Gabrielle Bastien - Introduction of the 2017 Living Soils Symposium: Soil as a Solution

Gabrielle’s interest for living soils and their tremendous carbon storage potential stems from her Master’s degree in Sustainability and Environmental Management at Harvard University. Learning about the possibility to restore degraded land into productive landscapes triggered a curiosity towards practices that regenerate soil health, in particular in agricultural systems. In wanting to untangle the feasibility of certain sustainable agricultural movements in our current economic market, Gabrielle focused her Master’s thesis on the economic viability of permaculture-inspired farms in Quebec. During her degree in Boston, Gabrielle helped organize conferences on restoring ecosystems to reverse global warming with Biodiversity for a Livable Climate. She recently founded Regeneration Canada, an nonprofit that will facilitate the implementation of regenerative practices through education, events and on-the-ground agroforestry projects.