ORFC 2026 8 – 9 Jan
Other species are an essential workforce in the ongoing regulation of the Earth’s global climate and regional weather systems. Plants, microbes, fungi, insects, and animals all have a role to play in local and global temperature regulation, cloud formation, rainfall, wind patterns, and the prevention of flooding, drought, and wildfires. Humans have overlooked this workforce in our historical land management, which has intensified climate change and its local effects. It’s time to recognize that we cannot solve climate change by technological means, unless we bring Life into the equation. Life regulates the climate, and there are simple ways to rapidly cool and rehydrate landscapes, while providing climate resilience and abundant food, water, and shelter for all of life’s essential workers. This interactive session offers tremendous hope and a source of real agency that we can act on immediately.