25 min
[Retrospective] Soil Crisis #2: Soil & The Circular Economy: Building A Movement The Organic Stream
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EPISODE SUMMARY
While we will continue to make new episodes, there are times when we feel the urge to highlight a past episode - because the topic it covers becomes news and the show shares some great insights, or because it is content that our newer listeners might have missed out on. Since last year was the International Year of Soils, we will be republishing a few of our best episodes about soil and soil health to get a fresh perspective in light of all the progress that has been made on the issue.
Today's retro episode is about the circular economy, and how it can benefit our soils. Our guest is industrial and environmental economist Robin Murray. As a zero waste pioneer and a leader in the fair trade and environmental movements for many years, Robin Murray had an excellent perspective to give on our current efforts in making soil health a priority and the circular economy a reality. We discuss the opportunities we have for building a movement to change our current economic model to a more sustainable one, including existing models that we can learn from, the importance of education and centers of learning for the movement, and the roadblocks we might face along the way.
Links to other episodes in the Series:
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
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LINKS:
Episode 1: Soil Crisis #1: A Need For Economic and Political Change.
Status of the World's Soil Resources 2015, FAO Report
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Photo by Joe Mabel / CC BY.
EPISODE SUMMARY
While we will continue to make new episodes, there are times when we feel the urge to highlight a past episode - because the topic it covers becomes news and the show shares some great insights, or because it is content that our newer listeners might have missed out on. Since last year was the International Year of Soils, we will be republishing a few of our best episodes about soil and soil health to get a fresh perspective in light of all the progress that has been made on the issue.
Today's retro episode is about the circular economy, and how it can benefit our soils. Our guest is industrial and environmental economist Robin Murray. As a zero waste pioneer and a leader in the fair trade and environmental movements for many years, Robin Murray had an excellent perspective to give on our current efforts in making soil health a priority and the circular economy a reality. We discuss the opportunities we have for building a movement to change our current economic model to a more sustainable one, including existing models that we can learn from, the importance of education and centers of learning for the movement, and the roadblocks we might face along the way.
Links to other episodes in the Series:
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
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LINKS:
Episode 1: Soil Crisis #1: A Need For Economic and Political Change.
Status of the World's Soil Resources 2015, FAO Report
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Photo by Joe Mabel / CC BY.
25 min