Tag: soil


#NoBeef // Why Is Beef So Bad For The Environment?
By Micah Moen
Climate change… We all know about it. We all know it’s worrying af. But what’s the best thing that we, individual individuals, can do about it? I mean, we know that we should drive less, but we need to get to places, and we know that we should heat our houses less, but what about […]

SWS 4303C/5305C Soil Microbial Ecology
By Micah Moen
Hello, I’m Andrew Ogram, Professor of Soil Microbial Ecology in the Soil and Water Sciences Department of the University of Florida. I’m the instructor for SWS4303/5305 Soil Microbial Ecology, taught every Fall semester with sections for both on campus and distance education students. This is a particularly exciting time to study microbial ecology. It seems […]

Fast-Tracking Food Forest Permanence
By Micah Moen
Hi, Geoff Lawton here. In the food forest area where we’ve been doing a fast establishment and we’ve actually used a rotary hoe to change grass, weed regime quickly into a fast food forest at this time of year. Let me show you the comparison of an area right next door. Here’s our cattle laneway, […]

Weixin Cheng (UGA Ecology in the 80s)
By Micah Moen
So, I was asked earlier if I’m very excited or getting so nervous at the same time. I will make all the mistakes that haven’t been made. To start with, by the way, this is my younger daughter [points to screen]. The clothes Judy Meyer gave us for her. That’s the future, right? [applause] At […]

Icaro Ecology – Gianfranco Caccamo : Partnership Testimonial
By Micah Moen
In a few words, I would describe my company as a young and very dynamic company with a tendency towards new technologies. We got to know Haemers Technologies by coincidence during the preparation of a open tender for the Gela Refinery. We were chosen as local content or local partner, and for this reason, we […]

Diana Walstad’s “The Ecology of the Planted Aquarium”
By Micah Moen
What up fishtank people? Fishtanktv.com, Dustin’s fish tanks on a Monday. I want to bring it to you today. People have been asking me about some good books to check out and I’ve got one. It’s near and dear to my heart and I kind of want to talk about it. So this book here […]

China environmental challenges study tour | RMIT University
By Micah Moen
The China Environmental Challenges study tour gives our environmental engineering and science students a chance to go to China and learn firsthand about some of China’s environmental challenges. (Chinese lute music) – We were basically just given an open-ended question, was how can we solve a particular environmental issue in China. – I decided to […]

Cranfield Environment and Agrifood
By Micah Moen
Environment and Agrifood covers many aspects of natural capital, be it land, soil, water, air, and also the vegetational plants that grow within the soil. How do we deal with increasing population predicted to be 10 billion by 2050? How do we cope with climate change? Cranfield is very well placed to meet those challenges […]
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