The Soil Will Save Us
How Scientists, Farmers, and Ranchers Are Tending the Soil to Reverse Global Warming
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Narrated by:
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Dina Pearlman
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By:
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Kristin Ohlson
About this listen
Thousands of years of poor farming and ranching practices—and, especially, modern industrial agriculture—have led to the loss of up to 80 percent of carbon from the world’s soils. That carbon is now floating in the atmosphere, and even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, it would continue warming the planet. In The Soil Will Save Us, journalist and bestselling author Kristin Ohlson makes an elegantly argued, passionate case for "our great green hope"—a way in which we can not only heal the land but also turn atmospheric carbon into beneficial soil carbon—and potentially reverse global warming.
As the granddaughter of farmers and the daughter of avid gardeners, Ohlson has long had an appreciation for the soil. A chance conversation with a local chef led her to the crossroads of science, farming, food, and environmentalism and the discovery of the only significant way to remove carbon dioxide from the air—an ecological approach that tends not only to plants and animals but also to the vast population of underground microorganisms that fix carbon in the soil. Ohlson introduces the visionaries—scientists, farmers, ranchers, and landscapers—who are figuring out in the lab and on the ground how to build healthy soil, which solves myriad problems: Drought, erosion, air and water pollution, and food quality, as well as climate change. Her discoveries and vivid storytelling will revolutionize the way we think about our food, our landscapes, our plants, and our relationship to Earth.
©2013 Kristin Ohlson (P)2014 Audible, Inc.What listeners say about The Soil Will Save Us
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- Jane
- 15-06-2016
Soil is life
What did you like most about The Soil Will Save Us?
Great story. Good summaries about each of the leading people in soil health. Everyone needs to hear this to save our farms.
Which character – as performed by Dina Pearlman – was your favourite?
I did not like the accents Dina performed for the different nationalities, it was the only thing that took away from the book.
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- Ha Blackstock
- 17-06-2018
Great read
Great listen, lots of information to be used at home to make a small difference
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- David
- 19-01-2015
Rich with information
My interest in this book stemmed from my interests in gardening and a growing scepticism about the amount of manufactured soil additives I was constantly being told I should be using. To me, it wasn't making sense, plants thrived for eons without manufactured additives, what made gardens today so different? This book explores real world examples of how it's not only possible to eliminate the dependency, but how it's also an enormously beneficial step for agriculture, society, the environment and of course plants and soil. It's full of fantastic examples and explanations from agricultural pioneers around the world.
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