Timing is everything. I just finished watching the four-hour documentary Roots So Deep as my friends worry about having to evacuate from fire-ravaged areas around Los Angeles. To say I needed the hopefulness is an understatement.

So, I know everyone is feeling a lot of hopelessness around many things, including climate change. It seemed like a good time to bring in resources highlighting what is good and positive.

Let’s start with Roots So Deep.  I’ve shared many of the YouTube shorts  and recommended the first of Peter’s documentaries, Carbon Nation, so I’m not going to do a big sell here. I’m going to tell you that if you want to see a fact-filled documentary with solid science and watch people who you might think would never change how they view the world and absolutely embrace regenerative farming, this is worth your time. The fourth hour is the solid payoff. If you can watch it and not get teary, you’re better than I am.

It’s worth the rental fee, if only to give your soul a break from all the bad news.

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In other good news, several areas in the African Sahel region, where food often comes in the form of aid, people are taking back and healing the land. Creating an abundance where it used to be barren – and not that long ago.

Nov 13, 2024

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to the country of Niger in the African Sahel to see an innovative land recovery project within the Great Green Wall of Africa that is harvesting rainwater, increasing food security, and rehabilitating the ecosystem.

May 14, 2021

In Mauritania, communities work hand in hand to make their land fertile again. A traditional technique called “half-moons” is used to reduce water runoff and trap the scarce rain inside the half-moons, thereby increasing water infiltration and improving food and fodder production.

Friends introduced me to an amazing woman in California who has been doing regenerative farming for decades, and she has sent me a link to a bunch of educational videos. Including their success in using AMP grazing in their vineyards to reduce chemical/water usage. Once I’ve waded through all those, I’ll share the ones I think will be of most interest.

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In the EV transformation across the world, there is so much good news, I really don’t have time to link to it all. But there are some good sources to follow.  Electrifying, Fully Charged Show, Ecotricity NZ  – I’m sorry to say, I don’t have a good resource for U.S. EV news. If you have one, put in the comments.

I’ll keep posting the good climate news…