We are losing the ground beneath our feet – what can we do?
We are losing the ground beneath our feet. The foundation of our existence and our economy is being sealed, over-fertilized, flooded, or dried out. The major crises of our time – housing shortages, farmer unrest, migration, war, and climate change – are all also soil crises.
The Roman civil wars and the medieval peasant revolts began because of land, the first result of the French Revolution was land reform. Today, once again, tractors are rolling against state rulers.
Yet soil, along with water, is also our most important resource; our soil possesses the highest biodiversity of all habitats on Earth. And yet we are destroying this important resource faster than we can understand it. Therefore, this book is timely and asks the right questions: Who owns this largest ecosystem? How do we want to use it in the future? How do we find a wise approach to this diverse resource? And how can a better understanding of soil shape our future?
