Our Mission - Vision
We are a collection of people who are dedicated to the vision of a thriving, robust, healthy Earth. We have a whole systems approach to everything we do. Reveling in the new understanding, that was first articulated by James Lovelock, that our Earth is ALIVE, we are committed to engaging with that life, celebrating that life, and supporting that life, in everything we do.
Our Inspiration
Having been concerned about climate change for decades, I was overjoyed to discover that there IS something we – normal people, can do to address the major effect – heat! The focus on Carbon and getting it out of the air and into the ground has not proved to be empowering, nor successful. The research by Anastassia Makarieva and V. G. Gorshkov in which she named the biotic pump as the system that naturally cooled the Earth, gave me inspiration.
Carbon is all about not getting hotter – a good idea. But the biotic pump is all about cooling, a much better idea, in my view. Not only that, it is something that we all can contribute to. It also something, as practiced in real life, that begins to change how we see and interact with the planet. We all lament that things need to change, that we need to be ‘different’ but that difference is rarely mentioned or clarified. Working with the biotic pump, to strengthen it, shifts our understanding and our behavior in ways that actually work with natural processes, with the Earth herself, to make the change that nature is working to make, herself.
We offer education and consulting to help residents and cities discover ways they can begin to reignite the living systems around them so that they thrive. As a Rethink Tank TM we offer the opportunity to rethink how we are living on this planet by considering options that are more closely aligned with nature. Understanding the natural system means we can work with it to help cool our tiny part of the Earth. Here is Soil Smart – Soil Wise’s strategy to do just that:
Carbon is all about not getting hotter – a good idea. But the biotic pump is all about cooling, a much better idea, in my view. Not only that, it is something that we all can contribute to. It also something, as practiced in real life, that begins to change how we see and interact with the planet. We all lament that things need to change, that we need to be ‘different’ but that difference is rarely mentioned or clarified. Working with the biotic pump, to strengthen it, shifts our understanding and our behavior in ways that actually work with natural processes, with the Earth herself, to make the change that nature is working to make, herself.
We offer education and consulting to help residents and cities discover ways they can begin to reignite the living systems around them so that they thrive. As a Rethink Tank TM we offer the opportunity to rethink how we are living on this planet by considering options that are more closely aligned with nature. Understanding the natural system means we can work with it to help cool our tiny part of the Earth. Here is Soil Smart – Soil Wise’s strategy to do just that:
Each of these steps is something that any landowner can do, and soil health is something that even renters can do. We are here to help, Please, join us!
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Our Services
In taking a whole systems approach, we work with city and municipal governments to create the conditions that allow for a thriving and regenerative living and working space for businesses and residents.
We work with residents to regain their agency in dealing with the volatile and changing weather through community. It is from citizen engagement that functional and long-term solutions can be implemented in the spirit of Seven generations, inspired by indigenous wisdom.
We work with developers to design land and build in ways that support a thriving, vibrant living system for humans to inhabit. Building sustainable regenerative communities can be done for the same cost or less than conventional development - let us share how to do this.
We work with regenerative agriculture to regenerate the foundation of all life, soil, so that we may have clean water and healthy food.
We work with residents to regain their agency in dealing with the volatile and changing weather through community. It is from citizen engagement that functional and long-term solutions can be implemented in the spirit of Seven generations, inspired by indigenous wisdom.
We work with developers to design land and build in ways that support a thriving, vibrant living system for humans to inhabit. Building sustainable regenerative communities can be done for the same cost or less than conventional development - let us share how to do this.
We work with regenerative agriculture to regenerate the foundation of all life, soil, so that we may have clean water and healthy food.
We Are
Soil Smart - Soil Wise is a fiscally sponsored project of Inquiring Systems, Inc. EIN: 94-2524840
Our Growth
Expertise needed in:
- Soil Health
- Biochar
- Regenerative Landscape Design
- Regenerative Agriculture
- Original Plants - Native Species
- Science
- Politics
- Our Board
- Our policy initiatives
- Strengthening our community
- Managing
Revealing to humans the agency we have to help LIFE thrive here on Earth by revitalizing the cities we already live in.