Soil: Essential and… Sexy?
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Join us this week to get down and dirty in the world of SOIL, dirtiness, earthworms, and carbon being burped from our land when we don’t look after it. Soil is important for food production, for water storage and filtering, for improving both our own and our ecosystems’ resilience to climate change, AND HEALTHY SOILS STORE HEAPS OF CARBON. What can we do to a) make soil sexy and b) save our soils? Listen now to find out…   Documentaries/movies recommended in this episode:   Fantastic Fungi https://fantasticfungi.com/  Fantastic Fungi (Netflix) https://www.netflix.com/title/81183477  Kiss The Ground https://kissthegroundmovie.com/  Kiss The Ground (Netflix) https://www.netflix.com/title/81321999?s=i&trkid=13752289%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0  Biggest Little Farm https://www.biggestlittlefarmmovie.com Biggest Little Farm (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Biggest-Little-Farm-John-Chester/dp/B07R4CFF3M      Also, check out The Soil Association for more great information about the importance of our soil: https://www.soilassociation.org/    Great Ted Talk about soil carbon and global desertification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pI    Enjoyed the episode? Got an idea for another topic? Just want to say Hi? Get in touch with us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter or by email [email protected]. Oh, and please subscribe and leave us a lovely 5- star review!   ** This episode is sponsored by Animall Tea, the wonderful specialty, organic tea company which uses its profits to support conservation projects. Get, 15% off your first order of Animall Tea (which, by the way, is totally delicious) if you visit www.animalltea.com and use code EARTH at checkout. You'll also get a neat little original piece of artwork with your order. **  
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