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Soil is Alive! [Visual + Video]

December 5January 21Posted in Environmental dates, Garden & NatureTagged agriculture, awareness, biodiversity, climate change, compost, ecogreenlove, environment, infographic, nature, pollution, soil degradation, soil organism, sustainability, world soil day3 Comments

World Soil Day (WSD), 5 December is the United Nations Observance that celebrates healthy soils for a food-secure future. This years’ campaign “Keep soil alive, Protect soil biodiversity” urges us to focus our attention on the workers belowground – from tiny bacteria to agile millipedes and slimy earthworms – all of which contribute to processes that are indispensable to life on Earth.

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Where food begins [Infographic]

October 30October 29Posted in Food, Garden & NatureTagged agriculture, awareness, biodiversity, disasters, ecosystem, fao, food, fue, infographic, natural, resource, soil, Waste, water, world soil day, year of soilsLeave a comment

by FAO
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

Healthy soils are critical for global food production, but we are not paying enough attention to this important “silent ally,” FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said on the eve of World Soil Day, to be celebrated on 5 December.

Healthy soils not only are the foundation for food, fuel, fibre and medical products, but also are essential to our ecosystems, playing a key role in the carbon cycle, storing and filtering water, and improving resilience to floods and droughts, he noted.

The UN has declared 2015 the International Year of Soils. Help raise awareness and promote more sustainable use of this critical resource. Related links: http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/en/