Beyond Sustainability + Why Soil Health Can Save the Planet w— Kiss the Ground

Today, I’m speaking with Don Smith from Kiss the Ground. We’re talking about soil health, regenerative practices that can heal the land, and why that’s important. Don is a teacher for their soil advocate training, which is a program for educating people about how and why soil regeneration is important and equipping them with the tools and knowledge to be more effective advocates for regenerative practices that can heal the land and absorb some of the negative consequences of climate change. Don gives us a science lesson about how this works, why it’s important, and what we can do to encourage this necessary movement and healing.


we discuss

  • Why soil health is so important

  • The current, degenerated state of soil and how it got here

  • What is soil regeneration - how it impacts the environment + food

  • Why sustainability isn’t enough to reverse climate change

  • A breakdown of regenerative agriculture

  • The capacity of land to be healed

  • The essential components of soil regeneration

  • The problem with the current farming paradigm

  • How re-orienting government subsidies + legislation could be game-changing

  • Taking a non-partisan approach to environmental advocacy

  • The relationship of soil microbiome to our nutrition and health

  • The most important things you can do to support soil health

links

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

Episode 8 w/ Asia Suler

Episode 24 w/ Jordan Hamm

Episode 17 w/ Mary Grace

More about our guest —

Kiss the Ground's website

Kiss the Ground's educational videos

Kiss the Ground's soil advocacy program

Kiss the Ground's book

Mentioned in the episode —

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilization (book)

Regreening the Desert (documentary)

Tanzania reforestation

Fantastic Fungi (film)

Dirt to Soil (book) by Gabe Brown

A Regenerative Secret (documentary)

White Oak Pastures

Life in Syntropy

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