Land Sharing vs. Land Sparing: A Review on Conservation, Agroecology, and Ecosystem-Embedded Farming
Introduction The debate between land sharing and land sparing is one of the most influential discussions in modern conservation and…
Soil Health, Plant Health, Human Health: How Living Soils Create Abundance
Human health is build by our relationship, by the communities that we keep—both of human and microbial nature. Not…
From Mixed Farms to Regeneration: Reviving Ontario’s Biodiverse Countryside
This essay argues that Ontario’s biodiversity crisis can only be reversed by transforming farmland into regenerative landscapes that merge…
Warning Flags: When Political Tragedy Becomes Tool for Suppression
Once again, I feel compelled to write about today’s politics – like in 2017, when Donald Trump wanted to…
Climate Action or Climate Division? How Language Undermines the Environmental Movement
By now, we’ve all seen it. Every environmental initiative, no matter how tangentially related, is increasingly packaged under the…
Intricacies when the one-eyed are leading the blind – on the difficulty of teaching climate change
When my child came home from her recent science class, she vividly captures one of the greatest challenges in…
The Aspirations of Building a Green Local Economy
Building a green local economy is an inspiring vision that promises environmental sustainability, local economic resilience, and the social…
Vision for Grey Bruce: Can We Keep Our Landscapes Alive?
1. A Landscape Teeming with Life – The Grey Bruce of the Late 20th Century For much of the last…
The Power and Peril of Selective Denial: A Response to Andrew Boyd
Andrew Boyd, in his blog post We Shall Not Be Overwhelmed: How “Selective Denial” Can Help…
What is No-Till Farming? Learn with Kiss the Ground
This article was written for, and accepted by, Kiss The Ground in 2021. It was part of a larger…
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