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Soil Contamination

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Book Review: Philip Lymbery’s ‘Sixty Harvests Left’ Lays Bare Farming Crisis, Makes Case For Soil Conservation

Traditionally, animals ate grass and farm waste, which humans could not eat, and produced milk and meat, which humans could eat. Now, industrial agriculture has upturned the ages-old human contract with nature. Philip...

05 August 2023

Plastic Used For Mulching Leading To Soil Contamination: Study

Under the new study NGO Toxics Link tested soil samples in agricultural belts in Karnataka and Maharashtra and found tiny plastic particles at various depths

06 May 2022

Naturalist and author Philip Lymbery

Future Depends On Ending Industrial Farming That’s Killing Our Soil: ‘Sixty Harvests Left’ Author Philip Lymbery

Industrial agriculture is a major driver of soil degradation, deforestation, and declining wildlife, says Philip Lymbery, the author of Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future. He adds that without...

30 March 2023

Sadhguru, Founder, Isha Foundation

Why Bovine Animals Are Important to Save Soil

A movement like Conscious Planet–Save Soil has become necessary because this sacred soil, which has been so alive and has built this whole civilization, has now depleted to a point where 62% of India's soil is considered...

25 June 2022

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