This looks interesting and fits into my new year of improving my soil and permaculture. Am finding more worms!
Happy New Year – 2015 is the International Year of Soils!
The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2015 the International Year of Soils (IYS)….
The IYS 2015 aims to increase awareness and understanding of the importance of soil for food security and essential ecosystem functions.
— Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Healthy Soils for a Healthy Life
From food production to climate change, healthy soils are vital to life on this planet. The 2015 International Year of Soils aims to heighten awareness of our dependence on soil and to protect the soils of our Earth.
The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth
Soil/earth/land has inspired passion and poetry… for a reason. Let’s keep our soils vital and healthy. Watch and share this beautiful video about soils.
William Bryant Logan said that ‘soil is the ecstatic skin of the Earth.’ Living, life-giving, complex, misunderstood, so mysterious, the connector, the protector, the…
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Had no idea there was such a thing as a year for soils. Good to know as I’m always fiddling around with my different plants and the best soil for them.
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I guess these days there’s a year for everything but at least it makes a focus for the foundation of all our growing and wild habitats.
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I remember in Horticulture Therapy, the Intern always said, “This is not dirt! It is soil people! 🙂 I love soil too!
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Wow! I LOVED that video! Thanks for sharing that!
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