News and Insights
Meet a Pinecone Cowboy
Pinecone cowboys are skilled climbers who harvest cones from threatened western trees to help reforest landscapes damaged by megafires and climate change. Learn how their work supports the genetic future of Western forests and how precarious the future of their field has become.
What Does It Take for Conservation Efforts to Endure?
Lasting conservation depends on more than good intentions. It requires long-term presence, trust with local communities, and practical economic benefits. As evidenced through Luis Arranz’s 46-year career in Central Africa, his work highlights how protecting wildlife and supporting nearby livelihoods have to work together for conservation to succeed.
Events
Thinking Like Water – Summer Series
How can we help our yards, watersheds, and continents transform from drained, dry bathtubs to verdant, thriving landscapes? Learn practical skills for rehydrating prairies, forests and city streets. This six week companion course to the Thinking Like Water docuseries puts you in the Zoom room with experts from the field and with community members like yourself working to bring new water management to their bit of land.
Learn more about the guest speakers, your permaculture mentor and the special guest appearance of Bill Zeedyk himself, who has pioneered many of the solutions in the film.
Community / Events
Global Earth Repair Convergence
The Global Earth Repair Convergence continues online throughout this weekend until Sunday, May 10. Bio4Climate is well-represented, with many of our instructors and partners speaking including: Hart Hagan, Katie Ross, Michal Kravcik, Zuzka Mulkerin, John Feldman, Renea Roberts, Jon Schull, Rob de Laet and Russ Speer.
Many of the speakers are Bio4Climate experts spotlighted in our annual conferences and courses, including: Didi Pershouse, John D. Liu, Anastassia Makarieva, Tony Rinaudo, Judith D. Schwartz, Renea Roberts, Vijay Kumar, Russ Speer, Rob Lewis, Andrew Millison, Brock Dolman, Sonia Demiray, Lois Arkin, and Michael Pilarski, the founder and host of this convergence.
Check out the Bio4Climate Bookshop
Part of Bio4Climate’s core mission is to educate and share educational resources that help our community learn about and engage with the natural world.
Our Bookshop storefront is a growing list of titles recommended by our experts and other climate leaders, including books from our courses. We also have a growing list of titles for kids to help educate, inspire, and motivate the next generation of climate advocates.
Check back often as we are always adding titles. We also recommend books each week at the end of this Featured Creature newsletter.
Purchasing from our storefront is another way you can support Bio4Climate. We receive a portion of the sale at no additional cost to you.