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Ten Creative Solutions to Climate Change That You Will NOT See in the Mainstream Media
What is the real deal with wind power?
When it comes to opposing war, environmentalists should be in front of the line. Here’s why.
What if our climate problems are rooted in deforestation, plowing and pesticides?
Resources for Scrutinizing (so-called) Renewable Energy, Part One
Healthy Soil Could Solve Most of the World's Problems
It's Not The Cow. It's The How.
The Greenhouse Effect is (Intentionally?) Misunderstood and Misreported
Simon Michaux's Work Poses a Threat to the "Renewable Energy" Industry
The International Energy Agency Tells (Doubtful) Bedtime Stories About Energy
How Gabe Brown Saved His Farm By Turning Dirt to Soil
NPR “Reports” on How Climate Change is Impacting the Central American Country of Honduras
The Climate Report #382: The REAL DEAL About Climate Change
What REALLY causes rising temperatures?
Livestock are Essential in Restoring Our Deserts
The “Causes” of Climate Change, according to the UN
Two Great Videos About Monarch Butterflies
Sadly, all the plans for renewable energy are not rooted in reality
In Defense of Natural Landscapes
15 Plants for Specialist Pollinators
Brown and Green Look Good Together, and Make Sense Ecologically
Leafcutter Bees Carve Nesting Materials from a Pin Oak Seedling
Colorful Garden for Pollinators
Floods and Droughts Occur When We Mistreat the Land
Our Civic Duty to Capture Rainfall
Rainwater is valuable only if we capture it
False Narratives About Climate
Water is life. Every drop counts.
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THE BENEFITS OF HEALTHY SOIL: FLOOD CONTROL AND DROUGHT RESISTANCE
Oak Seedlings Provide Nesting Materials for Leafcutter Bees
Virginia Creeper Makes a Nice Ground Cover and Lawn Alternative
What We Do To The Land Impacts Weather and Climate
How Native Plants Infuse Life and Energy Into the Ecosystem
ONE FARMER’S APPROACH TO CONTROLLING PREDATORS
COMMENTATORS SUGGEST THAT FARMING IS ALWAYS BAD FOR THE LAND. BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.
Living soil or dead soil? Hmmm. Let me think about that.
It would be a different world if we would capture rainwater and not let it run off
MEET MAGGIE KEITH OF FOXHOLLOW FARM, CRESTWOOD, KENTUCKY
If we care about fixing drought and flooding, we will nurture plant matter and our soils.
The prevailing climate conversation oversimplifies the problem by making it all about CO2
Plants and soil work together, to deliver most of the things we really need.
Building Healthy Soil Could Be Our Most Urgent Task
DIVERSE PLANT COMMUNITIES DEMYSTIFIED
Opportunities to Reduce the “Greenhouse Effect” are in our Backyard
Regenerative Landscaping ... How to Bring Nature Home
Brown Eyed Susans, Goldenrod, Sunflowers and My Garden Goals
DO LIVESTOCK MAKE DROUGHT WORSE, OR ALLEVIATE IT?
THE ECONOMY CHANGES WHEN OIL BECOMES UNAFFORDABLE. HERE’S HOW.
HOW DOES REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AFFECT THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF OUR FOODS?
CANADA GOLDENROD, IRONWEED AND OTHER CO-CONSPIRATORS
ALEJANDRO CARRILLO LEARNS HOW TO RANCH WITH NATURE, NOT AGAINST HER
THE POWER OF FALSE MEDIA COVERAGE AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE
IS OVERGRAZING A USEFUL--OR MISLEADING--CONCEPT?
CIVIL ENGINEER RICARDO AGUIRRE ASSERTS THAT NATURE WILL OUT-PERFORM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CIVIL ENGINEER RICARDO AGUIRRE RETHINKS STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
COULD DEEP SEA MINING HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON CO2?
DOES LIVING SOIL AFFECT PLANT HEALTH AND OUR HEALTH?
How & Why to Avoid Toxic Pesticides
HOW CAN “CONSUMERS” AND MARKETS BE FAIR TO REGENERATIVE FARMERS?
MOVING HERDS TO A NEW PASTURE TWICE DAILY IS MOSTLY ART, AND SOME SCIENCE
THEY SHIP SALMON AROUND THE WORLD--AND BACK--BEFORE YOU CAN EAT IT.
Native Sedge Grass Volunteers in my Backyard
IRRIGATION IS OVERRATED. HERE’S WHY.
RANCHER ALEJANDRO CARRILLO RESTORES THE DESERT WITH LIVESTOCK, MIMICKING THE MOVEMENT OF WILD HERDS
DO ELECTRIC CARS REPRESENT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF ECOLOGICAL IMPACT?
