How Regenerative Agriculture Curbs Climate Change

• 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.

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.

Additional 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

• 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. 
  

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