Section: Soil management | MOOC - Food Education

Select activity Soil management

Ready to get dirty?

We're going down into the soil

Here you can learn all about soil! You'll also learn techniques that can be used to save soil that has been misused. Soil health is often overseen when it comes to sustainability issues, but it is one of the biggest problems! You can start by watching the first video about healthy soil and then proceed to checking out some other materials or dive into a quiz.

We recommend following the chronological order suggested here in the list on the left, but you can also hop straight to the topics that interest you the most at each time.
Select activity Video - Why soil matters

Why soil matters!

soil health = human health

check out more "Videos from Kiss the Ground"
Select activity Lecture - Healthy soil

Lecture - Healthy soil H5P
Select activity Who feeds the plants? Microbes! Frontiers for Young Minds

Who feeds the plants? Microbes! Frontiers for Young Minds URL
Select activity Farming with Soil Life: A Handbook for Supporting Soil Invertebrates and Soil Health on Farms

Farming with Soil Life: A Handbook for Supporting Soil Invertebrates and Soil Health on Farms URL
Select activity Quiz - Healthy soil

Quiz - Healthy soil

Opened: Monday, 4 November 2024, 6:35 PM

Students must

Receive a grade

Receive a passing grade
Select activity viedo - Composting!

It's crazy not using the organic matter to increase soil fertility

check out more "Videos from Kiss the Ground"
Select activity Lecture - Soil hero!

Lecture - Soil hero! H5P
Select activity Crossword puzzle - What can you use to add organic material?

Crossword puzzle - What can you use to add organic material? H5P
Select activity Quiz - Saving soil

Quiz - Saving soil

Opened: Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 6:39 PM

Students must

Receive a grade

Receive a passing grade
Select activity Anne's story - it's great to work with nature

Anne's story - The lazy way > work with nature

Here's more stuff from Anne: https://anneofalltrades.com
Select activity Practice being a soil hero

Practice being a soil hero H5P
Select activity Soil Building – How to Make Deep Rich Soils by Imitating Nature - Permaculture Apprentice

Soil Building – How to Make Deep Rich Soils by Imitating Nature - Permaculture Apprentice URL
Select activity Indigenous healing of soil - we can be a part of nature

Indigenous healing of soil - we can be a part of nature

check out more "Videos from Kiss the Ground"
Select activity Video - Regenerative farming to build soil fertility

Regenerative farming to build soil fertility

check out more "Videos from Kiss the Ground"
Select activity Videos from Kiss the Ground

Videos from Kiss the Ground URL
Select activity Documentary - "Dirt"

Why did we end up in this trouble? Why are our soils in such terrible state?

Documentary that takes you on a journey from why we ended up in this trouble to hearing stories from people have found, tested and tried the solutions that work!

Section outline

Ready to get dirty?

We're going down into the soil

Why soil matters!

soil health = human health

It's crazy not using the organic matter to increase soil fertility

Anne's story - The lazy way > work with nature

Indigenous healing of soil - we can be a part of nature

Regenerative farming to build soil fertility

Why did we end up in this trouble? Why are our soils in such terrible state?

Documentary that takes you on a journey from why we ended up in this trouble to hearing stories from people have found, tested and tried the solutions that work!