Episode 6 - Unearthed
Host, producer: Richard Tufton
Co-host, producer: Claire Mackenzie
Editor: Meg Chatham
In the episode we are finally bringing us all back down to earth
ANDY NEAL :
Andy is a Soil Microbiologist at Rothamsted Research. He is interested in understanding the feedback between plant primary productivity, soil structure and soil microbial metabolism
Twitter @microbass1
Research papers:
ANDIE MARSH is a soil health specialist, science communicator, and founder of Rhizos LLC - a Soil Food Web certified lab. More than that, she is a human building relationship with land in a suburban context.
Website:
https://www.rhizos.science/
@soilissexy insta
Soil is Sexy is the newsletter Carefully crafted accounts of the wonders beneath our feet, plus insights from a woman building a career in soil health - that’s me, Andie!
RAY ARCHULETA - Ray’s mission is to teach a framework of ecological and spiritual renewal
Ray the soil Guy
Film: https://kissthegroundmovie.com/
KAREN JOHNSON is a professor in the Department of Engineering, University of Durham
She is all about rebuilding soils for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Resources/Papers:
Royal Society Rosalind Franklin lecture on soil health and the Embracing our wastes video. Xiao, K-Q, et al. (2023) Introducing the soil mineral carbon pump. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. You can also watch our animations about soil exploring the links between soil degradation and flooding +links between soil health (SDG15) and climate change (SDG13)
A nation that rebuilds its soils rebuilds itself - an engineer's perspective and watch our COP26 video https://vimeo.com/639855822
Sponsored by Fielden:
The discount code is SOIL10 and gives 10% off all whisky on fielden.com.
Six Inches of Soil film - find links here to watch it: https://www.sixinchesofsoil.org/
Six Inches of Soil book: https://www.sixinchesofsoil.org/book
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