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A project to reverse climate change

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Help me repair the climate!


We can pull enough carbon out of the atmosphere to bring CO2 levels back to what they were in the 1600’s.


In the middle of so much grief about the state of the world, I feel hope. I’ve been studying climate change and developing an understanding of how to address these problems. There is a different way to look at it: We think of humans as a scourge on this planet, but humans are capable of being agents of ecological repair and rebuilding.


I used to think that CO2 in the atmosphere was just pollution with nowhere to go, but it does have a place it can go:  Soil is the main storage of carbon on land. There are techniques that are already known, understood, and practiced which show us that we can replenish these storages of soil carbon:


Earthworks: ponds, swales, drains, and well-designed roads collect, hold, and infiltrate water, improving the capacity of the soil to support life. These can be aspects of both rural and urban developments.


Vegetation: food forests, perrenial grasses, and oases collect CO2 and make sugars and proteins that are pumped into the soil. These systems can grow food and materials, and create products for market.


Microorganisms: Fungi, bacteria, nemotodes, protozoa, and earthworms can be analyzed and then enhanced through good compost practices. They convert these carbohydrates and proteins into complex long-storage soil organic matter and enhance the growth of the plants.


I’m researching, writing, teaching and hope to someday launch a design firm focused on these techniques, which will grow into a worker-owned cooperative capable of addressing and reversing climate change.


When our country experienced drought and soil-loss in the 1930’s, the government created opportunities for unemployed Americans to dig in and repair the damage. Without that kind of leadership today, we have to figure this out for ourselves.


We will put people to work on earth-repair, in ways that are democratic and collaborative, and at a living wage. We will design productive farms, residences, and urban infrastructure, all that intentionally sequester carbon in rich, fertile, soil.


We need your help to plant the seed and start the World Tree.


My first phase was to do preliminary research and now I feel confident. I've taught workshops, consulted, and taught.


This second phase involves tweeting, teaching, organizing, doing hands-on projects, documenting case students and writing blog entries and articles.


Within 10 years, we need to sequester 420Gt of CO2 in order to stay with in 1.5 degrees of temperature rise and that means a lot of soil needs to be built. So, Over the following year I hope to have moved on a few of of my projects including:


- outlining an action plant for homes, towns, regions, and the world in the form of a book and website.

- having some really good case-studies made.


Help me make this happen.


$5, $10, $20, $100, or $500, whatever you can give is going to help.


Any amount is so appreciated. 


If you donate, I'll keep you up to date on the progress. I'll use a private blog and invite all of those who contribute...


If we collaborate, we can fix the climate crisis in our lifetime. Let's start now!


Please help to spread the word.


Thank you sincerely,

Jordan Fink

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  • Nathan Epstein
    • $20 
    • 2 yrs
  • Fred Rinne
    • $25 
    • 2 yrs
  • Megan Fenwick
    • $10 
    • 3 yrs
  • Amy Brown
    • $50 (Offline)
    • 4 yrs
  • Isabella MacIsaac
    • $38 (Offline)
    • 4 yrs
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Jordan Fink
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Portland, OR

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