SOIL CARBON COALITION Information

A different kind of science is needed, based on shared evidence, open participation, specific locations and situations, and on learning to manage wholes consisting of people, land, the work of all species, and money. Our principal project is the Soil Carbon Challenge, an international "competition" to see how fast land managers can turn atmospheric carbon into water-holding, fertility-enhancing soil carbon. Peter has been touring the continent since 2011 in a converted school bus, doing soil sampling and monitoring on land managed by interested and committed people. Building on the Challenge, we are facilitating community involvement in measuring, monitoring with the Atlas of Biological Work--an open-source platform or framework for facilitating shared, local intelligences on soil health and landscape function, based on wider participation and shared evidence. We think the opportunity for increasing carbon and water in the soil is huge, and will help drive improvement in social and economic conditions as well as enhance biodiversity and ecological resiliency. We also offer a participatory workshop as well as a residency for communities interested in organizing their own assets and resources toward this kind of shared intelligence. Board members: