while protecting the safety and livelihoods of local communities. Learn firsthand from researchers working with dangerous predators and communities that live alongside them, how they are using a combination of new technology and indigenous wisdom to coexist.
Thursday, November 13, 2025
7:00pm - 8:30pm ET
Online via Zoom
Free with registration
In their own words: A Miniforest on Campus
Last week we celebrated the planting of the Belmont High School Miniforest, a community effort that brought together students, educators, and an entire town to reimagine what a schoolyard can be. This week we’re excited to share a short film created by Belmont students, capturing the care, curiosity, and enthusiasm that brought this young ecosystem to life and that will steward for years to come.
Dispatch from the Field
Former Bio4Climate intern Adrianna Drindak recently led an off-trail backpacking trip in Kings Canyon National Park through her college’s outing club. Over the course of eight days, the group traversed rocky passes, explored vibrant meadows, enjoyed the incredible mountain views, and spent many hours alongside blue alpine lakes. Below, Adrianna shares a special moment from her travels. Photos and words by Adrianna Drindak.
It was our last night in the alpine zone. We reached our destination, Moose Lake, in the early afternoon, and had the rest of the day to enjoy our last night at elevation. I was chatting with a friend, and many of the people on my trip were sitting by the lake, taking naps and reading books. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a sleek figure meander along the shore. The shape of the creature came into focus, and before I knew it a Black Bear was wandering only twenty feet from those resting. I shouted, managing to get the attention of those down by the water, and we all stared in awe as the bear walked by, barely looking our way as it scrambled along the shore. We watched as it continued along the water’s edge before disappearing on the far side of the lake. The bear was at peace, so unattuned to human presence and entirely unfazed by the group of people sitting nearby.
Get Involved
Water is Love Film Screening
Celebrate World Water Week with Bio4Climate in Cambridge, MA. Join us in person on Wednesday, August 27 from 6:45 to 8:30pm for a screening of the inspiring film, Water is Love, with brief discussion and snacks at the Cambridge Library Main Branch, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Water is Love follows a group of youth facing climate change challenges leading to a journey around the world with shared stories of regenerative practices such as ecosystem designs to create water retention in communities, villages, and regions.
The film weaves together traditional ecological knowledge, the role of water in shaping climate, and the urgency of restoring…
‘ROADLESS RULE’ A RECKLESS ATTACK ON CLIMATE REGULATORS
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – Beck Mordini, Executive Director of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate issued the following statement on the White House’s decision to declare “open-season” on 58 million acres of native forests, paving the way for road and development construction.
“Just as tens of millions of Americans are experiencing a lethal, record-breaking heat wave, the federal government has launched a reckless attack on one of our most vital natural climate regulators. Forests aren’t just a collection of trees, they are complex, living systems that manage water, cool the planet, and sustain biodiversity across…
Water—The Missing Climate Solution—July 10-31
What if there’s a powerful solution we’ve been overlooking—one that could actually help cool the planet, starting right where you live?
The untold story begins with water.
Water is the most overlooked climate regulator. Through the cycling of water—plants, clouds, grasslands, wetlands and forests help stabilize Earth’s temperatures. When these systems are healthy, they cool the planet. But clear-cutting, tilling, development and other destructive land management practices have dismantled these natural cooling mechanisms.
We can bring these powerful cooling systems back to life. Join us for Water…
Global Eco-Restoration and Power Dynamics—Critical Ecosystems in Brazil, Senegal and the U.S. – JUNE 10 – 12:00 noon ET
Climate disruption is increasing and with it so is polarization, both within the US as well as among nation states. Now more than ever it is incumbent upon us to highlight successful efforts to create a more sustainable, just, and peaceful world.
Important initiatives in regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, soil restoration, and related practices are making significant contributions to climate adaptation, often contributing to the resilience of communities and international collaboration.
This webinar, a joint project of the Massachusetts Peace Action’s Peace & Climate group and Bio4Climate, will focus…
Thaw and Freeze: The ecological, geological, and human stakes of a warming Arctic
A rapidly changing Arctic is reshaping everything. Polar bears navigate shrinking expanses of sea ice, thawing permafrost threatens coastal villages, destabilizes infrastructure, and exhales methane, and warming temperatures push more species northward into a greener arctic. These transformations are profound, and their impacts can extend far beyond the region’s ecologies that depend on them.
What do these changes mean for wildlife, humans, and the climate? How is all of this going to play out in different regions and ecosystems around the world? Does understanding these changes and seeing them with your own…
Regenerating Life: Upcoming Screenings
Regenerating Life is a groundbreaking film that reframes the climate crisis by focusing on nature’s power to heal our planet. It reveals how the biosphere egulates Earth’s climate and how its destruction has driven global warming.
The film highlights regenerating ecosystems like forests, fields, and wetlands, restoring the water cycle, and embracing sustainable practices like regenerative agriculture that draw CO2 from the atmosphere, cool the planet, revive freshwater systems, and create abundant food and thriving communities.
Visit Hummingbird Films for upcoming screenings.
The Northeast Miniforest Summit featured more than a dozen speakers across two virtual half-days and an in-person bus tour, bringing together practitioners, researchers, and leaders from diverse fields to unpack the Miyawaki Method from root to canopy.
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Tell nature’s climate story, the story of connection and life.
― Beck Mordini
Transformation in Mexico
Eco Restoration Works
Watch what happens! A degraded landscape in Mexico is transformed by regenerative management. It took only two years (the arrow points to the same tree).