DROUGHT IS A CHOICE. WE HAVE DROUGHT BECAUSE WE DON’T KEEP THE RAIN WE GET
LET’S MEET ASTROPHYSICIST DR. THOMAS MURPHY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
EVERYTHING IS “CARBON NEUTRAL” INCLUDING THE ALBERTA TAR SANDS
GRAZING LIVESTOCK BRINGS LUSH BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY TO THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT IN MEXICO
EUROPEAN BANKERS ARE BLIND TO THE PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS INHERENT IN THE “GREEN” ENERGY TRANSITION
CURRENT BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES WILL NOT SUPPORT THE PLANNED “GREEN TRANSITION”
ARE CATTLE CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE, OR ARE THEY PART OF THE SOLUTION?
DOES SOIL HEALTH AFFECT HUMAN HEALTH?
THE ORIGIN OF DERRICK JENSEN’S BOOK “BRIGHT GREEN LIES”
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON IS A PROBLEM, BUT NOT FOR THE REASONS WE ARE TOLD
LOYALTY TO THE NATURAL WORLD: HOW AND WHY TO HAVE REVERENCE FOR NATURE
THE POWER OF UNQUESTIONED BELIEFS
Grazing Animals Play a Vital Role in Ecosystems
Poll: Most Americans Say Protecting Nature is More Important Than Rapid Buildout of Renewables
ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAVE REDUCED NATURE TO CARBON, WHICH IS ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE PICTURE
“PLANET OF THE HUMANS,” AN EXPOSÉ OF “RENEWABLE” ENERGY, CONTINUES TO STUN AUDIENCES
Water is a Neglected Factor in Climate Change
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HEALTHY SOIL?
IS TILLAGE (PLOWING) BAD FOR THE SOIL?
HOW TO LEARN FROM NATURE AND WORK WITH NATURE, SO AS TO RESTORE OUR COMMUNITIES AND BODIES TO HEALTH
“WE DON’T WORK THE ANIMALS. WE WORK ‘WITH’ THE ANIMALS.” --Daniel Griffith
DEEP SEA MINING THREATENS WEIRD, WILD, WONDERFUL, SLOW MOVING LIFE IN THE DEEP SEA
PACIFIC ISLANDERS OPPOSE DEEP SEA MINING BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE OCEAN IS INTERCONNECTED
DEEP SEA MINING, THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE OCEANS, MIGHT START THIS YEAR
CAN CALIFORNIA REPLACE DIESEL TRUCKS WITH ELECTRIC TRUCKS? IF NOT, WHAT THEN?
AT 16, JULIA BARNES DECIDED TO SKIP COLLEGE AND MAKE HER FIRST FILM, THE AWARD WINNING “SEA OF LIFE”
“DANIEL, THE ONLY THING WE HAVEN’T TRIED IS CHICKENS”
DO YOU PLANT TREES, OR DO YOU ESTABLISH THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH TREES WILL VOLUNTEER?
ARE ELECTRIC CARS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY?
LITHIUM MINES ARE NOT “GREEN”. THEY ARE JUST MINES, LEAVING DESTRUCTION AND DEADNESS IN THEIR WAKE.
THE SOIL FOOD WEB (AN UNDERGROUND ECOSYSTEM) IS VITAL TO PLANT HEALTH
ARE FERTILIZERS BAD FOR THE SOIL?
PHOSPHORUS AS A WINDOW INTO CORRUPTION, PILLAGE AND LAND DEGRADATION
HOW SALMON MAKE THE FOREST GROW
How would $20 gasoline (or diesel) impact your family budget?
FARMING SUCCESS IS ABOUT RESPECTING COMPLEXITY, NOT JUST SOIL CARBON
THE SUBTLE NATURAL BEAUTY AND RICH BIODIVERSITY OF THACKER PASS, NEVADA
How to Support Declining Bird Populations
Biological Diversity on the Farm Leads to Resilience and Abundance
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A RIVER?
SOLAR PANELS AND WIND TURBINES ARE NOT LEADING TO ANY LESS CONSUMPTION OF FOSSIL FUELS
WHEN A SOLAR INSTALLATION IS ANYTHING BUT CLEAN, GREEN OR RENEWABLE
(PLEASE) STOP LYING TO EACH OTHER
Rethinking Drought: Some People Survive and Thrive Through Periods of Low Rainfall.
WATER, CLIMATE & LAND MANAGEMENT
NORD STREAM PIPELINE EXPLODES. LEGENDARY REPORTER SEYMOUR HERSH SAYS THE ORDERS CAME FROM THE TOP.
Bare Soil Causes Flooding. Here’s How That Works
From Vegetarian to "Defending Beef"
HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT: KEEPING THE BIG PICTURE IN MIND, WITH RODGER SAVORY
ARE “THE CRITTERS” HAPPY WITH OUR PLANS FOR FURTHERING INDUSTRIAL CIVILIZATION?
FLOODING FOLLOWS DROUGHT. HERE’S HOW THAT WORKS.
ENERGY IS LIMITED. TRUSTED ADVISORS ARE BLIND. OUR WORLD WILL CHANGE. THE REST IS DETAILS.
The American Midwest is Losing an Inch of Topsoil Per Decade (This is fast!)
Infinite Growth on a Finite Planet
Land Health, Soil Health and our Food