#Regenerative sustainability

[delicatelysublimeforester]

In the Footsteps of the Trees: Uplifting Youth, Sustaining Nature

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#Chief Njonjo #crowdfunding #Dance of the Trees #Dance of the Trees legacy #Environmental Activism #environmental stewardship #Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas #George Genereux Urban REgional Park #Global Movement #grassroots environmentalism #green future #International Tree Foundation #Kikuyu #narrative of youth empowerment #Regenerative sustainability #regenerative sustenance #Richard St. Barbe Baker #Richard St. Barbe Baker AFforestation ARea #Saskatchewan #Saskatoon #Saskatoon Afforestation #Saskatoon&039;s green legacy #stewardship #sustainable practices #Symphony of Change #UNEA-6 aspirations #UNEA-6 campaign #UNEA-6 history #UNEA-6 Journey #UNEA-6 themes

[reasonsforhope]

"Marginal improvements to agricultural soils around the world would store enough carbon to keep the world within 1.5C of global heating, new research suggests.

Farming techniques that improve long-term fertility and yields can also help to store more carbon in soils but are often ignored in favor of intensive techniques using large amounts of artificial fertilizer, much of it wasted, that can increase greenhouse gas emissions.

Using better farming techniques to store 1 percent more carbon in about half of the world’s agricultural soils would be enough to absorb about 31 gigatons of carbon dioxide a year, according to new data. That amount is not far off the 32 gigaton gap between current planned emissions reduction globally per year and the amount of carbon that must be cut by 2030 to stay within 1.5C.

The estimates were carried out by Jacqueline McGlade, the former chief scientist at the UN environment program and former executive director of the European Environment Agency. She found that storing more carbon in the top 30 centimeters of agricultural soils would be feasible in many regions where soils are currently degraded.

McGlade now leads a commercial organization that sells soil data to farmers. Downforce Technologies uses publicly available global data, satellite images, and lidar to assess in detail how much carbon is stored in soils, which can now be done down to the level of individual fields.

“Outside the farming sector, people do not understand how important soils are to the climate,” said McGlade. “Changing farming could make soils carbon negative, making them absorb carbon, and reducing the cost of farming.”

She said farmers could face a short-term cost while they changed their methods, away from the overuse of artificial fertilizer, but after a transition period of two to three years their yields would improve and their soils would be much healthier...

Arable farmers could sequester more carbon within their soils by changing their crop rotation, planting cover crops such as clover, or using direct drilling, which allows crops to be planted without the need for ploughing. Livestock farmers could improve their soils by growing more native grasses.

Hedgerows also help to sequester carbon in the soil, because they have large underground networks of mycorrhizal fungi and microbes that can extend meters into the field. Farmers have spent decades removing hedgerows to make intensive farming easier, but restoring them, and maintaining existing hedgerows, would improve biodiversity, reduce the erosion of topsoil, and help to stop harmful agricultural runoff, which is a key polluter of rivers."

-via The Grist, July 8, 2023

#agriculture #sustainable agriculture #sustainability #carbon emissions #carbon sequestration #livestock #farming #regenerative farming #native plants #ecosystems #global warming #climate change #good news #hope

[solarpunks]

How to turn your Neighborhood into a Village

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to Portland, Oregon to talk with architect Mark Lakeman, founder of Communitecture Architecture and the City Repair Project. Mark initiated a movement in Portland to transform the homogenous neighborhoods of the city into places that have many of the qualities and characteristics that are found in some of the most treasured villages on Earth. Mark reveals the things you need to know to transform your own neighborhood into a village.

Previously on Solarpunks: Ideas & Inspiration For Better Cities: Sprawl Repair Retrosuburbia

#solarpunk #neighbourhood #sprawl #repair #regenerative #urbanism #portland #andrew millison #permaculture #retrosuburbia #suburbia #US #design #Sustainable Design #community

[halorvic]

👐

#think i've mostly recovered from the hand injury i sustained at work #wasn't serious - just annoying #also been reading abt arm autotomy and the impressive regenerative abilities of octopi #very cool #shurghk #octopus #ocs #scribblin'

[solarpunkwitchcraft]

“Many young farmers share Kent’s commitment to sustainability, according to a new report from the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC). In a survey of over 10,000 farmers across the country, 86% of respondents under 40 said they used regenerative farming practices, which the survey defined as “an approach to farming and ranching that builds healthy soils and ecosystems, supports climate-resilient farms and communities, and addresses inequity in agriculture.”

Of course, as the survey notes, regenerative farming practices aren’t new. Indigenous communities — many of whom were pushed off the land they stewarded for millennia — innovated and practiced these farming techniques for generations.

