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RSSTuesday, September 27 , 2011 | Gene Rosow
Wangari Maathai lives on in our hearts.
Wangari Maathai lives on in our hearts. The trees, soils, rivers, and all living beings will miss the living voice of scientist, feminist, Green Belt Movement founder, professor, activist, mother and grandmother Wangari Maathai who died this week. She gave Kenyans, women, Africans and all humans a reason to stand as tall as the trees she defended and planted. There are 30 million living tributes acknowledging her gift to us as well as millions of humans whose lives were enriched by her actions and words. We were honored to meet her in person and especially graced by the powerful, eloquent and brilliant wisdom she shared with us and audiences in DIRT! The Movie. More >
Thursday, May 05 , 2011 | Ron Renkoski
Soil scientist suggests how we can help the dirt—and people of Japan
Send Soil Saving Street Sweepers to Fukushima and Miyagi. Help salvage Fukushima’s future. Let’s start testing several models of commercial street and curb cleaning vacuum machines to determine which perform best at removing the Iodine, Celsium and Strontium fallout from the surface of rice paddy soils. More >
Thursday, December 30 , 2010 | Lola Pak
Green Roofing Tips
Green roofs come in many forms, and whether they are of the extensive or intensive variety, having good soil is crucial to having a functioning green roof. Now, this can’t be just any soil that you picked up at your local nursery. Regular gardening soil will not work the same way on your green roofing, even if you plant the same flower or vegetable from your backyard. Soil used on green roofs is specifically engineered to make the most out of your green gardenscape without weighing down on the roofing structure or the insulation installation, which is something regular gardening soil can’t provide. Choosing the right soil for your green roof can easily become a convoluted list of chemicals and organic processes that swing right past your head if you’re not a botanist or soil engineer. Here are some layman ways to identify the type of soil that is needed for your uncomplicated green roofing project: More >
Thursday, November 11 , 2010 | Annie Spiegelman aka The Dirt Diva
How to Make your Garden Sing . . . and Stop Talking Smack About you
After the fall harvest it’s time for you and your garden to take a well-deserved rest. You’ve busted your back all year long to impress your neighbors with your green lawn and heirloom tomatoes hanging upside down and organically grown. Isn’t that enough? Simmer down already! Stop being such a show-off. (Till early spring that is. Then it’s time to get cranking again.) More >
Tuesday, August 10 , 2010 | Gene Rosow
THE LOST GOSPEL OF DIRT
Dirt! The Movie was inspired by William Bryant Logan’s book DIRT: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth. It connects our deepest positive multi-denominational religious values to the ground beneath our feet – among other amazing perspectives on the subject. The book itself was written in a cathedral. More >
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