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SOIL MATTERS

1. Welcome

1.1 Overview Sample Lesson

1.1.1 Getting started

1.1.2 About this course

1.1.3 How the course is structured

1.1.4 A note on language

1.1.5 Acknowledgements

2. Introductions to Soil

2.1 Narratives (stories)

2.1.1 Reflective practice: relating with Soil

2.1.2 Ways in which we see the World

2.1.3 Example narratives

2.1.4 Shaping Worlds through Stories

2.1.5 Embodied practice and noticing: who else is here?

2.2 Relational perspectives

2.2.1 Rooted in Indigenous knowledges

2.2.2 Some key concepts

2.2.3 Reflective practice: world views

2.3 Introductions to Soil in summary

3. What is healthy Soil?

3.2 Co-inhabitants and co-creators of topsoil

3.2.1 Healthy Soil

3.2.2 Mineral & organic matter components

3.2.3 (Aerobic) Microorganisms

3.2.4 Soil structure

3.3 Plants and solar power

3.3.1 An extremely short history of plants

3.3.2 The foundation of life

3.3.3 Photosynthesis

3.3.4 Noticing & active listening practice

3.4 An introduction to soil microorganisms

3.4.1 Who are they?

3.4.2 What do they do?

3.5 Plants & soil microorganisms

3.5.1 A trade market or a gift economy?

3.5.2 Impact on nutrition

3.5.3 Embodied practice & noticing

3.5.4 Impact on climate

3.5.5 Impact on soil structure

3.6 Healthy Soil in summary

4. Disrupting Soil Health

4.2 One historical narrative of agriculture

4.2.1 Food production & farming methods over time

4.2.2 Earth & its systems

4.2.3 Planetary boundaries

4.2.4 The Great Acceleration & The Anthropocene

4.2.5 Including social boundaries in the equation

4.2.6 Focusing in on three important farming and gardening methods

4.3 Digging & disturbing soil

4.3.1 Why dig & plough?

4.3.2 What happens in Soil?

4.3.3 Impacts of digging

4.4 Synthetic fertilisers, pesticides & other chemicals

4.4.1 Addicted to chemicals

4.4.2 The paradox of synthetic fertilisers

4.4.3 The paradox of pesticides and other chemicals

4.5 Specialisation

4.5.1 What is specialisation & why?

4.5.2 What happens in Soil?

4.6 Disrupting Soil Health in summary

4.6.1 Reflective practice: Language

5. Supporting healthy Soil

5.2 Getting curious

5.2.1 Multiple narratives

5.2.2 A few examples

5.2.3 Observation

5.2.4 ‘Doing’ less

5.3 Four principles

5.3.1 Imagination practice/Noticing and active listening practice

5.3.2 No dig/minimal Soil disturbance

5.3.3 Avoiding synthetic fertilisers, pesticides and other chemicals

5.3.4 Green living Soil & protection

5.3.5 Diversity

5.4 Knowledge & decision-making

5.4.3 Power and choice

5.5 Supporting healthy Soil in practice: in the garden

5.5.1 Why grow food?

5.5.2 Different spaces

5.5.3 Can I really have an impact?

5.6 Supporting healthy Soil in practice: as consumers

5.6.1 Consumers and food

5.5.2 Cost of food

5.5.3 Can we consume differently?

5.7 Supporting healthy Soil in summary

6. Becoming-with Soil

6.2 Ways of navigating

6.2.1 Noticing cracks appearing

6.2.2 Maps that change and seep across timescapes

6.2.3 Small-scale experiments

6.2.4 Social tipping points and paradigm shifts

6.3 Ideas for practices

6.3.1 Experimenting with language

6.3.2 Embracing slowness

6.3.3 Unexpected journeys

6.4 Becoming-with Soil in summary

6.4.1 Reflective practice: visualising expansive ways of becoming-with Soil

7. Wrapping up

7.1 Course summary & further resources

7.1.1 Soil Matters in a nutshell

7.1.2 Additional readings, listenings and Places to keep exploring

7.1.3 Course feedback

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SOIL MATTERS
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1.1.1 Getting started

1.1.2 About this course

1.1.3 How the course is structured

1.1.4 A note on language

1.1.5 Acknowledgements

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