Introduction to Ecosystem-based Carbon Management Opportunities in Urban Landscapes
This guide provides an initial introduction to the core concepts with which a natural systems-based carbon management and ecosystem services strategy can be developed. More detailed process guides are being developed to support carbon management opportunity assessment and strategy development. These process guides will be available at the Urban Drawdown Initiatives website under the “Resources” page.
Carbon Management Syllabus
For those wanting more resources across a range of related carbon drawdown topics, please explore this Carbon Drawdown Syllabus, which provides links to a host of useful resources—particularly overviews of actions currently being taken in early leading efforts around the world.
Project Drawdown: the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming
Project Drawdown is a world-class research organization that reviews, analyses, and identifies the most viable global climate solutions, and shares these findings with the world. We partner with communities, policy-makers, non-profits, businesses, investors, and philanthropists to identify and deploy science-based, effective climate solutions—as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
Preparing People on the West Coast for Climate Change
Recommendations for Making Psychological & Psycho-Social-Spiritual Resilience Education and Skills Training for Climate Adversities Universal in California and the Pacific Northwest by 2025.
Youth Learn to Shift as the World Shifts
Mycelium was born “out of deep anxiety” from confronting the gravity of climate change, she says. Henriquez, who had just given birth, recalls wondering, “How are we going to survive this? What kind of world am I leaving for my children?”
Understanding Soil Health & Watershed Function: A Teacher's Manual
A joint project of The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, The USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub, The Soil Carbon Coalition, Redlands Community College, and The Dixon Water Foundation.
Land Potential.org
Land PKS is a free modular mobile phone app connected to cloud-based storage, global databases, and models. Land potential is defined as the inherent potential of the land to sustainably generate ecosystem services.
Regen.Ag Academy
These online courses detail how to develop and implement regenerative agriculture systems that promote plant and soil health and lead to long-term economic sustainability.
Climate Justice Narrative
Narrative is a values-based story about our core beliefs. Powerful narratives, used repeatedly over time, can change how people view the world and shape cultural common sense…Whether your issue is directly climate related, or intersectionally connected to climate justice, this toolkit can help you create messaging that will keep our work unified and collectively moving forward.
Healthy Soils to Cool The Planet: A Philanthropic Action Guide
A Philanthropic Action Guide.
Can Dirt Save the Earth? (New York Times)
Agriculture could pull carbon out of the air and into the soil—but it would mean a whole new way of thinking about how to tend the land.