Mitigate climate change by capturing carbon through regenerative
agriculture - Start an organic climate garden now
Do you feel
hopeless about climate change and the damage we are doing to our planet? I did, but then I found a new way to look at
the problem, which made the solution so
obvious and so within reach. A solution that's right under our feet. Yes, the
solution to climate change is right under our feet. It is the soil. Carbon can
be farmed into the soil if only we start by regenerating our soil organisms to
restore soil health. Yes, Carbon farming
is the solution to climate change. Come follow us let’s check it out.
Climate change is
all about too much carbon in our atmosphere. Carbon is not our enemy, it's
the building block of life. Everything alive is made of it. even us. The problem and the solution are simply a
matter of balance. Let's step back and look at the five pools where carbon is
stored on planet Earth. Starting about 500 million years ago, when plants
appeared on land, carbon began to cycle in an amazing balance. A balance that
allowed for life as we know it to evolve.
Then one life form, us, figured out how to extract carbon from the
fossil pool, then we burned it for energy, putting it into play and disrupting
that balance. The way we manage land and do agriculture is moving even more
carbon from the soil and biosphere into the atmosphere. Specifically, we've
moved 880 Gigatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere which is heating up
the planet and destabilizing our climate. Now the oceans have absorbed a lot of
this excess carbon which is resulting in ocean acidification and accelerating a
mass extinction of sea life.
In order to save lives, we have to stop releasing fossil carbon into the atmosphere. Then look for ways
to capture the excess carbon that is already in the atmosphere to get this
cycle back into balance. You'll remember
when I said that the solution to climate change is healthy soils. Plants use sunlight and water to perform photosynthesis. They pull in carbon from the air
and turn it into carbohydrates sugars. Then they pump some of those sugars down
through their roots to feed microorganisms who use that carbon to build soil.
Bingo. Carbon can move - plants pump it in and the soil stores it. Nature's
living technology is amazing. Scientists have recently discovered that applying
a thin layer of compost, sets off an ongoing positive feedback loop that brings
more and more carbon into the soil each year. In concert with other
regenerative practices like reducing soil tillage, planting trees, cover crops and planned grazing, we can build and retain Giga-tons of soil carbon. This is
carbon farming. This is regenerative agriculture and there is nothing more
powerful than an idea whose time has come.
More carbon in the
atmosphere is bad for us, while more carbon in the ground is good for us. It
makes healthy soil that is nutrient-rich full of life and holds way more water.
This means more nutritious food and crops that are more resilient in the face
of drought. That's good news for farmers, families, communities, nations and
everyone that eats.
Remember, the way
we grow our food, fiber, and fuel either puts carbon up into the atmosphere or
it pulls it down into the ground. The regeneration of soil is the task of our
generation. Our health, the health of our soils and the health of our planet, are
one and the same
The secret of
bio-sequestration is in the Rhizosphere. The Rhizosphere is the area around the
plant roots that is inhabited by micro-organisms. Plant's roots are working symbiotically
with these micro-organisms. They are a very important population in the soil that
makes it healthy for plants to grow such as bacterial, fungi, nematodes,
protozoa amongst others.
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| Soil microbes in the Rhizosphere |
Bacterial act like food storage banks for your plants. They are the earth’s primary decomposer of organic matter, locking up nutrients close to the plant’s roots which may otherwise be leached. When the bacterial dies, those nutrients are released to feed the plants.
Mycorrhizae are beneficial fungi living symbiotically with the
roots. The roots provide the carbon that the fungus needs to grow and the
fungus transport water and nutrients to the roots. What a wonderful win-win
situation.
Most of the time
we see only the fungus that appears above the soil like mushrooms, but there are
millions of fungi, bacterial, amoeba, etc under the soil that makes the soil
fertile. Plants depend on a network of tiny fungi for water and other
nutrients. Let dive below the soil to take a closer look. There is a network of
living fungal threads called hyphy. Ants help to maintain soil health by
aerating the earth, circulating water and nutrients. Tiny moss may dine on tiny
nematodes. Nematodes consume single-cell amoebas which are very small that we
can’t see. Amoeba devours thinner bacterial. Fungus and bacteria decompose
death materials. In nature, nothing is wasted.
Let's enjoy the wonders
of nature as we explore deeper. Nature's living technology is amazing. The
hyphy spreads and keeps traveling until it reaches plants roots. The fungus
wrapped around the root tip. The hyphy pushes itself into the space between the
tree cells where a chemical exchange takes place. The fungi provide the plants
with essential minerals while the plants supply the fungus with energy-rich sugars. Win-win nutrients - energy exchange.
It gives me hope
to know that Plant, People and Planet health are interconnected. But we keep
destroying our soil with external chemicals and I wonder why. The application
of pesticide, insecticide and herbicide; the use of heavy machinery and the
practice of leaving soil bare without cover crops have left us with little or
no soil life population. The ground surrounding residential areas and
commercial properties a particularly lacking in soil life.
It is the duty of
this generation to get the earth back to the garden of Eden that it was, by
farming carbon. Let’s bring back biodiversity to a place that was devastated.
Planting a garden has the power to change the world and even you can do it. Regenerative
gardening actually helps us to reverse climate change by building healthy
living soil. Even a small garden has the potential to impact the global crisis
of climate change. Start your regenerative climate garden now and grow organic.
- Stay away from chemicals. If you don’t want it in your body, don’t put it in your food.
- Practice minimal tillage and keep the soil covered at all times. Any plant is better than no plant. They protect and build the soil
- Encourage biodiversity for more resilience.
- Grow food. Food from your backyard means fewer food miles and food shipped all the way to your grocery store.
- Composts – make it and use it. It's a probiotic regenerative source for your soil life.
We can all participate
by establishing Climate Gardens that build healthier soil and help reverse
climate change. Help share the good news: Go tell it on the mountains that we
can rebuild soil and regenerate the land and heal the planet. We can restore
soil fertility, improve water cycles, and sequester carbon in the soil. Be the
change and start planting today. Let the microbes, bacterial, fungus, amoeba do
the job that nature has bestowed on them. The world needs your voice now. Mother
earth needs you to take action and start growing organic food. Be that change
and reverse climate change through planting trees, crops, vegetables, flowers….
Just plant something today. Any plant is better than no plant. So plant your Climate
Garden and share your stories with us.
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