Nick Ritar’s TEDx Canberra Talk: Two things you can do Every Day to save the world. Recently Nick gave a talk at TEDx Canberra. He talked about stewarding nutrients, how we can solve the problem of peak phosphorous, and about how to grow the best cumquats ever. Yes, Nick was talking about why taking responsibility for our poo and our wee, our most basic waste streams, is so crucial to our future. For a long time, a mark of superiority in some cultures has been how far you can get your shit away from you. But now, we need it back. Sewage cycle. © Cloacina Potential humanure cycle. © Cloacina Originally, Nick wanted to do this talk on straight-up Permaculture. When we first moved to Milkwood, we had to quickly make a choice of how to deal with our shit. As things progressed here, we realized just how nutrient-deficient our soils were, and how much potential arrived (literally) within every person that came to Milkwood, that could help us restore healthy soils on this farm.
And we’ve been collecting it ever since. The humanure composting toilets at Milkwood Farm Anyway. Paul Taylor on Composting (Video) Permaculture Research Institute. Landscapes and soils. Stable, healthy and productive landscapes and soils are essential for producing most of our food, and for maintaining environmental function, managing water quality, sustaining our primary industries, and supporting rural and urban communities. Our rural landscape is under continuing pressure. Acidification, salinity, erosion, invasive native scrub and loss of native vegetation are seriously affecting the condition of our soil and challenging the communities and industries that depend on the land. OEH is working with local communities and land managers to collect, interpret and distribute comprehensive information about soils and landscapes, and to support efforts to reverse land degradation resulting from past practices and to protect our natural landscape for future generations.
Soils and landscape data Soil and land information is vital for land use planning and infrastructure development. Strategic regional land use policy is available from Department of Planning and Infrastructure. Soil Quality and Soil Health Information for Australia. Soil Foodweb International (Australia) Natural Resource Conservation Service Soils. Soil Biology Movies.