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Climate Water Project

How we can restore our water cycles. A look at rain, groundwater, the small water cycle, how we can hydrate our landscapes.

Typical length: 1 hr 15 min
Language: English

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1 hr 10 min
Animals regulate land, water and climate : ecologist and wildlife consultant Simon Mustoe
For more info see https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/animals-regulate-water-land-and-climate
1 hr 13 min
Activating a global network of water restorers and advocates : Zach Weiss
Zach Weiss launched an education and community platform Water Stories which trains people to restore water cycles via earthworks, soil restoration, and ecosystem restoration. Central is the idea of retention ponds and terraces which help slow water and help it seep into the aqufers below so the ecosystem has year round access to water. The education trains students to learn the art, find and take on clients. It also trains people to advocate for water cycle restoration. For more see https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/activating-a-global-network-of-water
53 min
Rewilding, beavers, and water restoration :Derek Gow
https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/rewilding-beavers-and-water-restoration
1 hr 16 min
Insurance and supply chains-the secret levers to restore water : Stephanie Betts
To restore water, shift to regenerative ag: to shift the world to regenerative ag, redo global supply chains https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/supply-chains-and-insurance-the-secret
1 hr 14 min
Precipitationsheds and the socio-economics of rain: Patrick Keys
Patrick Keys, a professor at Boston University, studies the sources and sinks of rain in the moisture recycling process (aka small water cycle). He looks at how they are embedded in socio-economic systems.
1 hr 50 min
The big groundwater crisis - food, water, pollution, and social unrest : John Cherry
John Cherry won the Stockholm Water Prize, known as the ‘Nobel’ of water, which is awarded in conjunction with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the same institution behind the Nobel Prize itself. He wrote the seminal Groundwater textbook that shaped our modern understanding of groundwater hydrology. He pioneered the field of groundwater contamination.
52 min
The planetary boundaries of green water : Lan Wang-Erlandsson
Lan Wang-Erlandsson is a researcher studying moisture recycling aka small water cycle. She focuses on the large-scale interactions between land, water, and climate, and their implications for social-ecological and Earth system resilience. She has conducted work on the planetary boundaries of green water, helped society understand moisture recycling as an ecosystem service, and collaborated with the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) on reports examining how moisture recycling intersects with the future of agriculture. For more info…
58 min
The Forest-Water Connection : ecologist Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil is an ecologist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He has worked on questions of how forests affect watersheds, how to restore and conserve forests, and also helped clarify explanations of the Biotic Pump. For more info https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/the-forest-water-connection-ecologist . You can help support this podcast by becoming a subscriber of the Climate Water Project newsletter .
1 hr 15 min
Making the map of the small water cycle : Ruud van der Ent
Dr. van der Ent is a hydrologist who made a global map of the small water cycle, showing what percentage of the evapotranspiration turns back into rainfall on the same continent. For written article https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/making-the-map-of-the-small-water
1 hr 8 min
'Our Blue World' documentary : Paul O'Callaghan
A wonderful new documentary, Our Blue World , is out, and it offers a panoramic exploration of how communities across the globe are learning to live in greater harmony with water. The film highlights a wide range of innovative and traditional practices—from China’s sponge city initiative, to New Zealand’s recognition of the Whanganui River as a legal person, to the ancient Peruvian techniques for guiding water into mountains so it reemerges as springs. It also delves into the Biosphere 2 project, where twelve people lived in a sealed dome for two years and had to rely on constructed wetlands…
1 hr
Putting rocks into rivers to lessen drought-fire-flood : Laura Norman, physical scientist
Laura Norman is a physical scientist with the USGS. Doing hydrological modelling of slow water. https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/putting-rocks-in-rivers-to-lessen
1 hr 31 min
Natural Sequence Farming : Stuart Andrews
The five principles of Natural Sequence Farming (NSF) are: 1) Slow the Flow: Emphasizing the importance of slowing down water flow to allow infiltration into the soil. 2) Let All Plants Grow: Promoting plant diversity and allowing natural regeneration of the landscape. 3) Careful Where the Animals Go: Integrating livestock management with the natural sequence of the landscape. 4) Filtration is a Must Know: Understanding the role of natural filtration systems in purifying water. 5) Return to the Top to Recycle the Lot: Recycling nutrients and resources by returning waste products to the top…
1 hr 35 min
The Art of Water : Charlotte Qin
Charlotte Qin in an artist of water. She paints the fluid flow of water in its different forms, and she does reciprocal performances about water, where she interacts with the audience, as they connect with the water. For more info https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/the-art-of-water-charlotte-qin . You can support this work by becoming a paid subscriber of the Climate Water Project newsletter.
1 hr 24 min
Plants drink water from the air: hydrologist Sieger Burger interview
In this interview, we talk about a wide range of topics in hydrology, including how plants drink water from the air in a process called foliar water uptake. Article is at https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/plants-drink-water-from-the-air-hydrologist
1 hr 35 min
The Water Solution - A plan to lessen LA & California fires : with Didi Pershouse
Rehydrating Los Angeles and its surrounding areas can help lessen fires. For more see climatewaterproject.substack.com
1 hr 58 min
How can we restore bioregions? Willem Ferwerda