‘Young farmers today find motivation to farm in environmental conservation, anti-racism, and creating healthy, food secure, and climate-resilient communities,’ says Vanessa Garcia Polanco, NYFC’s policy campaign director.

Overhauling the United States’ agriculture system will be crucial to meeting its climate goals. Farms cover about 40% of all U.S. land, according to the most recent census, and agriculture accounts for about 11% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.”

#agriculture #farming #sustainability #regenerative agriculture #climate resilience #environmenta #conservation #anti-racism #food security #climate

[vibinwiththefrogs]

Intro to U.S. Agriculture Book Recommendations

Requested by @languagesandpain

Healing Grounds by Liz Carlisle

If you're interested in agroecology this is a great place to start. It highlights a handful of Black, Latino, and Asian American farmers and their lives, history, and research. It's a great all-around book too because it touches on animal agriculture, produce, and mushrooms (which I don't see get talked about much), and also different methods like agroforestry and pasture systems.

Grain by Grain by Bob Quinn and Liz Carlisle

This book is basically the story of Bob Quinn and his farm, there's a lot of good info in it. This is the first book that really struck home to me that I need to listen to people in conventional agriculture even if I personally don't like it, because there's important experiences that need to be heard. It touches on topics like converting farms to more sustainable methods, heirloom crops, and how we deal with food/diet related science in the US. I don't have any health issues of note, but after reading this book I found an organic bread with Kamut wheat in it to see how it was, and it totally takes away any white on my tongue when I'm eating it daily. Pretty fascinating.

Perilous Bounty by Tom Philpott

This book widely covers major problems in US conventional agriculture, mostly covering major agriculture corporations and environmental impacts but also some labor issues, and small/mid size farm struggles. I'm not going to lie, this one is depressing. I generally do well with tough topics but near the end I had to put it down a few times because it was making me feel a bit hopeless. Which I fault the author with a bit for not dealing with better, because we need more hope to be able to believe these problems are fixable. He also doesn't cover the eastern US which irks me a bit because the south is a major agricultural region. But overall, a lot of great info and some interesting ideas for solutions near the end.

With These Hands by Daniel Rothenberg

I haven't actually read this one yet, but I've read sections. It looks like another tough read, but covers the experiences of migrant farmworkers across the US. Definitely trigger warnings for modern day slavery, racism, abuse, and more.

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

I found this one to be a bit pessimistic honestly, but I read it a while ago so I dont remember what exactly bothered me. But it's a good overview of agricultural collapse through history, soil science, and issues in soil today.

Lentil Underground by Liz Carlisle

(Can you tell I've read all of Carlisle's books yet). So this book didn't really make much of an impression on me. But I'm recommending it because if anything it kind of illustrates the tediousness of policy change, changing people's minds, running an unconventional farm. It's a bit boring compared to the other recommendations but if you're in the industry there's things to think about in it.

Non-book recommendations

For a while was listening to Real Organic Podcast. After about 10 episodes (not in order) you notice they start to really repeat a lot of ideas. But they have a lot of episodes that highlight problems with chemical use, water use, how movements like organic get co-opted by big corporations, and more.

I also recommend the news website Civil Eats. They post a lot of book recommendations, as well as cover a whole variety of agricultural issues across the world.

If anyone has any additional recommendations feel free to add on! I'm always looking for more books >:)

#not langblr #agriculture #agroecology #sustainable agriculture #regenerative agriculture #environmentalism #environmental justice #book recommendations

[wicked-witch-ofthe-east]

#good news #composting #regenerative agriculture #life #love #sustainability

[sidewalkchemistry]

@/homegrown_handgathered on Instagram

#v #eco conscious #foraging #ethical forgaging #gardening #holistic healing #holistic health #herbalism #reciprocity #right relationship #solarpunk #the giving tree #regenerative living #slow living #soft living #abundance #mindfulness #sustainability #permaculture

[divine-nonchalance]

If we want to reduce the heat we need to plant way more trees.

They provide shade, food, and effectively cool down the environment because they don’t hold heat like asphalt, pavement, bricks, traditional roofs, etc. 

Trees provide habitat for birds which eat immense amounts of insects including caterpillars, mosquitos and flies, while also fertilizing the soil with their manure.

Some trees fix nitrogen into the ground making the soil more fertile in a natural and effortless and free way, just by standing there.

More trees also means more wood.

Trees can be used to create food forests, which in turn reduce the chances of forest fires because with well-managed living crops growing in the soil under the trees they hold more moisture and don’t catch on fire so easily.

You can prune them at will to give the lower crops the perfect amount of light and shade. With the pruning we can create mulch, (fire)wood, and wood chips mixed with mycelium for making walkingpaths that grow mushrooms.

