Weekly Update: 2025-02-15

  • On Valentine’s Day exactly 10 years ago, Bio4Climate Restoration Biologist & Futurist Jim Laurie uploaded this photo from his camera to his computer for a closer look. Earlier he’d watched a critter leave a neighborly message, a trail of “hearts,” in the sidewalk snow.

    What creature do you think left them? Send us your guesses!

    And in the meantime, explore more curiosities with Jim in his new course, Earth Alive: Exploring Our Home. Classes begin February 26.
    Enroll today!
  • At the heart of climate action is a fundamental question: Who controls the land, and how is it cared for? In recognition of Indigenous Women’s Day in New Mexico, Indigenous leaders, youth, and activists gathered to reaffirm what many scientists increasingly recognize, that protecting Indigenous sovereignty and listening to leadership are critical to safeguarding biodiversity and mitigating climate change.

    “It is time to restart our sacred relationship with the land and honor our matriarchal societies,” said Jolene Tsinnijinnie (Navajo and Kewa Pueblo). 
  • Let beavers be beavers. A million dollar wetland restoration project in Czechia was mired in bureaucracy and delays. A group of beavers took matters into their own paws and re-engineered the landscape in days. Watch our quick recap below, or read here to learn more. 
  • Bio4Climate’s Associate Director of Regenerative Projects, Alexandra Ionescu, will present on Miyawaki forests at Harvard University’s Arnold Arboretum on February 23rd from 2 to 3 PM, introducing attendees to the micro forests we’ve helped establish in Massachusetts! While the event is sold out, you can register for the waitlist.