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Geothermal is so hot right now! Hats off to Jamie Beard of Project InnerSpace and the organizers of the first Geothermal House at San Francisco Climate Week. The event showed how this baseload renewable energy source has the potential to be a gamechanger in the energy transition. The free daylong event included an educational VR experience where we learned about next-gen geothermal technologies and virtually traveled to the earth's core, presentations by geothermal startups and funders, and lots of networking opportunities accompanied by great food and drink. And of course-- this cool photobooth where I got the "geothermal rockstar" image of myself shown here. It was a hotbed of geothermal puns 🤓 , education and action-- may it continue to grow along with the movement!

Climate change is displacing Indigenous communities at seven times the rate of the global population and disproportionately affecting biocultural practices. For non-Indigenous people, walking a path of decolonization and indigenization is the work of expanding and protecting the rights and territories of Indigenous nations, preventing any further erosion of their sovereignty and collective authority to engagement, and recognizing them as key climate agents. This entails supporting livelihoods through safeguarding essential Indigenous economic activities, strengthening measures to protect and restore Indigenous languages, cultures, spiritual practices, and sacred sites, as well as epistemic justice, resilient economic development, compliance with Indigenous sovereign nations, and regenerating reciprocal relationships between People and Mother Earth.

What is meant by federal and Indigenous co-stewardship of national lands? Two distinct landscapes in opposite corners of the United States demonstrate what this collaboration can look like. The Northwest Forest Plan, a thirty-year-old landscape management blueprint that covers roughly one-third (24.5 million acres) of the nation’s old-growth forests, is about to get a major update. The US Forest Service convened an advisory committee this year to determine a set of recommendations to address the urgent issues of wildfire and climate change. The result includes 113 recommendations for tribal inclusion, as Indigenous knowledge and perspectives were absent from the original plan. The committee advised the Forest Service to promote Indigenous co-management while respecting tribal sovereignty and treaty rights such as cultural burning and access to vital cultural resources. Meanwhile, down in Florida, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians recently signed a historic agreement with the National Park Service regarding the co-stewardship of Everglades National Park. This partnership establishes cooperative administration of fire and water resources and visitor services at the park. Across the United States, all national parks exist on traditional Indigenous lands, and in some cases, Native communities were directly evicted to create the parks. Do you have a favorite national park? Learn who the original stewards of those lands are and advocate for their rights to co-stewardship. https://lnkd.in/g9dj8Xsb Contributors: Anna Steltenkamp, Project Regeneration Writer-Researcher blickwinkel / Alamy Stock Photo

Seaweed forests, made up of large macroalgae such as kelps and rockweeds, are efficient at storing carbon. Some of it is transported to deep ocean sinks, effectively removing it from the atmosphere. A recent study posited that the protection, restoration, and improved management of kelp and seaweed forests globally could provide mitigation benefits in the range of 36 million tons of CO2, equivalent to the CO2-capturing capacity of over a billion trees. Restoring these forests can bring back vital habitats for diverse marine life, boosting local fisheries while drawing down carbon from the atmosphere. These approaches would benefit fisheries, protect coastal communities, and restore marine dead zones while removing billions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere annually: https://lnkd.in/gRmAatfi Photo Credit: Alex Mustard via naturepl.com