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Webinar – 5×15 and Groundswell: The Earth Beneath our Feet

12/07/2020

The answer under our feet. How regenerating soil can help replenish water, boost human health, feed more people and tackle climate change.

About this Event

Climate, water, food and health. The world is facing incredibly complex problems – but what if a simple solution was to be found in the ground beneath our feet? In this event we will discover the importance of the soil to sustaining human and planetary health, and hear from some of the world’s leading scientists and practitioners, who are helping to revolutionise how we think about agriculture and food.

There are billions of life-forms in every handful of soil, with estimates suggesting that at least a quarter of all species live in – or on it. Without soil there would be no life, so why on earth do we think of it as dirt? Healthy soil traps organic matter while sequestering CO2 – but farming intensively has turned our soil from being a magical substance that maintains life on the planet to something thin and insubstantial that no longer supports life without chemical interventions.

The good news, as we shall see in this session, is that it is possible to regenerate soil in a matter of a few years, and to once again have it working for us: capturing carbon, soaking up water and growing healthier plants to feed our world.