Soil Care is Climate Repair
Watch siblings Alex (12), Adrian (12) and Athena (10) explain the connection between healthy soil and climate change mitigation!
Pesticides Cause Widespread Harm to Soil Health
New study reviews pesticide impacts on soil, finds harm to soil invertebrates in 71% of cases. Herbicides and fungicides are especially detrimental to earthworms, nematodes and springtails.
New Resources on Soil Invertebrates from the Xerces Society
New handbook and webinar series focusses on the diverse, often overlooked, and yet essential major invertebrates found in temperate agricultural soils.
Make Compost, not Garbage
On this Earth Day 2021, learn how to make great compost in a small space without investing a lot of work or money. Keep it simple. Keep it inexpensive. Make it rewarding, and even fun!
Make soil!
MakeSoil is a nonprofit online platform that matches ‘Soil Makers’ (people who compost) with nearby ‘Soil Supporters’ (people who contribute scraps).