A participatory approach to restore bioregions. Commonland is an organization that helps facilitate multistakeholders to come together to look at how to restore the land, ecosystem, and water. It works to bring farmers, businesses, NGOs, local government, and academics together in a collaborative approach. They work to restore 100000 +hectares in a bioregion. An interview of the Climate Water Project Commonland (2024) The 4 Returns Framework in Practice: A guidebook for holistic landscape restoration https://4returns.commonland.com/lesson/introduction/ El marco de los 4 retornos en la…
1 hr 28 min
Absorbing rains to bring landscapes back to life : Neal Spackman
Neal Spackman discusses his project that restored desert lands in Saudi Arabia, his work with the Great Green Wall of Africa, and eco and water restoration ideas for Spain. https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/absorbing-rains-to-bring-landscapes
54 min
Regenerating a farm and a semi-arid region : Silvia Quarta
La Junquera is a farm on a windswept plateau in southeastern Spain. www.lajunquera.com/ . Its part of a collective of farms and businesses called Alvelal that is working to regenerate the region. https://alvelal.es/ . For more info and transcript https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/regenerating-a-farm-and-a-semi-arid
1 hr 19 min
Regenerative tourism and regenerative water: Anna Pollock
Anna Pollock has played a significant role in launching the regenerative tourism movement. For more info see https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/how-eco-tourism-can-help-the-regenerative and http://www.conscious.travel/
1 hr 19 min
The Joy of Restoring Water Cycles : Nick Steiner
Nick Steiner is a water management consultant at PermaNick , and works at Water Stories , which trains people in the ways of water management. For the essay on this podcast see Climate Water Project
1 hr 36 min
Investing in water and regenerative agriculture : Koen van Seijen
Koen van Seijen is the host of the "Investing in regenerative agriculture and food" podcast, and also manager at Toniic, an impact investment organization. We discuss various ways of funding the regenerative agriculture as well as the regenerative water movement. for interview also see the Climate Water Project Newsletter . The "Investing in regenerative agriculture and food" podcast page is here . You can support this podcast by subscribing to the Climate Water Project newsletter, or on Patreon
1 hr 16 min
Beaverland - Leila Philip
Beavers a keystone species. Bringing them back can help us restore wetlands, rivers, biodiversity, and climate. For article https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/beaverland-interview-with-author . Leila Philip's website https://www.leilaphilip.com/
1 hr 7 min
Maladaptations in the time of water crisis : Robert Miller
Stephen Robert Miller is the author of "Over the Seawall", where he looks at the unintended consequences of our water infrastructures, and when they backfire. His book describes humans attempts to control water scarcity, droughts, floods, and tsunamis, and how these attempts can worsen the situation. His website is stephenrobertmiller.com . You can read the article on this work at the Climate Water Project at https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/maladaptations-in-the-time-of-water
1 hr 26 min
Slowing our waters : Erica Gies
An interview with Erica Gies, author of "Water Always Wins" and writer for New York Times, National Geographic, Scientific American and Nature. She discusses how our current 'grey infrastructure' solutions to floods and droughts, may cause more problems than they solve. Instead she proposes 'green infrastructure', nature-based solutions. She discusses the importance of not destroying the natural ability of the landscape to hold moisture, in order not to increase possibility of wildfires. For more info and newsletter climatewaterproject.substack.com
1 hr 15 min
Bread and Museums : A dialog with Didi Pershouse
From restoring peoples health to restoring the earth health, Didi Pershouse, brings her sweetness and wisdom to help heal humans and Gaia. She is the author of “Understanding soil health and watershed function”, and teaches ecological knowledge through her Land and Leadership Initiative. In conjunction with Walter Jehne, she has facilitated numerous water projects around the world. Didi Pershouse is landandleadership.org The Climate Water Project is at climatewaterproject.substack.com This is a newsletter you can subscribe to. Instagram.com/climatewaterproject
1 hr 7 min
Halting our drought-fire-flood path to desertification: Zach Weiss
Zach Weiss is a land and water manager that helps restore the water cycle on our land. He also teaches a course to train people in water restoration. For the essay interview see here . For a link to his water course see here Newsletter: climatewaterproject.substack.com
1 hr 3 min
India's Regenerative Water Movement : Andrew Millison
Andrew Millison is one of the world's most known permaculture teachers. He travelled to India to document what he calls the worlds largest permaculture project, where 8000 villagers participated to build earthworks and reforest the land, which restored the water cycle to help the crops grow, and also brought back the rain. For accompanying article to this podcast https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/indias-regenerative-water-movement Time stamps for podcast: 1:10 Learning about water Arizona. Curb cut idea of Brad Lancaster 6:15 Teaching permaculture and water at Oregon State…
1 hr 2 min
How to turn deserts into grasslands : Rodger Savory
Rodger Savory is an ecologist, land manager, and ranch owner who worked in his Holistic Management, the ecorestoration movement his dad Alan Savory started. He set himself the goal of figuring out how to turn deserts into grasslands. His website is www.fixdeserts.com The article that goes with this podcast is at https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/cows-chickens-microbes-and-fungi
46 min
Animals are helping our water cycle : Judith Schwartz
Judith Schwartz, author of "Water in Plain Sight" joins us to discuss how animals affect the water cycle. Her website is judithschwartz.com Our website is climatewaterproject.substack.com and instagram.com/climatewaterproject

About Climate Water Project

How we can restore our water cycles. A look at rain, groundwater, the small water cycle, how we can hydrate our landscapes.

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Language: English
Category: Tech & Science
Typical length: 1 hr 15 min
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