Soil resources in Singapore
Editable soil wiki by the Soil Regen Project.
Fung, Tze Kwan, Daniel R. Richards, Rachel A.T. Leong, Subhadip Ghosh, Christabel W.J. Tan, Zuzana Drillet, Kit Ling Leong, and Peter J. Edwards. 2021. “Litter Decomposition and Infiltration Capacities in Soils of Different Tropical Urban Land Covers.” Urban Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-021-01126-2. ➡️Link to full-text access here: https://rdcu.be/ck1iN
Ghosh, Subhadip, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, and Lai Fern Ow. 2016. “Soil Organic Carbon Distribution in Roadside Soils of Singapore.” Chemosphere 165: 163–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.09.028.
Ghosh, Subhadip, Bryant C Scharenbroch, Daniel Burcham, and Lai Fern Ow. 2016. “Influence of Soil Properties on Street Tree Attributes in Singapore.” Urban Ecosystems 19: 949–67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-016-0530-8.
Students’ work local to Singapore
Final Knowledge Product Report, Soil Indicators: A Grassroots Approach: By (in Alphabetical Order): Benedict Tan, Dylan Cotter, Sangam Paudel, Sohaib Nashmit, Wong Cai Jie, an undergraduate project for a course with Asst Prof Marvin Montefrio, Yale-NUS College, Singapore. They contributed to the Soil Regen Project’s soil wiki.
Articles
Soil Carbon Restoration: Can Biology do the Job? https://www.nofamass.org/sites/default/files/2015_White_Paper_web.pdf
Why Communities Should Invest in Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Sponge by Didi Pershouse
Glomalin: Hiding Place for a Third of the World’s Stored Soil Carbon by Sara F. Wright and Kristine A. Nichols
SOS: Save Our Soils: Dr. Christine Jones Explains the Life-Giving Link Between Carbon and Healthy Topsoil
http://www.amazingcarbon.com/PDF/Jones_ACRES_USA%20(March2015).pdf
http://www.amazingcarbon.com/PDF/JONES-LiquidCarbonPathway(July08).pdf
“Finance for a farming revolution”
Rehydrating the Earth – A New Paradigm for Water Management by Richard Widows
Microbial Showers – The Rain-Making Bacteria by Jay Hardy, http://www.hardydiagnostics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Ice-Forming-Bacteria.pdf
The business case for ecological farming:
SoilWealth report
Dirt to soil, farmer Gabe Brown’s story:
Videos
Kiss the Ground
The Soil Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvAoZ14cP7Q
The Compost Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqDQD8cvO5Y
A Regenerative Secret https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2W8dKdgGhc
Plants are Cool! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg6O_2FfzQI
Dr. Elaine Ingham
What is the Soil Food Web? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAMniWJm2vo
How Does Nutrient Cycling Work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVhY4ssMtbI
Building Soil Structure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmZg9ybe62g
Weed Supression Using the Soil Food Web https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRIXUdhGptU
Supressing Pests and Diseases Using the Soil Food Web https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWl8JD7Ie6g
Soil Carbon Sequestration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECHYChDUfhQ
How to green the world’s deserts and reverse climate change by Allan Savory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pI
How regenerative agriculture can help farmlands thrive and improve ecosystems – Gabe Brown
How trees talk to each other by Suzanne Simard, https://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_simard_how_trees_talk_to_each_other
Greg Judy VABF 2011on The Healing Effects of Holistic High Density Grazing on Land, Livestock & People’s Lives, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6HGKSvjk5Q
Regenerating Soil to Improve Nutrient Density of Foods by Dan Kittredge, Bionutrient Association,
Science for the Public – Microbes Matter From Healthy Soil to Healthy Gut,
The Biotic Pump – How Forests Create Rain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKL40aBg-7E
How does soil health affect water availability? https://www.facebook.com/kissthegroundCA/videos/1703894369677248/
Grassfed Exchange – Abe Collins “Tools for Deep Topsoil Watersheds” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1zU5NM2bVw
Gabe Brown TedX
Map of Regenerative Ag Documentaries: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1LZ8IVoeMYCplO7FkaueXTNZrdwY&ll=1.2569573674500942%2C-27.069192909380263&z=1
Organizations
Kiss The Ground
Project Drawdown
MakeSoil.org
http://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/
Book List
- KISS THE GROUND
- The Call of the Reed Warbler
- The Carbon Farming Solution
- Grass, Soil, Hope
- Cows Save the Planet
- Water in Plain Sight
- Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
- Growing a Revolution
- Hidden Half of Nature
- The Soil Will Save Us
- Farmacology: Total Health from the Ground Up
- Restoration Agriculture
- Permaculture, Designer’s Handbook
- Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
- Holistic Management Handbook
- Rodale’s Basic Organic Gardening: A Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Healthy Garden
- The Rodale Book of Composting: Easy Methods for Every Gardener
- Tending the Wild
- Growing a Revolution
Publicly accessible documents
Food Justice Resource Repository [View-only Google Sheet]
Coronavirus Food System Media Articles and Others [Editable Google Doc]
Regenerative Projects around the world [Google Public Map of documentaries on Youtube]
v0.1.0.8_White-paper: A Global Blockchain Land-Trust Framework for a Multitude of Land Commons by Terrafina Foundation [Comment-only Google Doc]