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How Regenerative Agriculture Curbs Climate Change
Provided by: Ecosia |Published on: April 27, 2021
Videos Grades 6-8, 9-12
Synopsis
- 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.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: Ecosia
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
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.
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 & Implementation
- 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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About the Partner Provider
Ecosia
Ecosia is the search engine that plants trees with its ads revenue. They have a YouTube Channel that has educational content as well to further their mission: to regenerate degraded landscapes, support rural communities and establish climate justice, one tree at a time.
All resources can be used for your educational purposes with proper attribution to the content provider.
