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Regenerative agricultural practices have enormous potential in stabilizing the climate. What will it take to implement these practices across the board? Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Jimi Make a one-time donation: https://paypal.me/JimiSol This video is based on the writing of Charles Eisenstein. Visit Charles' Website for more related content: https://www.charleseisenstein.org/climate Visit Charles' YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CharlesEisenstein/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Sources: Regenerative agriculture could offset all emissions: Rodale Institute. Regenerative Organic Agriculture and Climate Change. 2014. https://rodaleinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/rodale-white-paper.pdf Regenerative agriculture is productive: Ünal, Fatma. Small is Beautiful: Evidence of Inverse Size Yield Relationship in Rural Turkey. 2008. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238728814_SMALL_IS_BEAUTIFUL_EVIDENCE_OF_INVERSE_SIZE_YIELD_RELATIONSHIP_IN_RURAL_TURKEY 1.41% of people in the US are farmers: World Bank. Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) - United States. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS?locations=US 12.2% of the people in the US were farmers in the 1950s: Growing a Nation. An interactive timeline of the history of agriculture in the United States. https://growinganation.org/

How do ecosystems affect atmospheric carbon? It turns out they keep the atmosphere in balance more than one might think. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Jimi Make a one-time donation: https://paypal.me/JimiSol This video is based on the writing of Charles Eisenstein. Visit Charles' Website for more related content: https://www.charleseisenstein.org/ Visit Charles' YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CharlesEisenstein/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Sources: Deforestation's effect on atmospheric CO2: Rosa, Isabel M.D., et al. The Environmental Legacy of Modern Tropical Deforestation. 2016. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30625-X The contribution of land use changes to atmospheric CO2: Arneth, A., Sitch, S., Pongratz, J. et al. Historical carbon dioxide emissions caused by land-use changes are possibly larger than assumed. 2017. https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2882 Atmospheric CO2 has been rising slower than expected in emissions-centric models: Keenan, Trevor F et al. Recent pause in the growth rate of atmospheric CO2 due to enhanced terrestrial carbon uptake. 2016. https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13428 45.8% of trees have been cut down: Crowther, T., Glick, H., Covey, K. et al. Mapping tree density at a global scale. 2015. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14967 Wetlands have declined by 57%: Davidson, Nick. How much wetland has the world lost? Long-term and recent trends in global wetland area. 2014. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266388496_How_much_wetland_has_the_world_lost_Long-term_and_recent_trends_in_global_wetland_area 80% of the seagrass meadows on the New England coast are gone: Beem, Nora & Short, Frederick., Subtidal Eelgrass Declines in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire and Maine, USA. 2009. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226257090_Subtidal_Eelgrass_Declines_in_the_Great_Bay_Estuary_New_Hampshire_and_Maine_USA

Regenerative agriculture is an effective way to restore biodiversity and stabilize the climate, but what exactly is it? This video explores three different regenerative practices that have great potential both in food production and in healing the land. Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/Jimi Make a one-time donation: https://paypal.me/JimiSol Spanish Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uac_nX_gYQY To engage more with these ideas, visit https://charleseisenstein.org/climate Visit Charles' YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/user/CharlesEisenstein Music: Dubious Doings by Thomas Howe (used with permission) Sources: Organic Agriculture does more harm than good Searchinger et al., Assessing the efficiency of changes in land use for mitigating climate change, 2018. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0757-z Bacteria Converts Ammonium into Nitrite and Nitrate: Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis, Teaming with Microbes, 2006, 48. Myceilium brings water to plants: Ibid, 57. Worms increase water absorption and allow plant roots to penetrate deeper: Ibid, 89. Fertilizer leeches into water: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 2005. http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/engineer/facts/05-073.htm Regenerative grazing can sequester carbon: Sanderman et al., Impacts of Rotational Grazing on Soil Carbon in Native Grass-Based Pastures in Southern Australia, 2015. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article%3Fid%3D10.1371/journal.pone.0136157 Regenerative grazing can build soil and reverse desertification: Allan Savory, Holistic Management, 1999, 244. The growth of grass: Global Rangelands, Basics of Grass Growth https://globalrangelands.org/topics/rangeland-ecology/grass-growth Julius Ruechel, The Daily Pasture Rotation, 2009. https://www.grass-fed-solutions.com/pasture-rotation.html Overgrazing leads to erosion, drought, and desertification: Ibanez et al., Desertification due to overgrazing in a dynamic commercial livestock–grass–soil system, 2007. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380007000993 Food forests consist of 7 layers: Toby Hemenway, Gaia's Garden, 2001, 172. Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:21 What does it actually involve? 0:41 No-Till Farming 1:25 Regenerative Grazing 2:35 Agro-Forestry 3:21 Conclusion

What are nitrogen fixing plants, and why use them over nitrogen fertilizer? This video answers this question through an explanation of the nitrogen cycle. Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/jimi Make a one-time donation: https://paypal.me/JimiSol Thai translation of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF6uMcayErM Sources: Thomas J. Elpel. Botany in a Day. Hops Press, 2013 NASA. U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 1976. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19770009539 Jeff Lowenfels. Teaming with Nutrients. Timber Press, 2013 Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis. Teaming with Microbes. Timber Press, 2010 Eric A. Davidson. The contribution of manure and fertilizer nitrogen to atmospheric nitrous oxide since 1860. Nature, 2009. https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo608 David Thomas. A Study on the Mineral Depletion of the Foods Available to us as a Nation over the Period 1940 to 1991. Nutr Health, 2003. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14653505/ Music: "Fat Cartoon Jazz" from purple-planet.com "Sneaky" by Juiceanna, from audiojungle.net "Theme in G" by Podington Bear, from podingtonbear.com Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:45 The Nitrogen Cycle 2:00 Nitrogen Fixation 2:39 The Trouble with Fertilizer 4:07 Ending