Six Inches of Soil - The Podcast

Unseen - From Rural Roots to Rocket Routes

Six Inches of Soil - The Podcast

Show Notes

Host, producer: Richard Tufton Co-host, producer: Claire Mackenzie Editor: Meg Chatham Score: Matt Griffin (poet & farmer) Instagram: @neidpath_farms

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Six Inches of Soil film: https://www.sixinchesofsoil.org/ Six Inches of Soil book: https://www.sixinchesofsoil.org/book

We explore one question: What does it mean to save us from the ground up? Katharine Hayhoe shows you how to talk about climate change with connection and hope. Will Harris has spent years rebuilding his family’s land in Bluffton, Georgia. Mike Fossum has seen the planet from above on his missions to the International Space Station.

Katharine Hayhoe: https://www.katharinehayhoe.com/ https://www.instagram.com/katharinehayhoe?igsh=aDVycTA2ejFhcHpn Saving Us book Ted Talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BvcToPZCLI

Col Mike Fossum https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fossum.pdf https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-fossum-93391686/

Will Harris https://whiteoakpastures.com/ https://www.instagram.com/whiteoakpastures?igsh=am9haTdoYmY0aTZw A Bold Return to Giving a Damn

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