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Ananda Fitzsimmons
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Essays on nature, ecosystem regeneration, and finding our place in the web of life.
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Global Cooling Mitigates Global Warming
Kelp pizza: Marine permaculture establishes seaweed plantations offshore and allows them to move between the surface by day, where they photosynthesize in the sunlight, and the deep ocean at night, where they benefit from the deep sea nutrients. Kelp creates natural aerosols which stimulate the formation of clouds to cool sea temperatures. Until recently, air pollution from ships was offsetting sea temperature rise. As soon as it was regulated, sea temperatures spiked, causin
Ananda Fitzsimmons
3 days ago5 min read


Why Nature Restoration Needs to Be a Climate Mitigation Strategy
When we think about climate change, most people think about cutting emissions of greenhouse gas (GHG) . But the fact is that GHG’s stay in the atmosphere for a very long time. If we got to Net 0 emissions today, it would still take thousands of years to get back to pre-industrial levels. Imagine we are digging a big hole with our increasing emissions. Getting to Net 0 simply would mean we stop digging our hole deeper. Then we would still be at the bottom of the hole. We would
Ananda Fitzsimmons
Dec 15, 20253 min read


The Language of Trees: What Forests Teach Us About Community
Forests are not simply collections of individual trees they are living communities built on connection, cooperation, and constant communication. Beneath every forest floor lies an intricate web of fungal threads, often called the “Wood Wide Web,” that allows trees to share nutrients, send warning signals, and support one another in times of stress. Science now confirms what ancient cultures have known for centuries: trees thrive because they live in relationship, not isolati
Ananda Fitzsimmons
Dec 10, 20251 min read
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