The “Soil Story” video is one of many resources by Kiss The Ground. See their Soil Science page, with everything from videos to fact sheets, where they offer a wealth of sources on the power and science of soil.
In “Soil Carbon Sequestration and the Soil Food Web,” Dr. Elaine Ingham describes the wondrous invisible world in the soil and explains how regenerating soil can help heal climate chaos by sequestering carbon. For more on her description what makes up the soil food web, watch “What is the Soil Food Web?”
More Soil and Ecosystem Resources
- New York Times interactive “Meet the Peat; Unsung Heroes of Carbon Capture” about the value of peatlands for climate stability and historical information.
- Dr. Christine Jones is a leading soil scientist, microbiologist and aggregator of the most recent research on soil health. Check out this video playlist for deeper dives on carbon farming, cover cropping and working with soil biodiversity: Future of Agriculture for Ecosystems and Human Health
- The Native Plant Trust, based in Framingham MA is a wonderful resource in support of ecological gardening. They provide education, grow native plants for sale and consult on conservation projects to restore ecosystems.
- Rick Baruc and Deb Habib at Seeds of Solidarity have some great programs for the community For school gardening programs https://seedsofsolidarity.org/school-programs/, https://seedsofsolidarity.org/grow-food-everywhere-for-health-and-justice/, https://seedsofsolidarity.org/workshops-and-events/
- Biodiversity for a Livable Planet is a Cambridge MA-based organization that hosts conferences on ecosystem restoration to reverse global warming. View their list of actions for people to perform right now at their solutions page: https://bio4climate.org/solutions/, then find their conference recordings at their home page: https://bio4climate.org/.
- Doug Tallamy’s HomeGrownNationalPark
- Grow Native Massachusetts, home of the Massachusetts Pollinator Network
- Disruptions to the water cycle are “deeply intertwined” with climate change, according to a report of the Global Commission on the Economics of water, released in October 2024. Their interactive website highlights the water cycle, and differentiates between “blue water,” the liquid water in lakes, rivers and aquifers, and “green water,” the moisture stored in soils and plants. While the supply of green water has long been overlooked, it is just as important to the water cycle, the report says, as it returns to the atmosphere when plants release water vapor, generating about half of all rainfall over land.