Ecology
Tony Rinaudo
Tony Rinaudo - "The Forest Maker" — pioneer of Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration. In this TEDxSydney talk he explains how activating the living stumps and roots of an "underground forest" restores barren land at scale. You can find out more about Tony Rinaudo's re-greening work through World Vision: worldvision.com.au
Allan Savory
Allan Savory - Holistic management and grassland restoration. In this widely-discussed TED talk he argues that properly managed grazing herds can reverse desertification on the world's grasslands. (A provocative, debated idea — a good one to weigh against the re-greening approaches above.) You can find out more about Allan Savory's holistic management framework at the Savory Institute: savory.global
NASA Goddard
How Saharan Dust Feeds the Amazon — a NASA satellite visualization, featuring the study's lead author, tracing how desert dust makes its trans-Atlantic journey to fertilize the world's largest rainforest. You can find out more on NASA's science site: science.nasa.gov
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This is a list of courses on ecology — from the desert dust that feeds the Amazon to the farmers re-greening the Sahel, and how to share wild biomes with the solar farms of an AI-hungry future. Let us know if you find these useful!
NASA Goddard
How Saharan Dust Feeds the Amazon — a NASA satellite visualization, featuring the study's lead author, tracing how desert dust makes its trans-Atlantic journey to fertilize the world's largest rainforest. You can find out more on NASA's science site: science.nasa.gov
Tony Rinaudo
Tony Rinaudo - "The Forest Maker" — pioneer of Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration. In this TEDxSydney talk he explains how activating the living stumps and roots of an "underground forest" restores barren land at scale. You can find out more about Tony Rinaudo's re-greening work through World Vision: worldvision.com.au
Allan Savory
Allan Savory - Holistic management and grassland restoration. In this widely-discussed TED talk he argues that properly managed grazing herds can reverse desertification on the world's grasslands. (A provocative, debated idea — a good one to weigh against the re-greening approaches above.) You can find out more about Allan Savory's holistic management framework at the Savory Institute: savory.global
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