Terraformation

Young people in Tuvalu want to restore coral reefs and protect the ocean they call home. But first, they need economic stability. In our latest episode of The Understory, Zainab Bie🐝 of Equal Right explains how unconditional cash transfers and lump-sum support helps young climate defenders focus on their work instead of worrying about making ends meet or waiting for outside experts. Effective climate finance isn't just about funding. It's about getting resources directly into the hands of the people closest to the challenge and trusting them to lead. Dive deeper into the episode: The Frontline Generation, featuring Samrah Khan of Climate Cardinals, Sweta Chakraborty, PhD of We Don't Have Time, and Terraformation President Jad Daley. 🎙️Watch the episode: https://refore.st/4wCFWXo 🎧 Subscribe to The Understory podcast: https://refore.st/4aIx61G #ClimateFinance #ClimateJustice #ClimateSolutions

Healthy forests and thriving communities grow together. 💚 When we partnered with the Mushullakta community and Humans for Abundance five years ago, we were excited to lay the foundation for a native restoration project in the Ecuadorian Amazon. As the project took shape, the community shared another priority: their children needed a school closer to home. Together with Humans for Abundance and El Sauce School, that vision took shape alongside the restoration effort. Today, the community is celebrating the first graduates of the Children of the Living Forest School, where students learn academics alongside Kichwa culture and forest stewardship. We're grateful to have been one partner in this journey. This milestone reflects the leadership of the Mushullakta community, alongside Humans for Abundance, El Sauce School, and the local teams whose dedication brought that shared vision to life. Congratulations to everyone who made this possible — especially new grads, Evelyn and Janela! 🌱 Learn more about Humans for Abundance and support their mission: https://lnkd.in/e7jvcSKH

📣 Join us at our Reforest the Future Summit at #ClimateWeekNYC! 🌳 On September 22, practitioners, funders, community leaders, and Indigenous voices will come together to tackle a key question: How do we accelerate the pace and scale of reforestation? We'll focus on three key levers that move restoration forward: 💲 Who Pays for a Forest? | Finance Investment models, blended finance, and how capital structures can move restoration from a concept to funded and delivering on the ground. 📲 How Do We Build Forests That Last? | Tools, Tech, & Training Seed systems, project deployment, monitoring technology, and the training pipelines needed to build capacity. 🌏 Who Are Forests For? | Communities Indigenous leadership, community ownership, and what it takes to make restoration equitable, locally rooted, and enduring. Expect candid conversation, diverse perspectives, to work through challenges, and to leave with a clearer path forward. This is an invite-only event and space is limited. 👉 Register now: https://refore.st/4f4a3B6 #Reforestation #NatureBasedSolutions Climate Group

Our Head of Product Marketing Calea Stiles reported live from London Climate Action Week, where record-breaking heat (topping 100°F) forced organizers to cancel an extreme heat summit. It was a stark reminder of how urgent climate action has become. The bigger theme running through the week's conversations: we can no longer operate in an extractivist economy that values what we take from nature more than nature staying alive. Financial professionals, economists, and accountants at the London Stock Exchange and Reset Connect are already proposing solutions for how to value nature differently, while youth climate activists, women, and Indigenous leaders from the Global South traveled to London to make sure their voices were part of the conversation. Read our hot takes on our blog: https://refore.st/4wt2kSK #LCAW #LCAW2026 #ClimateSolutions

The hottest June temperature ever recorded in the UK. Pavement hitting 134 degrees. A panel on extreme heat cancelled due to extreme heat. At this year’s London Climate Action Week, the irony was not lost on anyone. Our team spent the week advocating for native reforestation (aka nature’s air conditioning) and exploring how we can stop extracting from nature and start investing in it. Calea Stiles wrote up everything we heard, learned, and are still thinking about. Five days, three hosted events, and one central question: what’s blocking restoration at scale and how can we solve it? Read “Hot Takes from a Record-Hot London: Climate Action Week 2026”: https://refore.st/4wt2kSK

Youth climate organizations are seen as risky because young people speak truth to power. So let's talk risk tolerance: Are we willing to go where it's necessary—or only where it's safe? In our newest episode of The Understory, hosts Sweta Chakraborty, PhD and Jad Daley speak with Samrah Khan of Climate Cardinals and Zainab Bie🐝 of Equal Right about who holds power in the climate movement—and what happens when resources go directly to the people closest to the crisis. The inequities are hard to ignore: • 90% of climate science is published in English. 80% of the world doesn't speak it. • Half the world is under 30, but less than 1% of climate philanthropy goes to youth-led organizations. • The people closest to the climate crisis are the least funded and resourced to respond to it. Climate Cardinals and Equal Right shows what's possible: • Translating climate science into 105+ languages so more people can access the knowledge they need. • Pioneering unconditional cash transfers so communities can decide what solutions work best for them. Recorded live at London Climate Action Week, this episode of The Understory explores how the next generation is reshaping climate leadership. 🎙️ Watch the episode: https://refore.st/4wCFWXo 🎧 Subscribe to The Understory podcast: https://refore.st/4aIx61G   #ClimateFinance #ClimateJustice #ClimateSolutions

Sometimes getting to a project site means crossing a raging river on an abandoned rail line, powered by none other than a rigged-up motorcycle. All in the name of restoration. Follow Diana Castillo Diaz, our Restoration Ecologist, as she walks you through what it takes to reach our planting sites near La Dorada, Andean region of Colombia. Because getting the trees in the ground is only half the story. Learn more about Sembrando Futuro 2.0: https://refore.st/4wQ2C6D #Reforestation #Colombia #ARR #CarbonRemoval Fundación Grupo Argos ____ El camino hacia La Dorada: la restauración empieza mucho antes de sembrar el primer árbol. Acompaña a Diana Castillo Díaz, especialista en restauración ecológica, en su camino hacia uno de nuestros sitios de restauración cerca de La Dorada, en la región Andina de Colombia. Acceder a este sitio implica cruzar el río La Miel, un afluente del río Magdalena, en motorodillo o balinera: un carro artesanal que se mueve sobre antiguos rieles y es impulsado por una motocicleta adaptada. En muchos casos, este es el único medio posible para transportar al personal, sus herramientas y el equipo de campo hacia zonas remotas donde no llegan las vías convencionales. Este recorrido nos recuerda que la restauración no se trata únicamente de sembrar árboles. También implica trabajar junto a equipos locales, superar retos de acceso, entender el territorio y llegar a los lugares donde la restauración de bosques nativos es más necesaria. Porque la siembra es solo una parte de la historia.

Are you ready to keep it real? Let me explain why I hope you will follow The Understory podcast as part of a shared commitment to an authentic environmental movement. Flying back from a very strong London Climate Action Week that was unusually long on authentic dialogue, I am committed to help create a “post-performative” era of engagement that channels our energies to shared innovation and breakthroughs instead of impressing our peers and chasing funding. That’s where The Understory podcast comes in. I am a lifelong geek for radio and now podcasts as a powerful medium to go deep on complicated topics. So it is a dream to now co-host The Understory podcast with Sweta Chakraborty, PhD of We Don't Have Time as a safe space to say the quiet part out loud about where our movement needs to do better. My friends & colleagues know I have never been shy about calling out our shortcomings and fallacies! Each episode is targeted at persistent challenges, from community engagement and performative differentiation to finance solutions that are always “just around the corner”. We feature authentic guests who are as ready to talk about what they learned by failure as celebrating their successes. You in? Show follows/shares appreciated and show/guest ideas by DM are welcome! Terraformation