Courtney White: Grass, Soil, Hope Interview
What if the solution for reducing our collective carbon footprint were right under our feet?
carbon sequestration strategies
Coming into Carbon Country
Climate change is carbon, hunger is carbon, money is carbon, politics is carbon, land is carbon, we are carbon.
Grass, Soil, Hope
“Grass, Soil, Hope is at the same time a challenging book, in that it asks us to reconsider our pessimism about the human engagement with the rest of nature.
Can the Soil Save Us from Climate Change?
“The only way to bring [CO2] down is through plants…”
Soil as Carbon Storehouse: New Weapon in Climate Fight?
New research shows how effective land restoration could play a major role in sequestering CO2 and slowing climate change.
Soil To The Rescue
Could the answer to our environmental problems be under our feet? Interview with Kristin Ohlson, author of The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet
In the Pastures of Colombia, Cows, Crops and Timber Coexist
As an ambitious program in Colombia demonstrates, combining grazing and agriculture with tree cultivation can coax more food from each acre, boost farmers’ incomes, restore degraded landscapes, and make farmland more resilient to climate change.
An Anguished Question
Novelist Wallace Stegner once said that all books should try to answer an “anguished question.” I believe the same is true for ideas, movements and emergency efforts. In the case of climate change, one anguished question is this: what can we do right now to help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide from its current level back to 350 ppm?