At a time when the world faces multiple intersectional crises, movements towards regenerative solutions offer opportunities for systemic change. The upheaval of the last year revealed the depth of social inequities, especially in the United States, where a capitalistic system puts profits ahead of people, creating ripple effects around the globe.

Amid these crises, more companies and organizations are seeing the need to take the lead and do their part to ensure a healthy planet for the future by addressing social and environmental systemic flaws. Shifting to regenerative farming principles and practices brings a host of environmental and social benefits…

At a time when the world faces multiple intersectional crises, movements towards regenerative solutions offer opportunities for systemic change. The upheaval of the last year revealed the depth of social inequities, especially in the United States, where a capitalistic system puts profits ahead of people, creating ripple effects around the globe.

Amid these crises, more companies and organizations are seeing the need to take the lead and do their part to ensure a healthy planet for the future by addressing social and environmental systemic flaws. Shifting to regenerative farming principles and practices brings a host of environmental and social benefits…

In his book Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life, legendary biologist E.O. Wilson challenges humanity: “Only by committing half of the planet’s surface to nature can we hope to save the immensity of life-forms that compose it. Unless humanity learns a great deal more about global biodiversity and moves quickly to protect it, we will soon lose most of the species composing life on Earth. …

As wild places throughout the world continue to be threatened by human development and climate change, a snowball effect has been created … and it’s growing rapidly. Climate change and its impacts create lasting harm and destruction for many plants and animals, while that same loss of biodiversity feeds the flames of climate change. Scientists and conservationists are realizing that the protection of certain species or small land areas won’t be enough to keep most of Earth’s residents out of harm’s way. …

The profit-hungry agribusiness empire of the 20th century institutionalized farming practices that continue to degrade soils across the U.S. and globally. We face a fork in the road: collapse or regeneration? The good news is that we know what we need to begin an agricultural and ecological renaissance — a literal rebirth.

Biologist Ann Biklé and geologist David Montgomery share one of the good news stories that show how the solutions residing in nature surpass our conception of what’s even possible.

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David R. Montgomery, a Seattle-based MacArthur Fellow and professor of Geomorphology at the University of Washington and the author…

Whenever I hear something that rings true and comes from two distinct traditions, I pay attention. Many years ago, a friend of mine related to me a Buddhist metaphor about the interconnectedness of life that suggests that every ant had been your mother in a past life for so many cycles that the milk that fed you from her breast would fill the ocean. Of course, it’s hard to take that literally, but the allegory did make me think about the kinship of life.

So, when I heard Valentin Lopez, Chairman of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, speak at the…

Ocean conservation is a practice that extends back into history for generations. Our planet’s oceans sequester carbon at scales akin to the rainforest. Despite the history of conservation and the role oceans play in biodiversity, a small percentage of oceans are protected from commercial exploitation.

Suzanne Simard is a professor in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia, and an innovative scientist at the forefront of plant communication and intelligence. Simard’s research highlights the ways trees communicate with each other to warn about danger and share nutrients in critical times.

In nature, trees are linked to one another by a single tree that acts as a central hub. Suzanne refers to this tree as “The Mother Tree.” In her new book, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, Suzanne Simard explores the communal nature of trees…