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Carbon Gardening: A Podcast at Growing Greener

By Adrian Ayres Fisher, originally published by Growing Greener Podcast

June 30, 2020

Photo by Gabriel Jimenez on Unsplash.

Adrian Ayres Fisher, Sustainability Coordinator for Triton College in River Grove, Illinois explains how an easy change in gardening practice can remove carbon dioxide gas from the atmosphere and help mitigate global warming.

 

 

Photo by Gabriel Jimenez on Unsplash.

Adiran Ayres Fisher

Adrian Ayres Fisher

Adrian Ayres Fisher serves as a volunteer steward of a small forest preserve on the banks of the Des Plaines River in Illinois. As programs co-chair of West Cook Wild Ones, she educates about and promotes native-plant gardening and biodiversity. She writes and speaks on a range of nature-related topics from a Midwestern point of view. Her home is in an inner-ring suburb of Chicago and she blogs at Ecological Gardening.

Tags: Building resilient food and farming systems, carbon gardening

‘Let’s call it earth grief’: Naming pain and loss in the age of climate crisis

By Stephanie Klotz, Stephanie Klotz on Linkedin

For decades, climate professionals and the informed public have been living with the disturbing knowledge of what is coming. Now, as the impacts of climate predictions begin to come true, we live with the devastating reality of what is happening, and we feel it deeply. This sorrow deserves a name.

July 10, 2026

A brief introduction to the bioregional movement and bioregional congressing

By Karie Crisp, Karie’s Substack

As climate disruption, biodiversity loss and political polarization deepen, a revived bioregional movement is emerging worldwide. This piece traces its roots and explores why place is becoming a source of resilience and belonging.

July 10, 2026

Food waste isn’t just about what we throw away, it’s a systems problem

By Beverly Popoola, Resilience.org

Across discussions on policy, technology, supply chains, and community partnerships at a food waste summit earlier this year, a different pattern emerged: food waste rarely appeared as an isolated issue. Instead, it surfaced as a signal of deeper system failures.

July 10, 2026