A Gift From Down Under

Walter Jehne, a soil scientist from Australia and dear friend, has given humanity an incredible gift. He has given us what Buckminster Fuller called the, "Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth."

He distilled a lifetime of work into a succinct and easy-to-read article, Regenerate Earth, in which he describes how we can practically drawdown the annual deficit of 20 billion tonnes of carbon back into soils, to rehydrate Earth's biosphere and safely cool the climate.

For example, if 50% of grazing lands were better managed, that could drawdown 9 billion tonnes of carbon per hectare per annum, which represents 45% of the annual carbon deficit.

Additionally, ecological grazing strategies can reduce the amount of fuel for rangeland wildfires, potentially reducing the release of another 8 billion tonnes of carbon per hectare per annum. That's 17 billion tonnes of carbon right there, just from better grazing! Plus, he gives plenty of other practical ways to drawdown carbon.

In June 2018, Walter gave a public talk in collaboration with 3LM in Penrith. We're releasing this video as our "gift from down under" to you this holiday season.

When you're looking for something to do over the holidays, how about inviting your family and friends to watch this talk with you? Then have a conversation with them about it afterwards to reflect on what you learned. What was a new idea for you? What does it mean for you? What specific action can you take?

Sending our best wishes for a restorative last few days of 2018, and a regenerative 2019!

Christopher and Sheila Cooke

Download the article, Regenerate Earth by Walter Jehne.

Watch the public talk of Walter Jehne from June 2018.