Regenerating Life takes an ecological approach to unpacking the social and environmental crises that confront us, shifting the prevailing climate change story, and offering new, attainable solutions.
Regenerating Life explores the idea that the climate and temperature of our planet are regulated by the system of life (the biosphere). By destroying the biosphere, we have caused the climate crisis. The destruction of the living soil through industrial agriculture, the destruction of forests, the destruction of the small water cycle — all of which result in bare, dry land — and the mining and burning of fossil fuels are all a part of the problem. Regenerating ecosystems, especially forests, fields, and wetlands, and covering the land with plants, will reduce the greenhouse effect, cool the planet, bring back fresh water, supply healthy food, and help us build our own healthy communities.
The documentary is in three parts:
- Part one: Water Cools the Planet
- Part two: Life Sustains the Climate
- Part three: Small Farms Feed the World
If we broaden our horizons and look in terms of hundreds of years, the time it might take to regrow a sustainable forest, for example, then we begin to see the scope of the task – and at times it seems overwhelming – but we have to remember that each year, each day, will see improvements. It’s a healing process.