Whole Earth, Spring 1999
“Soil as the mother of all things; soil as the strength that gives us groundedness; soil as receptive and creative producer of foods and fibers; soil as the anchor for trees; soil as pigment to decorate our bodies and canvasses; soil as purifier of dirty waters; soil as medicine; soil as building blocks for homes and roads; soil as the natural capital most undervalued on the planet; soil as the teacher of virtues and the stuff of myth.”
- Published: Spring 1999
- Collection: Whole Earth Magazine
- Links: Internet Archive, Download PDF
Sections:
- Coevolution
- Eternity
- Homeplate
- Celebrating Soil
- Scenarios
- Backmatter
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Whole Earth, Spring 1999
- Introduction by Peter Warshall76
- My Friend the Soil: A conversation with Hans Jenny, America’s godfather of soils.6
- Gaian Naturalist12
- Soil City by Evan Eisenberg: Down and dirty in the bowels of the earth with amoebas, nematodes, worms, bacteria—the whole bestiary that supports planetary life.13
- My Life as a Designer of Soils by Robert Scarborough: What happened in Biosphere when Bob was asked to construct eleven ecosystems’ soils from all over the planet.18
- The Soil Bank by Peter Warshall22
- Declaration on Soil: Sigmar Groeneveld, Lee Hoinacki, Ivan Illich, and friends plead for soil to come back as the teacher of virtue.25
- Soil—Fat & Hot by Roman Pawluk: The ways soil knowledge blossoms and thrives among some non-Western peoples.26
- Soil at Rest—Soil Moving32
- Moving Sand by Dale S. Turner34
- Illustrated Man by Nicole Parizeau39
- Divorce of the Century—Dirt and Us40
- Eating Earth Photos by John M. Hunter44
- Earth Alive by William Bryant Logan: Sings of the times when soil and ceremony, birth and earth, farming and renewal were one.44
- Doing Scenarios by Art Kleiner77
- Changing the Winds by Adam Kahane: The facilitator at the South African post-apartheid and Colombia, South America scenarios describes his journey from corporate “reactive” to empowering facilitator.82
- Pierre Wack89
- The Strategic Conversation by Kees van der Heijden90
- The Heart Behind Scenarios by Vicki Robin92
- Greedy Frogs, Balanced Humans, and Improvisational Music: World Business Council for Sustainable Development scenarios for the future of the planet.94
- China, Africa, Russia, India by The Balaton Group: One of the planet’s foremost green think-tanks considers scenarios.96
- Futurama Retro by John H. Clute: The intimate connection among science fiction, horror, and fantasy narratives; blockhead tricksters; info-overflow spin doctors; and scenario practice.101
- Chicken Little, Cassandra, and the Real Wolf by Donella H. Meadows: There are many ways to think about the future. Dana doesn’t do scenarios; she articulates visions.106
- CoEVOLUTION
- The Peppered Moth Illusion by Craig Holdrege: A classic story of evolutionary fact is actually a myth: A warning against “fundamentalism” in science and teaching.66
- Marijuana— America’s Most Profitable Plant by Tony Serra74
- BOOKS & RESOURCES:
- Endemic Bird Areas70
- The Food Insects Newsletter73
- Man Eating Bugs73
- Marijuana Law75
- Native American Ethnobotany72
- Sacred Leaves of Candomblé72
- Search for the Giant Squid71
- Vulture70
- ACCESS:
- Medicinal Marijuana75
- ETERNITY
- Sounding Alive by David Rothenberg60
- BOOKS & RESOURCES:
- The Alphabet Abecedarium64
- Born To Sing61
- How Writing Came About64
- Into a Wild Sanctuary62
- It’s Here Now (Are You?)65
- Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching65
- Ocean of Sound61
- Roots of the Moment63
- The Soundscape61
- The Story of Writing64
- Terra Nova62
- ACCESS:
- Music/Nature CDs and Web63
- HOMEPLATE
- Black Self-White Self by Wendy Ewald46
- The White Dog Cafe by Judy Wicks and Kevin von Klause54
- BOOKS & RESOURCES:
- Beyond The Veil51
- Bicycling Medicine59
- Bookmaking Books53
- Carved Paper52
- Julie Sahni’s Indian Cooking56
- Spiritual Access10
- Master Breasts50
- Nerve50
- The Saffron Companion56
- Seductions of Rice57
- StretchWare53
- The Tofu Tollbooth59
- Transition58
- White Dog Cafe Cookbook55
- Woman: An Intimate Geography51
- World’s Best Ideas58
- CELEBRATING SOIL
- BOOKS & RESOURCES:
- Ant Homes Under the Ground30
- Body Decoration39
- Building With Earth36
- Dirt11
- Earth Construction36
- The Ecology of Eden17
- Kids’ Soil Books10
- Let It Rot!30
- The Rammed Earth House36
- Rodale Book of Composting30
- Spectacular Vernacular37
- Worm Books Galore31
- ACCESS:
- Dune and Sand35
- Earth Artistry Through Time39
- Earth Building36
- Edible Clays43
- Globalocal Access38
- Soil/Compost/Worms11
- Soil Tools29
- SCENARIOS
- BOOKS & RESOURCES:
- The Art of the Long View88
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction104
- The Fortune Sellers88
- Making the Gods Work for You105
- Scenarios91
- Scenario Planning88
- Shambhala105
- ACCESS:
- Scenarios81
- Spiritual Access105
- BACKMATTER
- Updates112
- Gossip114
- Thanks & Corrections116
- Business117
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