THINGS TO READ

THINGS TO WATCH

“Digging” Seamus Heaney poem

 “Dirt” Kwame Dawes poem

How to Talk Dirty and Influence People. Lenny Bruce autobiography.

 

“Digging” (read by the Seamus Heaney)

The Matrix. (movie)

 

THINGS TO LISTEN TO

THINGS TO DO

 “Dust in the Wind” Kansas.

 “Woodstock” Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Check out “NASA scientist arrested after chaining himself to Chase Bank as part of global climate protests.” Business Insiderarticle.

OTHER WORKS CITED

 Carey, Bjorn. “FYI: Just How Old is Dirt?” popsci.com August 8, 2013.

 College of Agriculture and Life Science. “The Carbon Cycle and Soil Organic Carbon.” Agronomy Factsheet Series: No 91. Cornell University Cooperative Extension. 2016.

 Durand, M, Désilles, A, Saint-Pierre, P, Angeon, V, Ozier-Lafontaine, H. “Agroecological Transition: A Viability Model to Assess Soil Restoration?” Natural Resource Modeling. 2017.

 Encyclopedia Entry. “The Rock Cycle.” National Geographic.

 FAO. World Food and Agriculture - Statistical Yearbook 2021. Rome. 2021.

 Fischer, Nan. “The Difference Between Soil and Dirt.” Naturespath.com. July 10, 2018.

 Jones, Tamsyn. “The Scoop on Dirt.” E Magazine. September/October 2006.

 Manale, Andy & Skip Hyberg. A Guide to Understanding the Fundamental Principles of Environmental Management. IWA Publishing. 2021.

 Milman, Oliver. “Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years, Scientists Say.” The Guardian. December 2, 2015.

 Popa, Roxana-Gabriela. “Desertification - A Mass Phenomenon That Contributes to Soil Degradation.” Fiabilitate si Durabilitate - Fiability & Durability. Academica Brâncuşi. No 1/ 2018.  

 “Soil Loss: an Unfolding Disaster.” The University of Sheffield News Archive. December 2, 2015.

 Zhang, X., Xie, Z., Ma, Z., Barron-Gafford, G. A., Scott, R. L., & Niu, G.-Y. “A microbial-explicit soil organic carbon decomposition model (MESDM): Development and testing at a semiarid grassland site.” Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 14, e2021MS002485. 2022