How Regenerative Agriculture Curbs Climate Change
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Provided by: Ecosia|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This video explores the principles, global impacts, and scalability of regenerative agriculture.
- Students will learn best practices for regenerative agriculture, healthy soil's role in the nutrient cycle, and steps individuals can take to support a sustainable global food system.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: Ecosia
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- The video explains the current problems in our agricultural systems and provides potential solutions for food insecurity and climate change.
- Students will learn how industrial agricultural practices contribute to biodiversity loss, deforestation, and a large percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Prerequisites
- Students need to be able to read subtitles for parts of the video when the speakers speak in languages other than English.
- The link in the description to Ecosia's European regenerative agriculture fund is broken.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Other resources on this topic include this lesson on regenerative agriculture and factory farming and this video on traditional farming methods.
- Students who feel inspired to take action can follow up with this project on starting a meatless Monday program at school or these resources for building a school garden.
- Economics classes could analyze the political and economic obstacles involved in scaling regenerative agriculture and permaculture.
- Students can read more about Ecosia's sources with links in the description.
This resource is an 18-minute video that examines the global state of regenerative agriculture systems. Consumer choices and citizen actions are discussed, and specific methods and strategies for practicing and implementing regenerative agriculture are presented. The scalability of regenerative agriculture is also discussed, including financing, labor, and other issues, including potential pushback from entrenched and existing agriculture lobbyists and companies. Sources are included in the video description. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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About the Partner Provider
Ecosia
Ecosia is the search engine that plants trees with its ads revenue. They have a YouTube Channel that has educational content as well to further their mission: to regenerate degraded landscapes, support rural communities and establish climate justice, one tree at a time.
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