Carbonaught: Turning Quarry Waste into Climate Solutions
Andrew Pedley (left) and James Lyons, PhD, two of the co-founders (along with Rhys Heffernan, PhD) of Carbonaught (Photo courtesy of Carbonaught)
Basalt is one of the most abundant volcanic rocks on Earth. Formed from molten lava, it’s commonly used in construction for roads and buildings. But during the mining process, much of the finest basalt dust ends up discarded, considered waste.
Preparing to apply rock dust to sugar cane at Carbonaught's Farnsfield enhanced rock weathering project (Photo courtesy of Carbonaught)
Andrew Pedley, James Lyons, PhD, and Rhys ...
Emerging Climate Champions Award Launches for Youth-Led Climate Organizations
Are you working towards a better future for the planet? Could you use $1 million to help you fulfill your mission? Well, good news! On June 26, 2025, Lever for Change, the Enlight Foundation, and The Patchwork Collective launched the Emerging Climate Champions Award, a $25 million open call offering $1 million each to youth-led climate organizations worldwide. Recognizing that even though today’s youth will bear the burden of the adverse effects of climate change while youth-driven climate solutions receive only a fraction of a fraction of global philanthropic giving, ...
The Royal Society Meeting: Enhanced weathering with agriculture for atmospheric carbon dioxide removal
Event title: Enhanced weathering with agriculture for atmospheric carbon dioxide removal
Date: November 17 - 18, 2025
Location: The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG United Kingdom
Cost: Free
Host organization: The Royal Society
Description: This meeting will discuss advances and uncertainties in terrestrial enhanced weathering, a key carbon dioxide removal strategy for climate change mitigation. Recent discoveries and R&D investment are accelerating the prospect of large-scale EW implementation, but uncertainties remain. The ...
Mati Carbon Wins $50M Grand Prize at XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition
On Earth Day (April 23, 2025), the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition announced that Mati Carbon took home the $50 million grand prize for its enhanced rock weathering program.
Funding the “Missing Middle” – How to Scale Up Climate Solutions
Map of Milkywire Climate Transformation Fund projects
Lithos Carbon founders (from left) Mary Yap, Dr. Chris Reinhard, and Dr. Noah Planavsky (click to enlarge)
The term “missing middle” refers to the funding gap between early-stage innovation and large-scale commercial deployment. While the missing middle concept has become a mainstay in climate conversations – appearing in investment panels, policy discussions, and startup pitch decks – the real-world implications, especially for emerging carbon removal technologies like enhanced rock weathering (ERW), ...
Munash Organics: Innovating Regenerative Gardening and Farming in Australia Through Soil Remineralization
At the heart of Munash Organics’ approach is the concept of soil remineralization: the application of natural, mineral-rich rock powders to restore and revitalize degraded soils.
Two Soil Building Events in Missouri, September and October 2024
First event title: Regenerative Agriculture, Special Soil Building Meeting
Date and time: 6:30pm, Thursday, September 26, 2024
Location: Food Forest Shelter, Columbia Agriculture Park, 1769 W Ash St, Columbia, MO 65203
Event description: Nick Cuchetti, Conservation Agronomist — Certified Crop Advisor Technical Service Provider (NRCS) — will cost share grower expenses to implement Regenerative & Climate-Smart Agriculture practices, materials & methods. This meeting will focus on two NRCS Conservation Practice Standards: #340 Cover Crop and #336 Soil ...
Peter Jackson on Natural Farming, Ecological Resilience, and the Magic of Minerals and Microbes
Over a span of nearly two decades, self-taught natural farmer Peter Jackson has transformed a plot of rural Washington land into a thriving, bountiful forest garden.
When his family first arrived on the land nearly twenty years ago, it contained only a few food-bearing plants: old heirloom apple trees, sickly pear trees, and Chinese plum trees with cherry-sized fruits. Today, the property is home to approximately three hundred fruit and nut trees, as well as assorted berry bushes, and Jackson isn’t finished yet. “I’m trying to get up to about 500 trees on the four ...
Un Verdadero Héroe: Bernardo Castro Medina intensifica sus esfuerzos de remineralización en 2020
Bernardo Castro, agricultor de Sinaloa y presidente de Ecoagro, quien lleva más de 22 años trabajando para generar conciencia a los agricultores sobre la importancia de agricultura ecológica, nos explica como los agricultores ven que en un corto plazo sus sistemas tradicionales de cultivo serán cada vez menos sostenibles debido a su alta dependencia de insumos, por lo que la agricultura orgánica se presenta como una opción interesante. Sin embargo, es fundamental una adecuada fertilidad del suelo para asegurar una producción de calidad, dice Bernardo.
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Una Visita a la Granja de Frutas Orgánicas Regenerativas de André Leu en Queensland
“Cuando Leu compró su granja de 150 acres hace 20 años en la región de Daintree, en el norte de Australia, la tierra se había degradado y la selva tropical nativa había sido destruida. Sabía que la mayor parte de la propiedad valdría mucho más si la devolvía al bosque primario natural, así que eso fue lo que hizo. Hoy, 100 acres han sido devueltos a la selva tropical y él cultiva más de 100 especies diferentes de frutas tropicales en los otros 50 acres ".
–- Anna Lappé, escribiendo para Civil Eats
Se han desarrollado métodos para regenerar ...
