Resources

Restoration of Resources

Books

• Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World, and Cows Save the Planet by Judith Schwartz
• Water, a Natural History by Alice Outwater
• Water, Land and Climate—The Critical Connection: How We Can Rehydrate Landscapes Locally to Renew Climates Globally by Jan Lambert
• The Soil will Save Us by Kristin Ohlson
• For the Love of Land, Global Case Studies of Grazing in Nature’s Image by Jim Howell
• How to Not Go Broke Ranching by Walt Davis
• Holistic Management by Allan Savory and Jody Butterfield
• Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why they Matter by Ben Goldfarb

 
Videos

• "Restoring Water Cycles to Naturally Cool Climates" with Walter Jehne
• Google Map database of videos of regenerative projects around the world
• Restoring Water Cycles Conference Videos (lots of wonderful presentations!) 
• Full-length PBS documentary “Earth: A New Wild: Plains”

• Regenerating the Grasslands of Patagonia
• "Soil Carbon Cowboys"
• Soil Restoration in Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands

 
Articles

• "Supporting the Soil Carbon Sponge" an interview with Walter Jehne, by Tracy Frisch
• The Agriculture of Hope: Climate Farmers of North America by Seth Itzkan, Karl Thidemann, and Steve Keleti
• A Global Action Plan of Climate Recovery by Jan Lambert and Michal Kravcik 

 
PDFs

• The Global Cooling Project 
• Water for the Recovery of the Climate: A New Water Paradigm by Michael Kravcik

 
Stories of Land Restoration Projects and their Leaders
 
Videos
The internet is full of videos of stories of how farmers and ranchers have adapted their management to make the most of the soil health principles. Here are just a few:

• Brendon Rockey 
• Colin Seis 
• Todd McPeak 
• Carol Evans and Jon Griggs Miracle in the Nevada Desert (Exclusion Grazing and Beavers)  
• Gabe Brown 
• Dennis Hoyle 
• Allan Savory

Podcasts

• The Regenerative Agriculture Podcast: Rebuilding The Soil Carbon Sponge, and Cooling the Climate Fast with Walter Jehne