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Anyone who is involved in producing food knows that the rain cycles are disrupted, whether or not they ‘’ believe” in climate change. We could say that climate change is the shark, but water is its teeth. So what is the relationship between climate change and the increasing water disruptions we are experiencing around the world, long periods of strong heat with delayed rains punctuated by strong intense rains causing flooding? I recently attended a webinar organized by The Wo

Les Jardins de Tessa has been proudly growing organic vegetables and distributing them in baskets since 1997. Now operating as a worker-owned cooperative, its mission remains the same: to provide people with high-quality vegetables grown with respect for the soil and to offer its employees rewarding working conditions. Our local ecological farmers perform a great service for us, whether we know it or not. Agriculture, if it’s done right, assures our communities a supply of nu

The entire population of the Nakivale Refugee Settlement depends on the water of Lake Nakivale for their survival, but the lake's water level and quality are diminishing I visited the Nakivale Refugee Settlement in February last year for the first time, having been coaching refugee women farmers for over a year virtually on climate resilient farming. When I actually got there in person, I was dismayed to realize that Lake Nakivale, the lake that all 140,000+ inhabitants of th

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

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

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