Biospheric Solutionism — working with bio/eco reality
Just launched a Substack
I’m giving Substack a try and wanted to share the important thoughts from my “first post” there, here.
Announcing “Biospheric Solutionism”
In 2014, when I started BioIntegrity, I had no idea I’d end up studying how forests make rain and move it over large landscapes. But once I learned the basics of that science, I became convinced we modern humans are supposed to use that knowledge to prevent catastrophic drought and fires when needed. By 2020, it was clear the need is now.
Back in 2017, when I first read “The Amazon makes its own rain,” I certainly didn’t imagine I’d be telling the world a few years later that “rainmaking with trees is easy.” But after reading everything I could find on how organisms and ecosystems move moisture — through our bodies, through the air, over landscapes, and underground — here’s what I want you to know.
Biospheric Solutionism is rooted in observable bio-behavioral, bio-physical, bio-factual reality. Every living system — from microbes to human bodies to Earth’s planetary biosphere, forms and persists because of its ability to self-manage and share water.
All living things circulate water to survive and thrive. With enough living components on a landscape, even small amounts of moisture can be circulated throughout an entire ecosystem, improving everything and energizing more systemic moisture-sharing and generation.
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Hydrated, living landscapes don’t just create “microclimates.” They create macroclimate — beneficial weather. Forests are best at this. But today, many landscapes are dehydrated and fragmented. Gently reversing their dehydration is immensely beneficial because living things flourish when hydrated, and they naturally share moisture throughout their bio/eco-systems. These are the basics of Strategic Watering.
Forests are best creating beneficial macroclimate. Why? When forests share their moisture, they can attract and catalyze precipitation.
So what is my new Substack?
Biospheric Solutionism is where I’ll be sharing the deeper story behind my work: field science, evidence, methods, counterfactuals, adventures, and worldviews forming through hands-on experimentation in some of North America’s driest forests.
Houston, we have a solution
My goal is the opposite of doom or despair. My work actually shows, clearly and consistently, that people can make forests and landscapes safer and healthier right now with slow-tech, nature-based, field-tested, biospheric rehydration — meaning life systems-centric. Over the next few months I’ll be sharing more on all this: over there on Substack.
We don’t need to wait big institutions or big money. (We have the biosphere on our side. See first half of this post.)
- We can reduce and eliminate drought stress and wildfires.
- We can protect old-growth and everything outdoors.
- We can reverse the uptick in extreme wildfire and destructive weather.
- We can hydrate whole landscapes efficiently.
- We can change now, for the better.
Please do read the rest/Check out my Substack: http://substack.com/@realchrissearles
Thanks!
