While we are gaining more awareness about the importance of plants, trees, animals & sealife, we must remember how important healthy SOIL is!<\/p>
After all, soil is what gives us our plants & trees - which we need to breathe and eat. Plants & trees not only physically feed us with their amazing magical fruits, seeds, leaves & vegetables (Birch sap is also a well known healthy drink as well as skin nutrient within natural skincare products) but they also provide oxygen through their respiration process, assist in preventing with floods & drought, plus so much more!<\/p>
On top of this, soil helps to purify our water by providing a natural filter (holding back toxins, thus becoming more toxic itself). It also assists in flood management when trees are planted eg Willow trees are often planted by farmers, at riversides because these trees have a high intake of water, so prevent too much water entering fields. Trees assist greatly with soil conservation through also preventing erosion by holding the soil together with their root systems.<\/p>
However, if our soil is unhealthy, where does that leave us?<\/p>
With everything from land fill to pesticides (& other chemicals) over decades, our soil is not only being poisoned but is being destroyed in many other ways too. The main ways contributing to soil loss, are listed below (in no particular order):<\/p>
Overgrazing<\/p><\/li>
Deforestation<\/p><\/li>
Livestock trampling<\/p><\/li>
Mineral Extraction<\/p><\/li>
Drought<\/p><\/li>
Erosion<\/p>
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How many of these unhealthy soil loss causes are natural occurrences though?<\/p>
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The positive is that if we know the causes, we can combat them\u2026 & we must do everything we can, to restore our soil's health & Natural balance. With everything it has provided for us, it is now time to repay the favour\u2026<\/p>
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Furthermore, there is also research to suggest that gardening changes our physiology when we handle soil & has been shown to help with mental illness such as depression. This is apparently due to the natural chemicals & bacteria within soil, interacting with ours.<\/p>
If this is the case, then what effect is unhealthy soil having on our psyche?\u2026and don't think we can escape by avoiding gardening - we consume the products which are grown in today's soil.<\/p>
How can we change things?<\/p>
At roots level (pun intended), we can raise awareness! We can also assist by eating less meat, as this creates less demand for it, which would reduce livestock farming, in turn, Overgrazing & Livestock trampling. We could also decrease (or hopefully eradicate) Mineral extraction by reducing our demand & consumption of fossil fuel energy eg gas, oil & coal, as well as things like gold or gems.<\/p>
However, a large part of soil conservation should be done by industry making changes to ways they operate. For instance, Deforestation & Erosion. Planting trees would tackle both of these issues but so would ending Deforestation.<\/p>
Doing both, would assist the general Climate Change issue enormously, since (as said in a previous blog), trees consume carbon dioxide & give out oxygen. This respiration process helps to balance our environment, as it has a knock on effect on other ecosystems such as our oceans.<\/p>
This is evident with the acidification of our oceans, caused by less carbon dioxide being absorbed by less trees but also our consumption of fossil fuels. The oceans then are tasked with \u2018picking up the slack\u2019 by absorbing the extra atmospheric carbon dioxide, making them more acidic. Since our oceans extract more carbon dioxide & provide more oxygen than trees, we are exasperating & speeding up climate change hugely.<\/p>
It seems we forget that our ecosystems are all connected & creating imbalance in one, upsets another\u2026or maybe it's because there's \u2018no money\u2019 in saving the planet??.<\/p>
..Maybe that's another way we can assist at roots level - creating new & innovative processes which attract industry!.<\/p>
.Where are all those genius engineers & mathematicians?!..\ud83d\ude09\ud83d\ude01<\/p>
Bye for now,<\/p>
Elle Russell (Founder)<\/p>","urlTitle":"we-forgot-about-the-soil","url":"\/blog\/we-forgot-about-the-soil\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/we-forgot-about-the-soil\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/egeironaturals.com\/blog\/we-forgot-about-the-soil\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1690206004,"updatedAt":1701137440,"publishedAt":1701137440,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":295283,"name":"Egeiro Productions"},"tags":[],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/d2xifvmemyfru02rhjxks8lboszwtxt2hkgzodp2qkjh0h5o.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/d2xifvmemyfru02rhjxks8lboszwtxt2hkgzodp2qkjh0h5o.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/d2xifvmemyfru02rhjxks8lboszwtxt2hkgzodp2qkjh0h5o.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":34251,"title":"DIY CHRISTMAS CRAFTS: Gift Ideas","url":"\/blog\/diy-christmas-crafts-gift-ideas\/","urlTitle":"diy-christmas-crafts-gift-ideas","division":295283,"description":"How's your Christmas gift budget? Want to cut it & save money for the long, cold weeks of January? Read on. . What if you could make personalised gifts for the ones you love? Gifts which nourish them inside & out, making them feel loved & pampered","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/xhjvdqxpii3igjooauuttf9szov74cttg7n9glm0fdykqvqf.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/xhjvdqxpii3igjooauuttf9szov74cttg7n9glm0fdykqvqf.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":34591,"title":"DIY CHRISTMAS CRAFTS: Spiced Orange Body Mousse","url":"\/blog\/diy-christmas-gifts-spiced-orange-body-mousse\/","urlTitle":"diy-christmas-gifts-spiced-orange-body-mousse","division":295283,"description":"Spiced Orange Body Mousse Recipe \n(Cold blend). How to make fluffy skin food with a gorgeous Christmas scent, for yourself, family & friends.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/nkjqsnku061jrh4uzhfxqxdunqs97oy4sanqsyf81pomkdtm.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/nkjqsnku061jrh4uzhfxqxdunqs97oy4sanqsyf81pomkdtm.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":33360,"title":"MOVEMBER: Celebrating Men & Masculinity","url":"\/blog\/movember-celebrating-men-masculinity\/","urlTitle":"movember-celebrating-men-masculinity","division":295283,"description":"Does anyone else notice a change in the role of men in recent years?I feel as if men (as a collective) in today's world have lost their purpose, or at least struggle to find it at times. This makes me sad because when a man is feeling at his best, he provides the most wonderful experience of life. It's in his actions in sometimes the subtlest of ways","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/rlbnblepubh1zg5eynpbq4907o2a7udb1lg4gx6utlmt7wl3.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/rlbnblepubh1zg5eynpbq4907o2a7udb1lg4gx6utlmt7wl3.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0}],"labels":[]}