Climate Parks
A climate park is a fully inclusive, integrated biospheric program for any given site that ensures sustainability on all levels. The climate park model meets and surpasses all social, economic, environmental, architectural and agro-ecological international standards. It is self sufficient in terms of energy, water and food security and is economically sustainable.
What is a Climate Park?
Climate parks are self-sustaining systems that generate their own energy, harvest and clean their own water and produce their own food. The Climate Park model includes the construction of sustainable housing and community buildings, such as classrooms and clinics. A great deal of care is taken to ensure that these structures are designed with the highest thermal efficiencies and natural lighting principles possible. Material selection is scrutinised in terms of toxicity and environmentally responsible resourcing. All Climate Parks have strict zero-waste policies in place. Climate parks are models, not only for community-based social responsibility programs, but also for how food-security and community health are best addressed in one fully-integrated system.
A working Climate Park in action
Global Green Board Member, Bjorn Heyerdahl, explains the surprising way cattle are regenerating the land at the in climate park in The Free State, South Africa. Animal husbandry is utilized to reinvigorate the landscape and improve soil health.
“Through guidance and appropriate management, [cattle] are helping regenerate this entire biosphere and all its systems of life.”
Global Green designs and delivers Climate Parks
scalable models of sustainable development that address:
Biodiversity
- Healthy soils
- Rehabilitation of local natural ecosystems
- Sustainable materials
Food security
- Agriculture
- Aquaculture
Water security
- Purity of water supply
- Water cycle balance
Waste management
- Organic waste treatment and reuse
- Waste water treatment and reuse
- Policies and strategies from procurement to disposal
Climate change adaptation
- Coastal and riparian vulnerability
- Urban heat island
- Urban flood risk
Climate change mitigation
- Carbon sequestration
- Energy efficiency
- Cost effective clean energy
Community
- Community engagement and ownership
- Healthy food and water
- Beautiful natural and built spaces
Education and awareness
- Immersive experiences for all ages
Socio-economic development
- Meaningful work
- Sustainable eco-tourism
- Circular economy
- Carbon credits
August 4, 2019
Problem: Humans and nature do not currently work in sync with each other. We destroy land, habitats, and will eventually irreparably damage our Earth if we […]
August 24, 2020
The integral sustainability model provides a functional, balanced, self-supporting and living system, where every part works to the benefit of everything else.
September 30, 2020
Global Green USA and the City of Ojai announces the first and only Climate Park in the United States
An eight-acre Climate Park to address the growing impact of climate change OJAI, California, September 15, 2020 Leading global environmental non-profit Global Green, together with the […]