Whole Earth Index

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.”

Sections:
  1. Coevolution
  2. Eternity
  3. Homeplate
  4. Celebrating Soil
  5. Scenarios
  6. Backmatter
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      1. Introduction by Peter Warshall
        76
      2. My Friend the Soil: A conversation with Hans Jenny, America’s godfather of soils.
        6
      3. Gaian Naturalist
        12
      4. 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
      5. 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
      6. The Soil Bank by Peter Warshall
        22
      7. Declaration on Soil: Sigmar Groeneveld, Lee Hoinacki, Ivan Illich, and friends plead for soil to come back as the teacher of virtue.
        25
      8. Soil—Fat & Hot by Roman Pawluk: The ways soil knowledge blossoms and thrives among some non-Western peoples.
        26
      9. Soil at Rest—Soil Moving
        32
      10. Moving Sand by Dale S. Turner
        34
      11. Illustrated Man by Nicole Parizeau
        39
      12. Divorce of the Century—Dirt and Us
        40
      13. Eating Earth Photos by John M. Hunter
        44
      14. Earth Alive by William Bryant Logan: Sings of the times when soil and ceremony, birth and earth, farming and renewal were one.
        44
      15. Doing Scenarios by Art Kleiner
        77
      16. 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
      17. Pierre Wack
        89
      18. The Strategic Conversation by Kees van der Heijden
        90
      19. The Heart Behind Scenarios by Vicki Robin
        92
      20. Greedy Frogs, Balanced Humans, and Improvisational Music: World Business Council for Sustainable Development scenarios for the future of the planet.
        94
      21. China, Africa, Russia, India by The Balaton Group: One of the planet’s foremost green think-tanks considers scenarios.
        96
      22. 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
      23. 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
  2. CoEVOLUTION
      1. 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
      2. Marijuana— America’s Most Profitable Plant by Tony Serra
        74
    2. BOOKS & RESOURCES:
      1. Endemic Bird Areas
        70
      2. The Food Insects Newsletter
        73
      3. Man Eating Bugs
        73
      4. Marijuana Law
        75
      5. Native American Ethnobotany
        72
      6. Sacred Leaves of Candomblé
        72
      7. Search for the Giant Squid
        71
      8. Vulture
        70
    3. ACCESS:
      1. Medicinal Marijuana
        75
  3. ETERNITY
      1. Sounding Alive by David Rothenberg
        60
    2. BOOKS & RESOURCES:
      1. The Alphabet Abecedarium
        64
      2. Born To Sing
        61
      3. How Writing Came About
        64
      4. Into a Wild Sanctuary
        62
      5. It’s Here Now (Are You?)
        65
      6. Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
        65
      7. Ocean of Sound
        61
      8. Roots of the Moment
        63
      9. The Soundscape
        61
      10. The Story of Writing
        64
      11. Terra Nova
        62
    3. ACCESS:
      1. Music/Nature CDs and Web
        63
  4. HOMEPLATE
      1. Black Self-White Self by Wendy Ewald
        46
      2. The White Dog Cafe by Judy Wicks and Kevin von Klause
        54
    2. BOOKS & RESOURCES:
      1. Beyond The Veil
        51
      2. Bicycling Medicine
        59
      3. Bookmaking Books
        53
      4. Carved Paper
        52
      5. Julie Sahni’s Indian Cooking
        56
      6. Spiritual Access
        10
      7. Master Breasts
        50
      8. Nerve
        50
      9. The Saffron Companion
        56
      10. Seductions of Rice
        57
      11. StretchWare
        53
      12. The Tofu Tollbooth
        59
      13. Transition
        58
      14. White Dog Cafe Cookbook
        55
      15. Woman: An Intimate Geography
        51
      16. World’s Best Ideas
        58
  5. CELEBRATING SOIL
    1. BOOKS & RESOURCES:
      1. Ant Homes Under the Ground
        30
      2. Body Decoration
        39
      3. Building With Earth
        36
      4. Dirt
        11
      5. Earth Construction
        36
      6. The Ecology of Eden
        17
      7. Kids’ Soil Books
        10
      8. Let It Rot!
        30
      9. The Rammed Earth House
        36
      10. Rodale Book of Composting
        30
      11. Spectacular Vernacular
        37
      12. Worm Books Galore
        31
    2. ACCESS:
      1. Dune and Sand
        35
      2. Earth Artistry Through Time
        39
      3. Earth Building
        36
      4. Edible Clays
        43
      5. Globalocal Access
        38
      6. Soil/Compost/Worms
        11
      7. Soil Tools
        29
  6. SCENARIOS
    1. BOOKS & RESOURCES:
      1. The Art of the Long View
        88
      2. Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
        104
      3. The Fortune Sellers
        88
      4. Making the Gods Work for You
        105
      5. Scenarios
        91
      6. Scenario Planning
        88
      7. Shambhala
        105
    2. ACCESS:
      1. Scenarios
        81
      2. Spiritual Access
        105
  7. BACKMATTER
      1. Updates
        112
      2. Gossip
        114
      3. Thanks & Corrections
        116
      4. Business
        117
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