So Many Soil Solutions!

A start of a new page 😉

I am beginning this page today April 4, 2026 a Singin’ Saturday ~ hear those birds? 😉

A note about this page- it needs to be edited I need another pair of eyes to double check what I have written below is basically correct- there shouldn’t be any major glaring errors but I just want to mention that right now this page is a work in progress, kind of a published draft until I can get another pair of trusted eyes on it.

There are so many soil solutions that inspire me – what it mostly comes down to in essence is: Adding organic matter to our soil can help us sequester carbon, and additionally has other benefits like improving the soils ability to hold on to water- which is SO BENEFICIAL- more on that later 😉

Adding compost is one of the main examples of ways that we can add organic matter to our soil.

A learning list for Soil Solutions for saving Our Earth:

• The elsewhere* mentioned movie “Kiss the Ground” is a great place to start
• Ditto Allan Savory’s Ted Talk
• Ditto the NYT Magazine article “Can Dirt Save the Earth?”

*Those are all already listed on my other page “Positive Environmental Media! My Favorites!”

These are new 😉

• Orange Peels Costa Rica– I looove this article! This is an old favorite too, I need to reread it, I might need to add it to my Favs list 😉

BOOKS! – the below are on my “To read” list-

• Dirt to Soil – One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture by Gabe Brown
• Water in Plain Sight – Hope for a Thirsty World By Judith D. Schwartz
• Cows Save the Planet, and Other improbably Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth By Judith D. Schwartz
  • a note about the 3 books above – they were all published by Chelsea Green Publishing – an excellent sustainability focused publishing company- worth checking out 100%

General Background learning on Soil- the books below are a great intro into soil science 🙂 they are not specifically focused on carbon sequestration.

• Teaming With Microbes – The Organic Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web, revised edition by Jeff LowenFels and Wayne Lewis
• Actually here’s a link to all of this series of soil science and gardening books 😉
  • There are 4! The first one above Plus:
    • Teaming with Fungi
    • Teaming with Bacteria
    • & Teaming with Nutrients !
  • Definitely all on my to buy list- probably from Better World Books– a benefit corporation 😉
  • And here’s a link to Jeff Lowenfels website!!! The Co-Author of the first book with Wayne Lewis and the sole Author of the 3 following books 🙂

• Drawdown – The most comprehensive Plan ever proposed to reverse global warming Edited by Paul Hawken
  • This one is not solely focused on soil based solutions but it does contain soil based solutions.

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I will add more later there is so much more to add to this page I am sure, and many more things that I do not even know about yet 😉

Excited to keep learning!

Well wishes and happy April and Happy Easter tomorrow if you celebrate Easter 🙂

More Later!

-H.C.W. Cherily