Through making my documentary Regenerating Life, I was reminded it all starts with Photosynthesis.

The climate crisis is a full blown environmental crisis that goes far beyond the burning of fossil fuels. It is caused by humanity’s ongoing destruction and rampant exploitation of the living Earth, humans included.  This living Earth, the biosphere, is self-sustaining and regulates its own temperature and weather patterns. It does this by cycling water through itself and through the atmosphere and back again.This biologically-modulated flow of water is both warming and cooling, creating its own temperature controlled space. We experience the climate crisis as an increase in severe hurricanes and storms coming off the oceans, floods, droughts, heat spells, desertification and wildfires.

These are all about water, or the lack of water. To learn more about how Life regulates the climate, watch the documentary Regenerating Life: How to cool the planet, feed the world, and live happily ever after.

The solution to the climate crisis is a major eco-restoration effort with four interconnected campaigns. The solutions are local and there’s something for everyone to do:

Plant plants. Cover the land with cover crops and build healthy soil. (Covering the land is the best way to reduce the warming caused by the greenhouse effect.)

Plant wildflower, vegetable and shrub gardens, even potted plants.

Eat good local food, if you can. Support local ecological farms and farmers’ markets, join a CSA. Always strive to build healthy soil that holds water – that leads to healthy people and healthy communities.