In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Joann Whalen, professor of soil science at McGill University and affiliate professor at UM6P, to explore the living world beneath our feet. Drawing from her rich background in agronomy and ecology, Dr. Whalen shares insights on soil fertility, microbial life, custom fertilizers, and the promise of biochar and composting in a changing climate. She also reflects on her research in Morocco and the broader Sahel, emphasizing the crucial role of soils in water management, food security, and carbon sequestration. 

Soil Health, Biochar, and Carbon Sequestration - Joann K. Whalen

Earthen explores different takes on brown noise, crafting different atmospheres to suit your desired ambience.

Grotto (Brown Noise)

Erosion (Brown Noise)

Fissure (Brown Noise)

Subterranean (Brown Noise)

Protolith (Brown Noise)

i recorded these interviews in 2015, when i first started out in music journalism. the bands featured this week are soil, coal chamber, soulfly, lordi, and children of bodom.

all artists consented to being recorded and to the publishing of the recordings.

the interviews in order, are:

00:00 - soil: tim king (bass)
10:06 - coal chamber: mike cox (drums)
17:29 - soulfly: marc rizzo (guitar)
23:07 - lordi: ox (bassist)
31:05 - children of bodom: janne wirman (keyboards)

the fourth and final episode will be out next week, so stay tuned!

episode 3: interviews with metal legends

Do You Want To Verify Your Work Is Working In Your Soil & Plants?
Do You Want To Know How Your Nutrients Are Cycling? 
Do You Want To Make Sure Your Inoculants Are Viable & Working?

If you said YES, then this is the webinar series for you - A Microscope-Powered REGENERATION - join us for the next 2 live sessions and you could win a t-shirt, a hardcover book, or even a course signup!! Register Here & Join Us LIVE: https://matt-powers.mykajabi.com/microscopypowered

All life systems depend on microbes - they are critical in all the cycles of the soil but also for all the elements and all the nutrients animals and plants need. Without microbes, we'd lack a microbiome to digest our food. We'd lack the life in our plants that makes them heallthy and nutritious. We'd lack the life in the soil to protect and build more soil. We all rely upon soil!! AND SO, looking closer at it i.e. using a microscope to make small things bigger, we can better understand it - the same way your doctor or veterinarian uses a microscope to diagnose and predict and then prevent or treat; we can do the same for soil!! LEARN HOW with #Regenerative #Soil #Microscopy!! The New Season Begins 9/15 - See What Folks Are Saying: http://regenerativesoilmicroscopy.com

Thank you to all those who were able to join us LIVE for this event - feel free to watch the full video replay on Youtube with the Premier 8/30 11am central time using this link: https://youtu.be/OrMosjzfQOw

Small Things Are Big Things: Powerful Lessons Microscopes Can Teach Us | LIVE with Matt Powers

An unhappy refugee farmer digs in his garden. Soon, he hits with his hoe plastic wastes disposed off on his garden. He pauses digging and is left fuming at those who dispose off plastics waste inappropriately. He testifies how plastic wastes often blocks his crops from germinating and trees from growing well. 

A climate expert backs his claim warning that unnecessary disposal of plastic wastes pollutes the soil through release of toxic substances besides blocking plant roots from penetrating deep into the soil. The expert then calls on community members to recycle and reuse plastic wastes to keep the environment clean, safe and fertile to grow crops and trees, aimed at turning Imvepi refugee settlement, green.

This message was produced by Allvox under the GreenCamp pilot in Imvepi refugee settlement, Uganda.

Stop unnecessary plastic waste disposal - Bari - rfb

A man whistles as he walks to his garden at mid-morning. He finds her neighbor, Ms. Akulia, removing and making heaps of dried plant wastes. 

The man greets Akulia and then asks her why she is heaping the dried plant residues. Akulia replies, saying she wants to burn them before planting crops. The man interrupts her, telling her by burning the plant residues she degrades the soil fertility, deprives it of useful organic nutrition, and pollutes the air and worsens the harsh climatic changes. 

An agricultural expert warns community members against burning plant residues, stressing that plant residues are organic manure to the soil, provide heavy mulches to crops and trees by preventing excessive heat from stunting growth while retaining water for long period. This he says moves the community to a fertile land with green refugee settlement. 

This message was produced by Allvox under the GreenCamp project in Imvepi refugee settlement, Uganda.

No agricultural wastes burning - Bari - rfb

The Chair of Complexities ∞ Humanities (CCH) seeks to create stronger connections between the sciences of complexity and human/social sciences. Nested within UM6P‘s Africa Business School (which aims at ‘enabling the sustainable transformation of business and society landscapes in Africa and beyond’), the Chair delivers educational programs, spearheads research initiatives, organizes scientific events, publishes academic research, facilitates workshops, and conducts field studies.

music journalist, writing at the intersection of music and politics. creator of ‘class war radio' and former host of the ‘make politics boring again' podcast.

A Regenerative Future with Matt Powers is a podcast focused on ushering in a syntropic future of abundance and regeneration using permaculture. Join Matt Powers, author, educator, seed saver, entrepreneur, gardener, and family guy as he interviews experts from all over the world who are actively working to reverse the damage we've done to our ecosystems and ourselves. Learn how to apply these lessons to your own life and help bring about the abundant future we all desire!

Composer and sound designer. Co-creator of Tales of the Forgotten (@totf).

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