RECARE have collated novels, movies, maps, children's books and more - all with a 'soily' theme
23-03-2018
Preventing and Remediating degradation of soils in Europe through Land Care (RECARE) have collated novels, movies, maps, children's books and more - all with a 'soily' theme
Non-Fiction
- Sir E John Russell (1957) The World of the Soil
- John Stewart Collis (1973) The Worm Forgives the Plough
- Vernon Gill Carter & Tom Dale (1975) Topsoil and Civilisation
- Daniel Hillel (1992) Out of the Earth: Civilization and the Life of the Soil
- David W Wolfe (2002) Tales From The Underground: A Natural History of Subterranean Life
- Alastair McIntosh (2004) Soil and Soul: People versus Corporate Power
- Jennifer Wallace (2004) Digging the Dirt: The Archaeological Imagination
- Yvonne Baskin (2006) Under Ground: How Creatures of Mud and Dirt Shape Our World
- William Bryant Logan (2007) Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth
- David R Montgomery (2007) Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
- Vandana Shiva (2008) Soil Not Oil: Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Insecurity
- Lierre Kieth (2010) The Vegetarian Myth
- Edward R Landa & Christian Feller, eds. (2010) Soil and Culture
- Amy Stewart (2012) The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms
- Satish Kumar (2013) Soil, Soul, Society: A New Trinity for Our Time
- Kristin Ohlson (2014) The Soil Will Save Use: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet
- Paul B Thompson (2017) The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics
- Maria Munoz & Raúl Zornoza, Eds. (2017) Soil Management and Climate Change
- Rattan Lal & B. A. Stewart, Eds. (2018) Urban Soils
Fiction
- Knut Hamsun (1921, 2007) The Growth of the Soil
- John Steinbeck (1939, 2006) The Grapes of Wrath
DVDs/Documentaries
- Soil Ecology Claymation Films (2017) Maxwell Helmberger
- Dirt: The Movie (2007) Bill Logan, Paul Stamets
- The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005) Taggart Siegel
- Dirtgirlworld - Grow! (2010) Cate McQuillen, Maree Lowes
- Permaculture Soils (2010) Geoff Lawton
- Symphony of the Soil (2013) Deborah Koons
- Sustainable (2016) Matt Wechsler
- Heart and Soil (2008) Mara LeGrand
- A Farm for the Future (2009) BBC/Rebecca Hosking
- Deep Down and Dirty - The Science of Soil (2014) BBC
- The Birth of the Soil (1948) Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
- The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936) Pare Lorentz
Children's Books
- Doreen Cronin (2012) Diary of a Worm
- Steve Tomecek (2002) Dirt (Jump into Science)
- Raymond Bial (2000) A Handful of Dirt
- Melissa Stewart (2004) Down to Earth (Investigate Science)
- Gary Larson (2008) There's a Hair in my Dirt
Maps
- Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations - Regional and National Soil Maps and Datasets
- UK Soil Observatory - UK Soil Maps
- GIS Sol - French Soil Maps
Other Documents, Journals, Books & References
- Providing support in relation to the implementation of the EU Soil Thematic Strategy - Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services Soil ecosystems (2018) van der Meulen, S & Maring, L; Report Prepared for European Commission DG Environment.
- A systemic approach for modeling soil functions (2018) Vogel, HJ et al, SOIL, 4, 83-92
- Soil fertility after 10 years of conservation tillage in organic farming (2018) Peigné, J et al, Soil and Tillage Research, 175, 194-204
- Global Sequestration Potential of Increased Organic Carbon in Cropland Soils (2017) Zomer, R. J, et al, Scientific Reports, 7
- Detecting macroecological patterns in bacterial communities across independent studies of global soils (2017) Ramirez, K, S, et al, Nature Microbiology
- Soil conservation in the 21st century: why we need smart agricultural intensification (2017) Govers, G et al; SOIL, 3, 45-59
- The Global Land Outlook 1st Ed. (2017) UNCCD
- Long-term pattern and magnitude of soil carbon feedback to the climate system in a warming world (2017) Melillo, J. M. et al, Science; 358, 6359, 101-105
- Adding organic matter to soil has a limited effect on water holding capacity (2017) Minasny, B. Mcbratney, A. B. European Journal of Soil Science
- Bacterial Communities on Wheat Grown Under Long-Term Conventional Tillage and No-Till in the Pacific Northwest of the United States (2017) Yin, C; Mueth, N & Hulbert, S; Phyto Biomes Journal; 1, 2
- Turning Soils into Sponges: How Farmers can Fight Floods and Droughts (2017) Union of Concerned Scientists
- World's soils are under threat (2016) Montanarella, L et al; SOIL, 2, 79-82
- Revised World Soil Charter (2015) UN FAO (available in English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, French)
- The Economics of Land Degradation - The Value of Land: Prosperous lands and positive rewards through sustainable land management (2015)
- Global research on soil contamination from 1999 to 2012: A bibliometric analysis (2014) K. Guoa, Y.F. Liua, C. Zengb, Y.Y. Chena, and X.J. Weia; Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science
- Do Current European Policies Prevent Soil Threats and Support Soil Functions? (2014) Glæsner, N; Helming, K; de Vries, W; Sustainability
- Soil Contamination: Impacts on Human Health (2013) Science for Environment Policy - European Commission
- Early soil knowledge and the birth and development of soil science (2010) Brevika, E. Hartemink, A. CATENA; 83, 1
- Unversity of Minnesota Extension - Soil management and health
- Journal of soils and sediments
- European journal of soil science
- European journal of soil biology
- Soil biology and biochemistry
- Plant and soil
The main aim of RECARE is to develop effective prevention, remediation and restoration measures using an innovative trans-disciplinary approach, actively integrating and advancing knowledge of stakeholders and scientists in 17 Case Studies, covering a range of soil threats in different bio-physical and socio-economic environments across Europe. Learn more about RECARE,
The next plenary meeting of the RECARE project will be held in Sibiu, Romania, and will be hosted by colleagues of the National Research and Development Institute Bucharest (ICPA). The dates for the upcoming meeting are Tuesday 17 - Friday 20 April 2018.
The meeting program and meeting information page are available from the links below. The registration page is now open; all project partners please register for the meeting.
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