Restore land together

Restoration lasts when it's shared. A project that leans on one person is fragile. A handful of people who know the site, know the plan, and show up, that is what carries the work through the hard seasons and the years. This is the community half of the Path, where individual practice becomes something that outlives you.

Start something where you are

You do not need permission or a title to begin. Find a piece of ground, a community garden, a schoolyard, a degraded lot, a stream bank, and gather two or three people who will tend it with you. The Community Restoration Toolkit walks you through it, from the first conversation to a project that lasts: reading the site, choosing species, building the team, and keeping a record.

Join the wider network

You are not doing this alone. Ecosystem Restoration Communities connects restoration sites in dozens of countries, welcomes volunteers with no experience, and will put your site on a global map of the work. It is one of the most useful doorways into doing this with others. Find it at erc.earth.

Find people and projects

Come to the live sessions

Twice a month we gather online. First Wednesday, from the field at Tsunul. Third Wednesday, questions from wherever you are. Bring your site, your plan, your stuck points. Comparing notes across different ground is where the learning compounds. Details are on the Path and at planethealers.org.

Ask a question

Questions come up between the live sessions. Bring them to Planet Healers Field Notes, the Substack, where I answer them in the comments and in chat. It's free to subscribe and you'll get new field notes as they're written.

Record what you build

As you start a group, commit to a site, engage a landowner, or reach a milestone, log it on the Path under Building. Watching those acts add up is how a project becomes a practice, and how you remember how far you have come.

You are already part of something larger. Welcome.