Add a small amount of chickens per large area and you have extra fertilization and excellent pest control as they eat the insects that also like to eat vegetables. Include ducks and they will get rid of the slugs too.

Tree roots also hold the soil together, preventing soil erosion while providing excellent drainage so that when it rains, the water can penetrate the soil faster and deeper, effectively absorbing floods as well.

#permaculture #sustainable farming #garden #gardening #organic gardening #food forest #foodforest #biodiversity #regenerative farming #regenerative agriculture #regenerative ag #regenerative gardening #organic agriculture #bio #organic #how to prevent forest fires #how to make more food #how to create more food #foodshortages #plant more trees #trees #planting trees

[fashionofemmacdwatson]

Emma Watson x British Vogue | Photo Shoot | London, England | January 2024

Emma wore the Vivienne Westwood Sunday Dress in Dots and Orbs ($1,120.00).

📸: Charlotte Wales via British Vogue

#celebrity style #emma watson #fashion #style #celebrity fashion #photo shoot #photoshoot #emma charlotte duerre watson #british vogue #dress #vivienne westwood #regenerative #sustainable fashion #january 2024

[acti-veg]

‘Only when livestock numbers fall so far that their husbandry scarcely qualifies as food production is animal farming compatible with a rich, functional ecosystem. For example, the Knepp Wildland project, run by my friends Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell, where small herds of cattle and pigs roam freely across a large estate, is often cited as an example of how meat and wildlife and can be reconciled (..)

If their system were to be rolled out across 10 per cent of the UK’s farmland, and if, as it’s champions propose, we obtained our meat this way, it would furnish each of the people of the United Kingdom with 420 grams per head, enough for around three meals. This means a 99.5 per cent cut in our consumption (…) If all the farmland in the U.K. were managed this way, it would provide us with 75kcal per day (one thirteenth of our requirement) in the form of meat, and nothing else.’

George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

#george monbiot #vegan #food security #sustainability #local tho #regenerative farming #quotes #enviroment #ecology

[delicatelysublimeforester]

Support Youth Leadership at UNEA-6!

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#campaign narrative #collective impact #Dance of the Trees #Environmental Activism #environmental consciousness #environmental stewardship #Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas #George Genereux Urban REgional Park #global conservation #Global Sustainability #grassroots movement #grassroots sustainability #Green Harmony #green pioneers #harmonious blend #Nairobi #nature symphony #Nature&039;s Advocates #Regenerative sustainability #regenerative sustainability master&039;s program #Richard St. Barbe Baker AFforestation ARea #Saskatchewan #Saskatoon #Saskatoon Afforestation #Saskatoon&039;s ecological impact #Saskatoon&039;s environmental heritage #Saskatoon&039;s environmental story #Saskatoon&039;s green future #Saskatoon&039;s green journey #Saskatoon&039;s green pioneers

[solarpunkpresentspodcast]

# Solarpunk (& -adjacent) YouTube Channels

Ariel watches a lot of #YouTube... for #research purposes, of course. In this post, she shares a few of her favourite #solarpunk and solarpunk-adjacent channels. What do you like to watch? Any #recommendations for us? Let us know!

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#alternative living #climate action #climate activism #earthShip #environmentalism #philosophy #regenerative agriculture #social media #solarpunk #solarpunk-adjacent #sustainability #vanLife #YouTube

[yansurnummu]

unlike donobhan, who is a sweet delicate flower, drals eats marauders for breakfast

#yans stuff #my little cockroach man :) #though i did almost beef it bc im used to using tristat food on him and having more mag than that #trying smth new #the stam regen is nice but i think ill have to swap 1 mag skill for stam one to be able to sustain it better

[aymanfadel]

Review: "Kiss the Ground: How the Food You Eat Can Reverse Climate Change, Heal Your Body & Ultimately Save Our World" by Josh Tickell 

Carbon capture is advanced as a technology for humans to avoid the worst impacts of anthropocentric climate change. Author Josh Tickell claims that regenerative agriculture is the best way to capture carbon and methane, and, moreover, it is absolutely necessary to prevent desertification and pollution and maintain the food production necessary to feed all of the humans on the planet. I first…

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#Climate Change #History #organic #regenerative agriculture #soil #sustainability

[greentechspot]

Regenerative Travel: Restoring Our Planet One Journey at a Time

In a world grappling with the environmental challenges of our time, a new form of travel has emerged—one that not only minimizes harm but actively contributes to the restoration and regeneration of our planet. Welcome to the world of regenerative travel, where conscious explorers embark on transformative journeys that leave a positive and lasting impact on the destinations they visit. In this…

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#Africa #carbon neutral #ecosystems #indigenous communities #interstellar travel #regenerative travel #shop local #sustainability #travel