We Had Forgotten We are Ecological Beings
In this time of slowness, natural farmers in Japan’s countryside remind us that everyone has the ability to listen to nature. But can city dwellers really learn?
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Young Farmers and Urban Evolution // EiR Volume 1, Issue 2
Our bi-weekly Environment in Review is loaded with inspirations and solutions for social and ecological well-being, ranging from national initiatives to community projects.
Final Straw: Food, Earth, Happiness Project
Four years in the making, our award-winning documentary film weaves together majestic landscapes, a moving original soundtrack, and deeply insightful interviews with world leaders in the natural farming movement.
Soil, Food, and Farm (K-12 Lesson Plan)
A standards-integrated hands-on educational workshop that has students examine how their eating habits affect the soil and the ecosystem. Students will be able to demonstrate the importance of soil to the ecosystem, and devise their own real world answers and actions to combat ecological issues.
Korean Four Rivers Project gets Organic Education
Despite a heavy downpour of rain, and with their fate still resting on a court
South Korea’s Four Rivers Project in Paldang
Today approximately 200 small organic family farms supply almost 70% of the demand for environmentally friendly produce in the Greater Seoul Metropolitan Area. Yet the existence of such farms as Dumulmeori Organic Farm, located at the head of the Han River, is in peril.