We are just starting to upload and reformat these resources, so please check back each week for more!
The fact sheets are in the form of embedded Google Docs. That way we can keep them as living documents, adding citations and more information, and letting trusted thinkers (farmers, agronomists, scientists, systems thinkers etc.) comment and add to them, while they stay fresh and accessible to you here. (...somewhat like Wikipedia.) The Google/Weebly interface is a little "woobbly," so formatting may be off, but the text is all there!
The fact sheets are in the form of embedded Google Docs. That way we can keep them as living documents, adding citations and more information, and letting trusted thinkers (farmers, agronomists, scientists, systems thinkers etc.) comment and add to them, while they stay fresh and accessible to you here. (...somewhat like Wikipedia.) The Google/Weebly interface is a little "woobbly," so formatting may be off, but the text is all there!
Overviews of Whole-Systems Landscape Function
- (Article) Why Communities Should Invest in Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Sponge
- (Article) Other Species are Essential Workers Whose Economies Enfold Our Own
- (Short video) The Great Work of Our Time
- (Fact sheet) Cool, Moist, and Green: Nature’s Processes--and Human Action Steps--for Rehydration of Landscapes and Hydrological Climate Cooling
- (Facilitator's manual) Understanding Soil Health and Watershed Function
Underlying Principles for Land Management Decision-Making
Why these principles are key to land management, and ways to put them into practice.
- (Fact sheet) Benefits of Increasing Living Plant Cover (includes citations)
- Benefits of Increasing Diversity of Plants [coming soon!]
- Benefits of Allowing the Soil Sponge Structure to be Undisturbed (minimizing tillage)
- Benefits of Integrating Animals into Crop Production
- Benefits of Eliminating Biocides (Pesticides, Chemical Fertilizers, etc.)
Other resources we want you to know about:
- (Map) Regenerative Projects Around the World by David McConville
- (White paper) Turning Soils into Sponges, by the Union of Concerned Scientists
- (Short video) Why Soils are One of the Most Amazing Things on Earth, by the BBC
- (Article) Towards redesign at scale through zero budget natural farming in Andhra Pradesh, India by Zareen Pervez Bharucha of the Global Sustainability Institute