Let’s Help the Earth Help Us
How you can engage in regenerative, nature-based climate solutions
Let’s face it. We need the earth more than it needs us. If the human species were to disappear suddenly, nature would carry on with its cycles and regenerate itself. However, we are here, and we’re disrupting and damaging the natural cycles and biodiversity of the planet, and setting up the conditions that could make the planet unlivable for us.
While the earth has been doing its best to absorb our impact, it’s being taxed by the unrelenting stress we as a species continue to unleash on it. To help ourselves, we need to support our planet in doing what it does best. Yes, we need to eliminate emissions rapidly, but we also need to draw carbon out of the atmosphere.
Luckily, the most accessible and least costly way to do this is through nature-based solutions (NbS). As a recent Washington Post article states, “Humanity’s greatest ally against climate change is Earth itself…. Ecosystems can draw down carbon and buffer us from the worst effects of climate change — but only if we protect them.” A recent study from the University of Oxford verified NbS implemented on both the land and sea, along with ecosystem restoration, could end up removing 10 gigatons of CO2 per year, more than all global transportation emissions, and create cascading…
