Act: Inspiration

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

Episode 50

What Could Possibly Go Right? Revisiting a conversation with Katharine Wilkinson

By Vicki Robin, Katharine Wilkinson, Resilience.org

Dr. Katharine Wilkinson is an author, strategist, and teacher, working to heal the planet we call home. She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”

May 1, 2026

Forest gardening for resilience: Growing regenerative food systems in New Zealand

By Gary Marshall, Aotearoa Permaculture Workshop

In New Zealand, forest gardening is being reshaped to fit local climates, ecosystems and cultural contexts. Drawing on years of research and practice, this work shows how place-based adaptation can support more resilient, regenerative food systems.

April 30, 2026

Revolt, reform or rebuild: Building resilient food systems from the ground up

By Gary Marshall, Aotearoa Permaculture Workshop

The global food system is both essential and unsustainable, locked into patterns that resist meaningful reform. Real change, the author argues, lies in rebuilding local, regenerative food systems that can gradually replace what no longer works.

April 29, 2026